Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2021
Estonian hacker Pavel Tsurkan has pleaded guilty in a United States court to the counts of computer fraud and of creating and operating a proxy botnet. The Estonian national Pavel Tsurkan has pleaded guilty in a United States court to two counts of computer fraud and abuse. According to court documents, Pavel Tsurkan (33) operated […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2021
The Threat Report Portugal: Q1 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from April to June, Q2, of 2021 The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática. This feed is based on automatic searches and is also supported […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 21, 2021
Check Point Research (CPR) experts have spotted a cheap malware, dubbed XLoader variant, which was upgraded to target both Windows and macOS PCs. XLoader is a very cheap malware strain that is based on the popular Formbook Windows malware. FormBook is a data-stealing malware that is used in cyber espionage campaigns, like other spyware it is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 19, 2021
Pegasus Project investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware. Pegasus Project is the name of a large-scale investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets that revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware. Pegasus is a surveillance malware developed by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 18, 2021
BleepingComputer became aware that the recent wave of attacks targeting vulnerable SonicWall devices was carried out by HelloKitty ransomware operators. SonicWall this week has issued an urgent security alert to warn companies of “an imminent ransomware campaing” targeting some of its equipment that reached end-of-life (EoL). Threat actors could target unpatched devices belonging to Secure Mobile Access […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 18, 2021
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the international press subscribe here. Biden discussed Russian ransomware gangs with Putin in a phone call Hackers accessed Mint Mobile subscribers data and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 16, 2021
The Joker malware is back, experts spotted multiple malicious apps on the official Google Play store that were able to evade scanners. Experts reported an uptick in malicious Android apps on the official Google Play store laced with the Joker mobile trojan. The Joker malware is a malicious code camouflaged as a system app and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 15, 2021
Experts said that Israeli surveillance firm Candiru, tracked as Sourgum, exploited zero-days to deliver a new Windows spyware. Microsoft and Citizen Lab believe that the secretive Israel-based Israeli surveillance firm Candiru, tracked as Sourgum, used Windows zero-day exploits to deliver a new Windows spyware dubbed DevilsTongue. According to the experts, at least 100 activists, journalists […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 15, 2021
Security researchers have linked a new ransomware strain called Diavol to the Wizard Spider threat group behind the Trickbot botnet. BleepingComputer noted the ransomware families utilize the same I/O operations for file encryption queueing and use nearly identical command-line parameters for the same functionality. There may be some similarities, but as they’ve explained and SpearTip […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 14, 2021
LuminousMoth: Kaspersky uncovered an ongoing and large-scale APT campaign that targeted government entities in Southeast Asia, including Myanmar and the Philippines. Kaspersky experts uncovered an ongoing and large-scale cyber espionage campaign, tracked as LuminousMoth, aimed at government entities from Southeast Asia, including Myanmar and the Philippines government entities. The LuminousMoth campaign has been linked by […]
