Pierluigi Paganini
March 13, 2020
In the last weeks, security experts reported many Coronavirus-themed attacks carried out by cybercrime gangs, now experts warn of similar attacks from nation–state actors. Recently security experts reported many Coronavirus-themed attacks carried out by cybercrime gangs, but now experts are warning of similar attacks launched by nation-state actors. State-sponsored hackers from Russia, China, and North […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 12, 2020
While WHO declares the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, crooks are attempting to exploit the situation to monetize their efforts. Cybercriminals continue to exploit the fear in the coronavirus outbreak to spread malware and steal sensitive data from victims. Experts from cybersecurity Reason reported cybercrimnals are using new coronavirus-themed attacks to deliver malware. Crooks are targeting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 08, 2020
Experts uncovered a new Coronavirus (COVID-19)-themed campaign that is distributing a malware downloader that delivers the FormBook information-stealing Trojan. Experts at MalwareHunterTeam uncovered a new malspam campaign exploiting the fear in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) to deliver malware. The campaign uses emails that pretend being sent by members of the World Health Organization (WHO), the messages […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 06, 2020
Crooks continue to exploit the attention on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, TrickBot operators target Italian users. A new spam campaign is targeting users in Italy by exploiting the interest on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the attempt of delivering the TrickBot information-stealing malware. Crooks are attempting to exploit the fear of users of becoming infected with the Coronavirus, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 04, 2020
The Coronavirus outbreak is a global emergency, in the last hours Iran is one of the countries with the highest number of infections and Wikipedia Farsi was blocked as fears spread. The NetBlocks internet observatory, which tracks disruptions and shutdowns, revealed that Iran has blocked access to the Farsi (Persian) language edition of the Wikipedia online […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 03, 2020
Cisco has decided to extend its business licenses for the free Webex account that will be available for 90-day due to Coronavirus/COVID-19 outbreak. Cisco has announced an enhancement of its free Webex account offerings and is offering free 90-day business licenses to limit the spread of Coronavirus. WebEx is a popular web conferencing and videoconferencing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 27, 2020
Let me share with you the result of a one-night long analysis of major black marketplaces searching for anything related to the coronavirus epidemic. Recently I have received many questions from journalists and colleagues about the activity in the dark web related to the coronavirus epidemic, here you are what I have found digging in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 26, 2020
Researchers from Cybaze Yoroi ZLab have spotted a new campaign exploiting the interest in coronavirus (COVID-19) evolution to spread malware. Introduction Nowadays, it is common to say that the physical world and the cyber world are strictly connected. The proof is the leverage of the current physical threat, the CoronaVirus (COVID-19), as a social engineering […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 25, 2020
In this situation, ‘Est security’ found malicious code disguised as a ‘Corona 19 real-time status’ inquiry program and asked the public’s attention. The malware found is an executable program (EXE) using file names such as ‘Corona’s domestic status’ and ‘Corona’s real-time corona status.’ When you run the file, you will see a pop-up window titled […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 16, 2020
Organizers of Black Hat Asia and DEF CON China security conferences announced that they put the events on hold due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Bad news for cybersecurity passionates and experts, organizers of Black Hat Asia and DEF CON China security conferences announced last week that they have put the events on hold due to […]
