Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini July 02, 2019
After 2 years under the radars, Ratsnif emerges in OceanLotus ops

Security experts spotted a news wave of attacks carried out by the OceanLotus APT group that involved the new Ratsnif Trojan. Experts at the security firm Cylance detected a new RAT dubbed Ratsnif that was used in cyber espionage operations conducted by the OceanLotus APT group. The OceanLotus APT group, also known as APT32 or Cobalt Kitty, is state-sponsored group that […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 01, 2019
New variant of Dridex banking Trojan implements polymorphism

Security researchers at eSentire tracked a new campaign spreading a variant of the Dridex banking Trojan that shows polymorphism. Security experts at eSentire observed a new campaign spreading a variant of the Dridex banking Trojan that implements polymorphism. The Dridex banking Trojan that has been around since 2014, it was involved in numerous campaigns against financial institutions over the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 01, 2019
ViceLeaker Android spyware targets users in the Middle East

Experts at Kaspersky have uncovered a spyware campaign dubbed ViceLeaker that spreads in the Middle East to spy on Android users.  Kaspersky spotted a spyware campaign, tracked as ViceLeaker, that spreads in the Middle East to steal device and communications data from Android users.  The ViceLeaker campaign has been active at least since May 2018 […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 01, 2019
Iran-linked APT33 updates infrastructure following its public disclosure

The Iran-linked cyberespionage group APT33 has updated its infrastructure after the publication of a report detailing its activities. In March, Symantec published a report detailing the activities of Iran-linked cyberespionage group APT33 that was targeting organizations in Saudi Arabia and the United States. The APT33 group has been around since at least 2013, since mid-2016, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2019
Is Your Browser Secure? Here’s How to Secure Your Web Browser Against Attacks!

Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Opera, no matter which web browser you use, here’s what you need to know to protect them against attacks. There are a number of web browsers available for surfing sites and accessing the content. The most popular and widely used are Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Opera. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 220 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Expert released PoC for Outlook for Android flaw addressed by Microsoft Hundreds of million computers potentially exposed to hack due to a flaw in PC-Doctor component NASA hacked! An […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2019
Vulnerability in Medtronic insulin pumps allow hacking devices

Medtronic and the US government have warned that some Medtronic MiniMed insulin pumps are vulnerable to cyber attacks. Medtronic and the United States government have warned of a security vulnerability affecting some Medtronic MiniMed insulin pumps that could be exploited by hackers. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Medtronic, and the Food and Drug […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2019
Germany and the Netherlands agreed to build TEN, the first ever joint military internet

The governments of Germany and The Netherlands agreed to build the first-ever joint military Internet, so-called TEN (Tactical Edge Networking). Government officials from Germany and the Netherlands signed an agreement for the building of the first-ever joint military Internet, so-called TEN (Tactical Edge Networking). The agreement was signed this week in Brussels, during a meeting […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 29, 2019
Talos discovered Spelevo EK, an exploit kit spreading via B2B Website

Researchers at Cisco Talos group have discovered a new exploit kit dubbed Spelevo that spreads via a compromised business-to-business website. Malware researchers at Cisco Talos have discovered a new exploit kit dubbed Spelevo that spreads via a compromised business-to-business website. The popularity of EK rapidly decreased with the demise of the Angler Exploit Kit, but the discovery […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 28, 2019
Regin spyware involved in attack against the Russian tech giant Yandex

Allegedly Western nation-state actors breached the systems of Russian tech giant Yandex in 2018, the attack involved a new variant of the Regin malware. According to the Reuters, Western state-sponsored hackers breached the systems of the Russian tech giant Yandex in 2018, the attack involved a new variant of the Regin malware. The Regin malware has been […]