Pierluigi Paganini
November 01, 2017
A cybercrime gang called Silence targeted at least 10 banks in Russia, Armenia, and Malaysia borrowing hacking techniques from the Carbanak group. A cybercrime gang called Silence targeted at least 10 banks in Russia, Armenia, and Malaysia borrowing hacking techniques from the dreaded Carbanak hacker group that stole as much as $1 billion from banks worldwide. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 01, 2017
The researchers at CSE Cybsec ZLab have completed their analysis the Bad Rabbit ransomware, the report follows our preliminary analysis. Introduction Recently a new ransomware, called BadRabbit, infected systems in many countries, most of in East Europe, such as Ukraine and Russia. The malware was not totally new, it seems to be an evolution of the old […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 01, 2017
MBR-ONI is a new ransomware that is being used for targeted attacks in Japan, experts speculate it was used to cover larger hacking campaigns. MBR-ONI is a new ransomware that is being used for targeted attacks in Japan, it is a bootkit ransomware that uses a modified version of the legitimate open-source disk encryption utility DiskCryptor to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 31, 2017
Security experts from Fortinet spotted a new strain of the Sage ransomware that included new functionalities, such as anti-analysis capabilities. Sage 2.0 is a new ransomware first observed in December and not now it is distributed via malicious spam. Sage is considered a variant of CryLocker ransomware, it is being distributed by the Sundown and RIG exploit kits. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 29, 2017
Security expert JĂ©rĂŽme Segura from Malwarebytes has spotted that Matrix Ransomware has risen again, it is now being distributed through malvertising. Malware researcher JĂ©rĂŽme Segura from Malwarebytes has discovered that Matrix Ransomware is now being distributed through malvertising campaign. https://twitter.com/EKFiddle/status/923660551095427072 The Matrix Ransomware was first spotted in 2016, in April 2017 the threat intelligence expert Brad Duncan uncovered the EITest campaign using […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 28, 2017
Files Encrypted by Bad Rabbit Recoverable Without Paying Ransom. Some victims of the recent Bad Rabbit attack may be able to recover their files encrypted by the ransomware without paying the ransom. The discovery was made by researchers at Kaspersky Lab that analyzed the encryption functionality implemented by the ransomware. Once the ransomware infects a computer, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 27, 2017
Crooks continues to target Japanese users, now the hackers leverage the Ursnif banking Trojan, aka Gozi, to hit the country. According to researchers at IBM X-Force group, cyber criminals are delivering the infamous malware via spam campaigns that began last month. The Ursnif banking Trojan was the most active malware code in the financial sector in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 25, 2017
We at the CSE Cybsec ZLab have conducted a preliminary analysis of the Bad Rabbit ransomware discovering interesting aspects of the attack. This is just the beginning of a complete report that we will release in the next days, but we believe our findings can be useful for the security community. This malware remembers the notorious NotPetya basically […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 24, 2017
According to the Whole Foods Market, crooks may have stolen payment cards at taprooms and full table-service restaurants at nearly 100 locations. At the end of September, the Amazon-owned grocery chain Whole Foods Market notified customers a security breach. According to the security breach notification issued by the company, cybercriminals were able to gain unauthorized access to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 21, 2017
The dreaded Proton malware was spreading through a new supply-chain attack that involved the Elmedia apps, victims should wipe their Macs Bad news for Mac users, a new malware is threatening them of a complete system wipe and reinstall. Crooks are distributing the malware in legitimate applications, the popular Elmedia Player and download manager Folx developed by […]
