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Pierluigi Paganini December 02, 2021
NginRAT – A stealth malware targets e-store hiding on Nginx servers

Threat actors are targeting e-stores with remote access malware, dubbed NginRAT, that hides on Nginx servers bypassing security solutions. Researchers from security firm Sansec recently discovered a new Linux remote access trojan (RAT), tracked as CronRAT, that hides in the Linux task scheduling system (cron) on February 31st. CronRAT is employed in Magecart attacks against online stores […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 02, 2021
Europol arrested 1800 money mules as part of an anti-money-laundering operation

Europol identified 18,351 money mules and arrested 1,803 of them as part of an international anti-money-laundering operation codenamed EMMA 7. Europol has identified 18,351 money mules and arrested 1,803 of them as part of an international anti-money-laundering operation codenamed EMMA 7. The operation is the result of a joint effort of 27 countries, Eurojust, INTERPOL, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 01, 2021
VirusTotal Collections allows enhancing the sharing of Indicators of Compromise (IoCs)

VirusTotal announced VirusTotal Collections, a new service that allows security researchers to share sets of Indicators of Compromise (IoCs). VirusTotal announced VirusTotal Collections, a new service that allows threat researchers to share Indicators of Compromise (IoCs). A collection is a live report that includes IoCs associated with a specific threat and it is available for […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 01, 2021
New RTF Template Inject technique used by APT groups in recent attacks

Nation-state actors from China, India, and Russia, were spotted using a novel RTF template injection technique in recent attacks. APT groups from China, India, and Russia have used a new RTF (rich text format) template injection technique in recent phishing attacks. The technique was first reported by the security firm Proofpoint spotted which observed phishing […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 30, 2021
New EwDoor Botnet is targeting AT&T customers

360 Netlab experts spotted a new botnet dubbed EwDoor that infects unpatched AT&T enterprise network edge devices. Experts from Qihoo 360’s Network Security Research Lab discovered a new botnet, dubbed EwDoor, that targets AT&T customers using EdgeMarc Enterprise Session Border Controller (ESBC) edge devices that are publicly exposed to the Internet. The attackers are targeting Edgewater Networks’ […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 30, 2021
WIRTE APT group targets the Middle East since at least 2019

A threat actor named WIRTE targets government, diplomatic entities, military organizations, law firms, and financial institutions in Middle East. Cybersecurity researchers from Kaspersky have detailed the activity of a threat actor named WIRTE that is targeting government, diplomatic entities, military organizations, law firms, and financial institutions in Middle East since early 2019. The activity of […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 30, 2021
4 Android banking trojans were spread via Google Play infecting 300.000+ devices

Experts found four Android banking trojans that were available on the official Google Play Store and that infected +300,000 devices. Researchers from ThreatFabric discovered four distinct Android banking trojans that were spread via the official Google Play Store between August and November 2021. According to the experts, the malware infected more than 300,000 devices through […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 29, 2021
Biopharmaceutical firm Supernus Pharmaceuticals hit by Hive ransomware during an ongoing acquisition

Biopharmaceutical company Supernus Pharmaceuticals discloses a ransomware attack, the Hive ransomware claims to have stolen company data. Biopharmaceutical company Supernus Pharmaceuticals confirmed it was the victim of a data breach after a ransomware attack that hit the firm last in Mid-November. The Company states that the security breach did not impact its operations, it notified […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 28, 2021
RATDispenser, a new stealthy JavaScript loader used to distribute RATs

RATDispenser is a new stealthy JavaScript loader that is being used to spread multiple remote access trojans (RATs) into the wild. Researchers from the HP Threat Research team have discovered a new stealthy JavaScript loader dubbed RATDispenser that is being used to spread a variety of remote access trojans (RATs) in attacks into the wild. Experts […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 28, 2021
North Korea-linked Zinc group posed as Samsung recruiters to target security firms

North Korea-linked threat actors posed as Samsung recruiters in a spear-phishing campaign aimed at employees at South Korean security firms. North Korea-linked APT group posed as Samsung recruiters is a spear-phishing campaign that targeted South Korean security companies that sell anti-malware solutions, Google TAG researchers reported. According to the Google Threat Horizons report, the state-sponsored […]