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Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2018
GandCrab ransomware evolves thanks to an AGILE development process

According to Check Point report, the authors of the prolific GandCrab ransomware are continuously improving their malware by adopting the AGILE development process. Early February experts at cyber security firm LMNTRIX have discovered a new ransomware-as-a-service dubbed GandCrab. advertised in Russian hacking community on the dark web. The GandCrab was advertised in Russian hacking communities, researchers noticed that […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2018
VPN leaks affect 3 Major VPN vendors, only Hotspot Shield promptly fixed it

The website VPNMentor discovered that IP leak issues in three major VPN vendors, only Hotspot Shield VPN promptly fixed it. The website VPNMentor decided to hire a group of hackers to test popular virtual private networks (VPN) for vulnerabilities that can pose risk for the users. The results of the tests revealed that the solutions evaluated by the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2018
March 2018 SAP Security Patch Day addresses decade-old vulnerabilities

SAP released March 2018 SAP Security Patch Day that addresses High and Medium priority vulnerabilities in its products, including three decade-old issues in SAP Internet Graphics Server. March 2018 SAP Security Patch Day includes 10 Security Notes, three rated High priority and 7 rated as Medium priority. The company also released 17 Support Package Notes, 11 […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2018
13 Vulnerabilities in Hanwha SmartCams Demonstrate Risks of Feature Complexity

The researchers at Kaspersky Lab ICS CERT decided to check the popular Hanwha SmartCams and discovered 13 vulnerabilities. Wikipedia describes Attack Surface, as “[the] sum of the different points (the “attack vectors”) where an unauthorized user (the “attacker”) can try to enter data to or extract data from an environment.” Basically, the more points there are to compromise […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 12, 2018
The South America connection and the leadership on ATM Malware development

Besides being known about corruption scandals, South America is a reference to the development of ATM malware spreading globally with Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico leading the way. A research conducted by KASPERSKY has revealed a convergence on attacks against financial institutions, where traditional crimes and cybercrime join forces together to target and attack ATM (Automated […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2018
Governments rely on Sandvine network gear to deliver spyware and miners

According to Citizen Lab, some governments are using Sandvine network gear installed at internet service providers to deliver spyware and cryptocurrency miners. Researchers at human rights research group Citizen Lab have discovered that netizens in Turkey, Egypt and Syria who attempted to download legitimate Windows applications from official vendor websites (i.e. Avast Antivirus, CCleaner, Opera, and 7-Zip)  […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2018
Olympic Destroyer, alleged artifacts and false flag make attribution impossible

  According to Kaspersky Lab, threat actors behind the recent Olympic Destroyer attack planted sophisticated false flags inside their malicious code. On February 9, shortly before the Pyeongchang opening ceremonies on Friday, televisions at the main press centre, wifi at the Olympic Stadium and the official website were taken down. Hackers used the so-called Olympic Destroyer, a strain […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2018
Two PoC exploits for Memcached DDoS attacks have been released online

Memcached DDoS attacks – A few days after the disclosure of the World’s largest DDoS attack record that peaked a 1.7Tbps, two PoC exploits code for Memcached amplification attacks have been released online. The technique behind Memcached DDoS attacks, is one of the coolest topics in cybersecurity at this moment. World’s largest DDoS attack record lasted […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2018
Security Affairs newsletter Round 152 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Once again thank you! ·      Counterfeit Code-Signing certificates even more popular, but still too expensive ·      Czech President wants Russian hacker Yevgeni Nikulin extradited to Russia instead of US ·      Dozen vulnerabilities discovered in Trend Micro Linux-based […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2018
Recent Memcached DDoS attacks drive RDoS extortion practice

Crooks already started to blackmail companies asking for a ransom demand in Monero cryptocurrency to avoid being attacked via Memcached servers. Last week, the Github service was hit by the biggest-ever DDoS attack that peaked 1.35 Tbs by abusing the memcached protocol to power so-called memcached DDoS attacks. Researchers believe that threat actors in the wild will abuse misconfigured […]