Pierluigi Paganini
May 07, 2019
Russia-linked APT group Turla has been using a sophisticated backdoor, dubbed LightNeuron, to hijack Microsoft Exchange mail servers. Russia-linked APT group Turla has been using a sophisticated backdoor, dubbed LightNeuron, to hijack Microsoft Exchange mail servers. Turla group (also known as Waterbug, Venomous Bear and KRYPTON) has been active since at least 2007 targeting government […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 30, 2019
Huawei made the headlines again, Vodafone identified backdoors in software that could have handed Huawei unauthorized access to the carrier’s fixed-line network. According to Bloomberg, Vodafone identified hidden backdoors in software that could have handed Huawei unauthorized access to the carrier’s fixed-line network in Italy used to connect to the internet. “Now Vodafone Group Plc […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 24, 2019
Experts at Kaspersky Lab linked the recent supply-chain attack targeted ASUS users to the “ShadowPad” threat actor and the CCleaner incident. Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab linked the recent supply-chain attack that hit ASUS users (tracked as Operation ShadowHammer) to the “ShadowPad” threat actor. Experts also linked the incident to the supply chain attack that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 03, 2019
The OceanLotus APT group, also known as APT32 or Cobalt Kitty, leverages a steganography-based loader to deliver backdoors on compromised systems. Security researchers at Cylance discovered that the OceanLotus APT (also known as APT32 or Cobalt Kitty, group is using a loader leveragingsteganography to deliver a version of Denes backdoor and an updated version of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2019
Malware researchers from Trend Micro have spotted a new piece of malware dubbed SLUB that leverages GitHub and Slack for C&C communications. Malware researchers at Trend Micro have spotted a new backdoor dubbed SLUB that abuse GitHub and Slack for command and control (C&C) communications. According to the experts, the SLUB backdoor (Backdoor.Win32.SLUB.A) was only […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 10, 2018
Experts from Malwarebytes discovered a new strain of Mac malware, tracked as DarthMiner, that is a combination of two open-source programs. Experts from Malwarebytes discovered a new piece of Mac malware, tracked as DarthMiner, that is the combination of two open source tools. The malware is distributed through Adobe Zii, an application supposedly helps in the piracy […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 04, 2018
Russia-linked cyber-espionage group Sofacy, (aka APT28, Pawn Storm, Fancy Bear, Sednit, Tsar Team, and Strontium) use BREXIT lures in recent attacks. The APT group used Brexit-themed bait documents on the same day the UK Prime Minister Theresa May announced the initial BREXIT draft agreement with the European Union (EU). “As the United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Theresa May announced the initial BREXIT draft agreement […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 30, 2018
Security researchers at Trend Micro recently discovered PowerShell-based backdoor that resembles a malware used by MuddyWater threat actor. Malware researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a Powershell-based backdoor that is very similar to a malware used by MuddyWater APT group. The first MuddyWater campaign was observed in late 2017, then researchers from Palo Alto Networks were investigating a mysterious wave […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 12, 2018
The author of an IoT botnet is distributing a backdoor script for ZTE routers that also includes his own backdoor to hack script kiddies A weaponized IoT exploit script is being used by script kiddies, making use of a vendor backdoor account to hack the ZTE routers. Ironically, this is not the only backdoor in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 01, 2018
On August 13, ASERT observed the Cobalt crime gang actively pushing a new campaign aimed at institutions in eastern Europe and Russia. Security experts from Netscout’s ASERT uncovered a new campaign carried out by the Cobalt cybercrime group. The attacks were detected on August 13, 2018, experts revealed that the hackers targeted also the NS Bank in Russia and Carpatica/Patria in […]
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