Pierluigi Paganini
September 03, 2017
Security experts discovered last week that a US government website was hosting a JavaScript downloader used to deliver the Cerber ransomware. The security researcher at NewSky Security Ankit Anubhav discovered last week that a US government website was hosting a malicious JavaScript downloader that was delivering the dreaded Cerber ransomware. #Javascript #malware using #powershell hosted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 02, 2017
Experts spotted a new EITest campaign leveraging HoeflerText Popups to target Google Chrome users and push NetSupport Manager RAT or Locky ransomware Security expert Brad Duncan with both the SANS Internet Storm Center and Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42, has spotted a malware campaign leveraging bogus popups that alert users to a missing web-font. The crooks are targeting Google […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 01, 2017
Malware writer is offering for free a malware dubbed Cobian RAT in the underground, but the malicious code hides an ugly surprise. In the dark web, it is quite easy to find alone vxers and hacking forums that offer malware and customize them according to buyers’ needs. Recently researchers from Zscaler have spotted a remote access […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 30, 2017
An archive containing more than 630 million email addresses used by the spambot server dubbed ‘Onliner Spambot’ has been published online. The Onliner Spambot dump is the biggest one of its kind, it was discovered by the security researcher who goes online with the handle Benkow. The database was hosted on an “open and accessible” server in Netherlands containing a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 30, 2017
The major Swedish web hosting provider Loopia has been compromised and the entire customer database leaked. Loopia confirmed the data breach yesterday, the incident has happened on August 22 and the company notified customers on August 25. The company explained that the delay in the public disclosure was necessary to secure the systems and protect […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 29, 2017
After the Hurricane Harvey hit Texas causing deaths and destructions, authorities are warning of potential Phishing Scams. The US CERT is warning of Potential Hurricane Harvey phishing scams, the experts fear crooks may start using malicious emails purportedly tied to the storm. “US-CERT warns users to remain vigilant for malicious cyber activity seeking to capitalize on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 27, 2017
Researchers at Proofpoint spotted Defray Ransomware, a new ransomware used in a targeted campaign against education and healthcare organizations. Earlier this month, researchers at Proofpoint spotted a targeted ransomware campaign against education and healthcare organizations. The ransomware used in the campaign was dubbed Defray, based on the command and control (C&C) server hostname used for the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 23, 2017
According to a new report published by FireEye, crooks have been using the Neptune exploit kit to deliver cryptocurrency miners via malvertising campaigns. According to experts at FireEye, crooks are exploiting the Neptune exploit kit (aka Terror EK, Eris, and Blaze) to delivery cryptocurrency miners via malvertising campaigns. The Neptune exploit kit was first spotted in January and was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 22, 2017
A new fileless miner dubbed CoinMiner appeared in the wild, it uses NSA EternalBlue exploit and WMI tool to spread. A new strain of Cryptocurrency Miner dubbed CoinMiner appeared in the wild and according to the experts it is hard to detect and infects Windows PCs via EternalBlue NSA exploit. CoinMiner is a fileless malware that leverages the WMI […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 21, 2017
The bad actors behind the HBO hack are back and are threatening to leak the final episode of the seventh season of Game of Thrones. The threat actor that has hacked into the HBO announced that it will leak the final episode of Game of Thrones season 7.The hacker who claimed the responsibility for the hack […]
