Pierluigi Paganini
October 16, 2022
Microsoft warns that new Prestige ransomware is targeting transportation and logistics organizations in Ukraine and Poland. Microsoft reported that new Prestige ransomware is being used in attacks aimed at transportation and logistics organizations in Ukraine and Poland. The Prestige ransomware first appeared in the threat landscape on October 11 in attacks occurring within an hour […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 15, 2022
Experts spotted a PHP version of an information-stealing malware called Ducktail spread as cracked installers for legitimate apps and games. Zscaler researchers discovered a PHP version of an information-stealing malware tracked as Ducktail. The malicious code is distributed as free/cracked application installers for a variety of applications including games, Microsoft Office applications, Telegram, and others. Ducktail has been […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 15, 2022
Tata Power Company Limited, India’s largest power generation company, announced it was hit by a cyberattack. Tata Power on Friday announced that was hit by a cyber attack. Threat actors hit the Information Technology (IT) infrastructure of the company. The company confirmed that the security breach impacted “some of its IT systems.” “The Tata Power Company […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 14, 2022
Chinese-speaking threat actor, tracked as WIP19, is targeting telecommunications and IT service providers in the Middle East and Asia. SentinelOne researchers uncovered a new threat cluster, tracked as WIP19, which has been targeting telecommunications and IT service providers in the Middle East and Asia. The experts believe the group operated for cyber espionage purposes and is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2022
The Budworm espionage group resurfaced targeting a U.S.-based organization for the first time, Symantec Threat Hunter team reported. The Budworm cyber espionage group (aka APT27, Bronze Union, Emissary Panda, Lucky Mouse, TG-3390, and Red Phoenix) is behind a series attacks conducted over the past six months against a number of high-profile targets, including the government of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2022
Cloudflare mitigated a record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Wynncraft, one of the largest Minecraft servers. Cloudflare announced it has mitigated a record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Wynncraft, one of the largest Minecraft servers. The Cloudflare DDoS threat report 2022 Q3 states that multi-terabit massive DDoS attacks have become increasingly frequent. In Q3, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2022
Experts discovered a new attack framework, including a C2 tool dubbed Alchimist, used in attacks against Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. Researchers from Cisco Talos discovered a new, previously undocumented attack framework that included a C2 dubbed Alchimist. The framework is likely being used in attacks aimed at Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. The experts […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2022
Kaspersky researchers warn of a recently discovered malicious version of a popular WhatsApp messenger mod dubbed YoWhatsApp. Kaspersky researchers discovered an unofficial WhatsApp Android application named ‘YoWhatsApp’ that steals access keys for users’ accounts. Mod apps are advertised as unofficial versions of legitimate apps that have features that the official one does not supports. YoWhatsApp is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 12, 2022
Lockbit ransomware affiliates are compromising Microsoft Exchange servers to deploy their ransomware, experts warn. South-Korean cybersecurity firm AhnLab reported that Lockbit ransomware affiliates are distributing their malware via compromised Microsoft Exchange servers. In July 2022, two servers operated by a customer of the security firm were infected with LockBit 3.0 ransomware. Threat actors initially deployed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2022
Threat actors behind the Emotet bot are continually improving their tactics, techniques, and procedures to avoid detection. VMware researchers have analyzed the supply chain behind the Emotet malware reporting that its operators are continually shifting their tactics, techniques, and procedures to avoid detection. The Emotet banking trojan has been active at least since 2014, the botnet is operated by […]
