Pierluigi Paganini
July 10, 2022
French virtual mobile telephone operator La Poste Mobile was hit by a ransomware attack that impacted administrative and management services. The ransomware attack hit the virtual mobile telephone operator La Poste Mobile on July 4 and paralyzed administrative and management services. The company pointed out that threat actors may have accessed data of its customers, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 09, 2022
Cybereason researchers are warning of a wave of attacks spreading the wormable Windows malware Raspberry Robin. Raspberry Robin is a Windows worm discovered by cybersecurity researchers from Red Canary, the malware propagates through removable USB devices. The malicious code uses Windows Installer to reach out to QNAP-associated domains and download a malicious DLL. The malware uses […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 09, 2022
Experts documented the evolution of the LockBit ransomware that leverages multiple techniques to infect targets and evade detection. The Cybereason Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) Team published the Cybereason Threat Analysis Reports that investigates the threat landscape and provides recommendations to mitigate their attacks. The researchers focused on the evolution of the Lockbit ransomware, they detailed two infections occurring […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 08, 2022
Taiwanese vendor QNAP wars of a new strain of ransomware, dubbed Checkmate, that is targeting its NAS devices. The Taiwanese vendor QNAP is warning of a new family of ransomware targeting its NAS devices using weak passwords. Threat actors are targeting devices exposed online with the SMB service enabled, they perform brute-force attacks against accounts […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 06, 2022
Hive ransomware operators have improved their file-encrypting module by migrating to Rust language and adopting a more sophisticated encryption method. The operators of the Hive ransomware upgraded their malware by migrating the malware to the Rust language and implementing a more sophisticated encryption method, Microsoft researchers warn. “The upgrades in the latest variant are effectively […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 05, 2022
AstraLocker ransomware operators told BleepingComputer they’re shutting down their operations and are releasing decryptors. AstraLocker ransomware operators told BleepingComputer they’re shutting down the operation and provided decryptors to the VirusTotal malware analysis platform. AstraLocker is based on the source code of the Babuk Locker (Babyk) ransomware that was leaked online on June 2021. BleepingComputer tested the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 04, 2022
The Threat Report Portugal: Q2 2022 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from March to June, Q2, 2022. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática. This feed is based on automatic searches and is supported by a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 03, 2022
Microsoft announced that the Windows worm Raspberry Robin has already infected the networks of hundreds of organizations. Raspberry Robin is a Windows worm discovered by cybersecurity researchers from Red Canary, the malware propagates through removable USB devices. The malicious code uses Windows Installer to reach out to QNAP-associated domains and download a malicious DLL. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 02, 2022
A cyber attack forced the American publishing giant Macmillan to shut down its IT systems. The publishing giant Macmillan has been hit by a cyberattack that forced the company to shut down its IT infrastructure to prevent the threat from spreading within its network. The company spokesman Erin Coffey told different media outlets that attackers have encrypted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 30, 2022
Researchers detailed a new information-stealing malware, dubbed YTStealer, that targets YouTube content creators. Intezer cybersecurity researchers have detailed a new information-stealing malware, dubbed YTStealer, that was developed to steal authentication cookies from YouTube content creators. The malware is highly likely available as a service on the Dark Web. Upon executing the malware, it performs some environment […]
