Pierluigi Paganini
July 25, 2022
Operators behind the Amadey Bot malware use the SmokeLoader to distribute a new variant via software cracks and keygen sites. Amadey Bot is a data-stealing malware that was first spotted in 2018, it also allows operators to install additional payloads. The malware is available for sale in illegal forums, in the past, it was used […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 24, 2022
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs for free in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. FBI seized $500,000 worth of bitcoin obtained from Maui ransomware attacks SonicWall fixed critical SQLi in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 21, 2022
The crimeware group known as 8220 Gang expanded over the last month their Cloud Botnet to roughly 30,000 hosts globally. Researchers from SentinelOne reported that low-skill crimeware 8220 Gang has expanded their Cloud Botnet over the last month to roughly 30,000 hosts globally. The gang focuses on infecting cloud hosts to deploy cryptocurrency miners by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2022
Kaspersky researchers discovered a new ransomware family written in Rust, named Luna, that targets Windows, Linux, and ESXi systems. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab detailed a new ransomware family named Luna, which is written in Rust and is able to target Windows, Linux, and ESXi systems. Luna ransomware is the third ransomware family that is written […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 19, 2022
Google blocked dozens of malicious apps from the official Play Store that were spreading Joker, Facestealer, and Coper malware families. Google has removed dozens of malicious apps from the official Play Store that were distributing Joker, Facestealer, and Coper malware families. Researchers from security firms Pradeo discovered multiple apps spreading the Joker Android malware. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 18, 2022
Cybercriminals released a new MLNK Builder 4.2 tool for malicious shortcuts (LNK) generation with an improved Powershell and VBS Obfuscator Resecurity, Inc. (USA), a Los Angeles-based cybersecurity company protecting Fortune 500 worldwide, has detected an update of one of the most popular tools used by cybercriminals to generate malicious LNK files, so frequently used for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 18, 2022
The high-end British jeweler Graff paid a £6 million ransom after the ransomware attack it suffered in 2021. In September 2021, the Conti ransomware gang hit high society jeweler Graff and threatens to release private details of world leaders, actors and tycoons The customers of the company are the richest people on the globe, including […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 15, 2022
Dragos researchers uncovered a small-scale campaign targeting industrial engineers and operators with Sality malware. During a routine vulnerability assessment, Dragos researchers discovered a campaign targeting industrial engineers and operators with Sality malware. Threat actors behind the campaign used multiple accounts across several social media platforms to advertise password-cracking software for Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), Human-Machine […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 15, 2022
Cyble researchers warn of three new ransomware operations named Lilith, RedAlert and 0mega targeting organizations worldwide. Researchers from threat intelligence firm Cyble warn of new ransomware gangs that surfaced recently, named Lilith, RedAlert, and 0mega. RedAlert (aka N13V) targets both Windows and Linux VMWare ESXi servers of target organizations. The name RedAlert comes after a string […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 13, 2022
Experts warn that operators behind the Qakbot malware operation are improving their attack chain in an attempt to avoid detection. Qakbot, also known as QBot, QuackBot and Pinkslipbot, is an info-stealing malware that has been active since 2008. The malware spreads via malspam campaigns, it inserts replies in active email threads. The threat continues to […]
