Pierluigi Paganini
March 12, 2018
Besides being known about corruption scandals, South America is a reference to the development of ATM malware spreading globally with Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico leading the way. A research conducted by KASPERSKY has revealed a convergence on attacks against financial institutions, where traditional crimes and cybercrime join forces together to target and attack ATM (Automated […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 12, 2018
Researchers from the ISC SANS group and the Anti-DDoS company Imperva discovered two distinct campaigns targeting Windows Server, Redis and Apache Solr servers online. Last week new mining campaigns targeted unpatched Windows Server, Apache Solr, and Redis servers, attackers attempted to install the cryptocurrency miner Coinminer. Two campaigns were spotted by researchers from the ISC SANS group and the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 11, 2018
According to Citizen Lab, some governments are using Sandvine network gear installed at internet service providers to deliver spyware and cryptocurrency miners. Researchers at human rights research group Citizen Lab have discovered that netizens in Turkey, Egypt and Syria who attempted to download legitimate Windows applications from official vendor websites (i.e. Avast Antivirus, CCleaner, Opera, and 7-Zip) […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 10, 2018
Slingshot spyware – Security researchers at Kaspersky have spotted a new sophisticated APT group that has been operating under the radar at lease since at least 2012. Security researchers at Kaspersky have spotted a new sophisticated APT group that has been operating under the radar at lease since at least 2012. Researchers tracked the group […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 10, 2018
McAfee Advanced Threat Research team discovered that the Hidden Cobra APT group is targeting financial organizations in Turkey. North Korea-linked APT group Hidden Cobra (aka Lazarus Group) is targeting the Turkish financial system. Experts from McAfee observed the hackers using the Bankshot implant in targeted attacks against the financial organizations in Turkey. The attack resembles previous attacks conducted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2018
In just one night a Russian crime gang stole 3.8 million slopes (860,000 euros) from 32 ATMs belonging to the Raiffeisen Romania bank. Cybercriminals stole 3.8 million slopes (860,000 euros) from 32 ATMs belonging to the Raiffeisen Romania bank using an infected RTF document. The criminal organization led by Dmitriy Kvasov operated in Romania, the gang stole […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2018
Security experts devised a stealth attack technique dubbed CIGslip that could be exploited by attackers to bypass Microsoft Code Integrity Guard (CIG) Security researchers at Morphisec discovered a discovered stealth attack technique dubbed CIGslip that could be exploited by attackers to bypass Microsoft Code Integrity Guard (CIG) and inject malicious libraries into protected processes. “Morphisec researchers Michael […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2018
According to Kaspersky Lab, threat actors behind the recent Olympic Destroyer attack planted sophisticated false flags inside their malicious code. On February 9, shortly before the Pyeongchang opening ceremonies on Friday, televisions at the main press centre, wifi at the Olympic Stadium and the official website were taken down. Hackers used the so-called Olympic Destroyer, a strain […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 08, 2018
Ukrainian Police supported by security firm Group-IB and other security firms dismantled a DDoS crime gang that blackmailed numerous companies worldwide. Another example of successful collaboration between law enforcement agencies and security firms in the fight against cybercrime, the case sees Ukrainian Police supported by security firm Group-IB and other security firms dismantling a DDoS […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 08, 2018
The set of security updates recently released by Cisco also includes two advisories for critical vulnerabilities, a hardcoded password, and a Java deserialization flaw. The lasters set of security updates released by Cisco also includes two advisories for critical vulnerabilities. The first issue is a hardcoded password, tracked as CVE-2018-0141, that affects Cisco’s Prime Collaboration Provisioning […]
