Cybercrime

Pierluigi Paganini April 12, 2019
Emsisoft released a free decryptor for CryptoPokemon ransomware

Good news for the victims of the CryptoPokemon ransomware, security experts at Emsisoft just released a free decrypter tool. Victims of the CryptoPokemon ransomware have a good reason to smile, security experts at Emsisoft have released a free decrypter tool. The ransomware was first discovered by experts at IntezerLabs, the CryptoPokemon ransomware is a new […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2019
[SI-LAB] EMOTET spread in Chile impacted hundreds of users and targeted financial and banking services

EMOTET spread in Chile targeted financial and banking services. SI-LAB detected hundreds of users that were impacted by this malware between March 18th and 26th of 2019. The last days of March 2019 are making headlines due to a targeted cyber attack involving a new variant of infamous EMOTET malware. This threat is known as a […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2019
Experts spotted a new Mirai variant that targets new processors

Palo Alto Networks researchers discovered a new variant of the Mirai malware that is targeting more processor architectures than previous ones. Mirai botnet continues to be one of the most dangerous malware in the threat landscape, experts at Palo Alto Networks discovered a new variant that targets more processor architectures than before. Mirai malware first […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 07, 2019
DNS hijacking campaigns target Gmail, Netflix, and PayPal users

Security experts at Bad Packets uncovered a DNS hijacking campaign that is targeting the users of popular online services, including Gmail, Netflix, and PayPal. Experts at Bad Packets uncovered a DNS hijacking campaign that has been ongoing for the past three months, attackers are targeting the users of popular online services, including Gmail, Netflix, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2019
Ursnif: The Latest Evolution of the Most Popular Banking Malware

ZLab Yoroi-Cybaze dissected another attack wave of Ursnif Trojan, aka Gozi ISFB, an offspring of the original Gozi which source code was leaked in 2014. ZLab Yoroi-Cybaze dissected another attack wave of Ursnif Trojan, aka Gozi ISFB, an offspring of the original Gozi which source code was leaked in 2014. Introduction A few days ago, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2019
Group-IB report: JS-sniffers infected 2440 websites around the world

Crime without punishment: Group-IB issues a new report on JS-sniffers that infected 2440 websites around the world Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, has issued a new comprehensive report on the analysis of JavaScript-sniffers – a type of malware designed to steal customer payment data from online stores. 2440 infected ecommerce websites […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2019
BREAKING: new update about DDoS’er Linux/DDoSMan ELF malware based on Elknot

The popular expert unixfreaxjp analyzed a new China ELF DDoS’er malware tracked as “Linux/DDoSMan” that evolves from the Elknot malware to deliver new ELF bot. Non-Technical-Premise “This report is meant for incident response or Linux forensics purpose, TO HELP admin & IR folks”, with this the very beginning sentence starts the new analysis of one […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2019
Computer systems in the City of Albany hit in Ransomware Attack

Another ransomware attack made the headlines, this time the victim is the City of Albany, its computer systems were infected with the malware. Computer systems in the City of Albany, New York, were infected with ransomware over the weekend that disrupted some municipal computers. According to Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, no personal information belonging to […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2019
Buca di Beppo, Planet Hollywood and other restaurants owned by Earl Enterprises hit by card breach

Last week, Earl Enterprises admitted having suffered a payment card data breach from tens of its restaurants over a period of 10 months. Earl Enterprises admitted that hackers have stolen payment card data from tens of its restaurants over a period of 10 months. Restaurants at Buca di Beppo, Earl of Sandwich, Planet Hollywood, Chicken […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2019
Gustuff Android banking trojan targets 125+ banking, and 32 cryptocurrency apps

Security experts at Group-IB have detected the activity of Gustuff a mobile Android Trojan, which includes potential targets of customers in leading international banks, users of cryptocurrency services, popular ecommerce websites and marketplaces. Gustuff has previously never been reported. Gustuff is a new generation of malware complete with fully automated features designed to steal both fiat […]