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 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 14, 2021
Trickbot botnet is back, its authors implemented updates for the VNC module used for remote control of infected systems. The Trickbot botnet continues to evolve despite the operations conducted by law enforcement aimed at dismantling it. The authors recently implemented an update for the VNC module used for remote control over infected systems. In October, Microsoft’s […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 14, 2021
The infrastructure and leak sites used by the REvil ransomware gang for its operations went offline last night. Starting last night, the infrastructure and the websites used by the REvil ransomware gang were mysteriously unreachable, BleepingComputer first reported. “The REvil ransomware operation, aka Sodinokibi, operates through numerous clear web and dark web sites used as […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 12, 2021
Researchers spotted a new malware, dubbed BIOPASS, that sniffs victim’s screen by abusing the framework of Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) Studio. Researchers from Trend Micro spotted a new malware, dubbed BIOPASS, that sniffs the victim’s screen by abusing the framework of Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) Studio. Threat actors behind the new malware planted a malicious JavaScript code on support […]
