Pierluigi Paganini
June 05, 2019
A new piece of malware appeared in the threat landscape, dubbed BlackSquid it targets web servers with several exploits to deliver cryptocurrency miners. Security experts at Trend Micro have discovered a new Monero cryptomining miner, dubbed BlackSquid, that is targeting web servers, network drives, and removable drives. The new piece of malware leverages many exploits […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 07, 2019
China-linked APT group tracked as APT3 was using a tool attributed to the NSA-linked Equation Group more than one year prior to Shadow Brokers leak. China-linked APT group tracked as APT3 (aka Buckeye, APT3, UPS Team, Gothic Panda, and TG-0110) was using a tool attributed to the NSA-linked Equation Group more than one year prior […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 26, 2019
Security experts uncovered a new cryptojacking campaign tracked as Beapy that leverages the NSA’s DoublePulsar backdoor and the EternalBlue exploit. Security experts at Symantec have uncovered a new cryptojacking campaign tracked as Beapy that leverages the NSA’s DoublePulsar backdoor and the EternalBlue exploit to spread a cryptocurrency malware on enterprise networks in Asia. “Beapy is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 28, 2018
This is a very bad news for security community, the NSA-linked DoublePulsar exploit can now target Windows Embedded devices. The DoublePulsar exploit was released publicly in April 2017 by ShadowBrockers hackers that allegedly stole them from the NSA. The hackers leaked a huge trove of hacking tools and exploit codes used by the US intelligence agency, most of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 22, 2017
Security researcher warn of hackers compromised thousands of Windows boxes using leaked NSA hack tools DOUBLEPULSAR and ETERNALBLUE Security expert Dan Tentler, the founder of security shop Phobos Group, has observed a significant increase in the number of Windows boxes exposed on the Internet that has been hacked with DOUBLEPULSAR backdoor. The compromised windows boxes have been used […]
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