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Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2015

Operation Buhtrap: New Spyware is targeting Russian Banking Sector

ESET has discovered a new hacking campaign dubbed Operation Buhtrap based on a family of spyware targeting vulnerabilities within the Russian Windows System. Late in 2014 analysts at ESET uncovered CVE-2012-0158, a buffer overflow vulnerability in the ListView / TreeView ActiveX controls in the MSCOMCTL.OCX library. This particular malicious code can be activated by a […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 12, 2015

Hackers running Linux Operation Windigo are changing tactics targeting porn sites

Security Experts at ESET firm discovered that Windigo campaign is still active and that bad actors are changing their tactics to remain under the radar. Windigo is a sophisticated malware-based campaign uncovered by security Experts at ESET in March 2014, hackers behind the campaign that exploited the Linux/Ebury backdoor compromising more than 500,000 computers and 25,000 dedicated servers. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 24, 2014

Virlock, the first self-reproducing polymorphic Ransomware

Sophos and ESET detected the first self-reproducing polymorphic Ransomware dubbed Virlock that encrypts files and creates unique instances of itself. Security researchers from Sophos and ESET security firms have discovered a new interesting trend in the evolution of ransomware. The new strain of ransomware, dubbed VirRansom or VirLock, discovered by the experts is able to encrypt […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2014

Gh0st RAT used in targeted attacks against Tibetan activists

APT actors trying to use the G20 2014 summit as a lure to compromise Tibetan nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) with Gh0st RAT. Security experts at ESET uncovered a new series of cyber attacks that targeted Tibetan nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) concurrently with the G20 2014 summit in Brisbane, Australia. The experts discovered that APTs behind the attacks used a strain of the Gh0st RAT characterized […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2014

New iBanking mobile Trojan exploits Facebook platform

Security experts at ESET detected a new variant of iBanking Trojan offered in the underground that exploits Facebook platform as vector of infection. iBanking is the name of a mobile banking Trojan app distributed through HTML injection attacks on banking sites. iBanking deceives victims impersonating itself as a ‘Security App‘ for Android, we have spoken about it early 2014 […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2014

Linux Operation Windigo hit 500000 PC and 25000 dedicated servers

Antivirus Firm ESET has been tracking and investigating the operation behind Linux_Ebury uncovering a sophisticated campaign called Operation Windigo. Operation Windigo is the name of a sophisticated malware-based campaign uncovered by security Experts at ESET, that exploiting the Linux/Ebury backdoor has impacted more 500,000 computers and 25,000 dedicated servers. ESET Researchers collaborated with CERT-Bund, the European Organization […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 13, 2013

KDMS Team hacked also ESET and BitDefender. Th3 J35t3r has found them

A pro-Palestinian group of hacktivists known as KDMS Team hacked also the two popular antivirus vendors Bitdefender and ESET. Th3 hacker Th3 J35t3r has discovered the identities of its members. A pro-Palestinian group of hacktivists known as KDMS Team has hit again, this time the victims of the successful attacks were the two popular antivirus vendors Bitdefender and ESET. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 06, 2013

Hesperbot, the new powerful banking trojan found by ESET

Hesperbot is the name of a new banking trojan detected by ESET, it is a very potent malware which includes some very advanced tricks. Hesperbot is the name of the last banking trojan detected by security firm ESET, a malware that due its effectiveness could create serious problems to banks and financial institutions. Just yesterday I wrote about the evolution of cyber threats targeting online banking services, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2013

ESET on Avatar rootkit with API, SDK, and Yahoo Groups as C&C

ESET security firm found a mysterious instance of Avatar rootkit with API, SDK, and Yahoo Groups for C&C communication Early this year ESET security firm detected the Avatar rootkit (Win32/Rootkit.Avatar), a mysterious malware advertised as rootkit by Russian cybercrime on specific forums. “We present you here previously announced product. In connection with work on other projects, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2013

How PokerAgent botnet has stolen Facebook credentials

We never tire of repeating, social networks are an ideal conduit, due their large diffusion, for the spread of malware, they are used by cybercrime to realize complex fraud schema and by military to conduct offensive operations or cyber espionage campaigns. ESET Security Research has published an interesting analysis on the ‘PokerAgent’ botnet detected during 2012 […]

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Operation Buhtrap: New Spyware is targeting Russian Banking Sector

Hackers running Linux Operation Windigo are changing tactics targeting porn sites

Virlock, the first self-reproducing polymorphic Ransomware

Gh0st RAT used in targeted attacks against Tibetan activists

New iBanking mobile Trojan exploits Facebook platform

Linux Operation Windigo hit 500000 PC and 25000 dedicated servers

KDMS Team hacked also ESET and BitDefender. Th3 J35t3r has found them

Hesperbot, the new powerful banking trojan found by ESET

ESET on Avatar rootkit with API, SDK, and Yahoo Groups as C&C

How PokerAgent botnet has stolen Facebook credentials

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