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Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2022

COVID-19 data put for sale on Dark Web

Researchers discovered leaked PII stolen from Thailand’s Department of Medical Sciences containing information about citizens with COVID-19. Resecurity, a California-based cybersecurity company protecting Fortune 500, has identified leaked PII stolen from Thailand’s Department of Medical Sciences containing information about citizens with COVID-19 symptoms. The incident was uncovered last week and shared with Thai CERT. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 12, 2021

Lampion trojan disseminated in Portugal using COVID-19 template

The fresh release of the Latin American Lampion trojan was updated with a new C2 address. Lampion trojan disseminated in Portugal using COVID-19 template. In the last few days, a new release of the Latin American Lampion trojan was released in Portugal using a template related to COVID-19. This trojan has been distributed in Portugal […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 14, 2020

The G7 expresses its concern over ransomware attacks

G7 Finance ministers expressed concern on Tuesday over the rise in ransomware attacks during the Covid-19 pandemic, including some involving cryptocurrencies. Finance ministers from the G7 industrialized countries expressed concern on Tuesday over the rise in malicious cyberattacks, especially ransomware attacks, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. G7 Finance ministers warn of ransomware attacks […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 18, 2020

Chinese hackers stole info from Spanish centers working on Covid19 vaccine

Chinese hackers have stolen information from Spanish laboratories working on a vaccine for COVID19, El Pais newspaper revealed. The El Pais newspaper reported that Chinese hackers have stolen information from Spanish laboratories working on a vaccine for COVID19. While pharmaceutical companies worldwide are working on the research of a vaccine for the ongoing COVID19 pandemic, […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2020

Emotet malware employed in fresh COVID19-themed spam campaign

The Emotet malware has begun to spam COVID19-themed emails to U.S. businesses after not being active for most of the USA pandemic. The infamous Emotet malware is back, operators have begun to spam COVID-19 themed emails to the U.S. businesses. Early this year, the Emotet malware was employed in spam COVID19-themed campaigns that targeted those countries that were […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2020

Von der Leyen said Chinese cyberattacks on EU hospitals cannot be tolerated

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called out China for launching cyberattacks EU hospitals and health care institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen publicly linked to China a series of cyber attacks against EU hospitals and health care institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic. von der Leyen added that this conduct cannot be tolerated, she also added that China carried out […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2020

Himera and AbSent-Loader Leverage Covid19 lures

Researchers at ZLab spotted a new phishing campaign using Covid19 lures to spread Himera and Absent-Loader. Introduction During our Cyber Defense monitoring activities we intercepted waves of incoming emails directed to many companies under our protective umbrella. These messages were leveraging FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act) requests related to the ongoing COVID19 pandemics. These […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 14, 2020

Crooks stole $10 million from Norway’s state investment fund Norfund

Norway’s state investment fund, Norfund, suffered a business email compromise (BEC) attack, hackers stole $10 million. Hackers stole $10 million from Norway’s state investment fund, Norfund, in a business email compromise (BEC) attack. Norfund is a private equity company established by the Norwegian Storting (parliament) in 1997 and owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2020

Coronavirus-themed attacks April 19 – April 25, 2020

This post includes the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from April 19 to April 25, 2020. Please give me your vote for European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERShttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8AkYMfAAwJ4JZzYRm8GfsJCDON8q83C9_wu5u10sNAt_CcA/viewform Threat actors exploit the interest in the Coronavirus outbreak while infections increase worldwide, experts are observing new campaigns on a daily bases. Below […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2020

Bad actor sells Huiying Medical Technology’s source code for AI-assisted COVID-19 detection

Experts from Cyble identified a threat actor attempting to sell Huiying Medical Technology’s source code for AI-assisted COVID-19 detection and experimental data. Researchers from the data breach notification firm Cyble have identified a credible bad actor that goes online with moniker ‘THE0TIME’ claiming to have gained access to Huiying Medical Technology’s COVID-19 detection’s technology. “As part of […]

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COVID-19 data put for sale on Dark Web

Lampion trojan disseminated in Portugal using COVID-19 template

The G7 expresses its concern over ransomware attacks

Chinese hackers stole info from Spanish centers working on Covid19 vaccine

Emotet malware employed in fresh COVID19-themed spam campaign

Von der Leyen said Chinese cyberattacks on EU hospitals cannot be tolerated

Himera and AbSent-Loader Leverage Covid19 lures

Crooks stole $10 million from Norway’s state investment fund Norfund

Coronavirus-themed attacks April 19 – April 25, 2020

Bad actor sells Huiying Medical Technology’s source code for AI-assisted COVID-19 detection

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