Pierluigi Paganini
October 30, 2019
WhatsApp sued Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group, accusing it of using a flaw in its messaging service to conduct cyberespionage on journalists and activists. WhatsApp sued the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group accusing it of carrying out malicious attacks against its users. In May, Facebook has patched a critical zero-day vulnerability in WhatsApp, tracked as CVE-2019-3568, that has […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 28, 2019
Researchers discovered a new piece of ransomware called FuxSocy that borrows part of code from Cerber ransomware. Experts at MalwareHunterTeam discovered a new piece of ransomware called FuxSocy that borrows part of code from Cerber ransomware. The Cerber ransomware was first spotted in 2016, it was offered in the criminal underground as a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS). The name of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 28, 2019
Security expert Marco Ramilli published a quick analysis of an interesting attack carried out by SWEED threat actor targeting precision engineering firms in Italy. Introduction Today Iâd like to share a quick analysis of an interesting attack targeting precision engineering companies based in Italy. Precision engineering is a very important business market in Europe, it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 27, 2019
TrialWorks, one of the most established providers of legal case management software for law firms and attorneys, was hit by ransomware. TrialWorks, a company that provides the most established and widely used legal case management software solutions, was a victim of a ransomware attack earlier this month. At result of the attack, law firms and lawyers, were […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 27, 2019
Wandera researchers discovered seventeen iOS applications infected with clicker Trojan into the official Apple App Store. Experts at Wandera discovered seventeen iOS applications infected with clicker Trojan into the official Apple App Store. The mobile apps were instructed by the C&C to simulate user interactions, allowing crooks to fraudulently collect ad revenue. “The clicker trojan […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 25, 2019
Experts at Fortinet analyzed NukeSped malware samples that share multiple similarities with malware associated with North Korea-linked APTs. Fortinet has analyzed the NukeSped RAT that is believed to be a malware in the arsenal of the Lazarus North-Korea linked APT group. The attribution to the Lazarus group is based on the similarities with other malware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 24, 2019
The Sweden government is going to authorize the use of spyware on suspects’ devices to spy on their communications and track them. S The Sweden government is going to authorize law enforcement agencies into using spyware to spy on suspects’ devices, the malicious code allows agents to read encrypted communications, to track their movements, exfiltrate […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 22, 2019
German company Pilz, one of the worldâs biggest producers of automation tools is still down after getting infected by ransomware more than a week ago. German firm Pilz was still down after getting infected by the BitPaymer ransomware more than a week ago, on October 13, 2019. “Since Sunday, October 13, 2019, all servers and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 21, 2019
Security experts have a new malware, dubbed skip-2.0 used by the China-linked APT group to establish a backdoor in Microsoft SQL Server systems. Security experts at ESET have discovered a new malware, dubbed skip-2.0, used by the Chinese Winnti cyberespionage group to gain persistence on Microsoft SQL Server systems. The Winnti group was first spotted by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 20, 2019
TA505 cybercrime group that operated the Dridex Trojan and Locky ransomware, has been using a new RAT dubbed SDBbot in recent attacks. Security experts at Proofpoint observed the notorious TA505 cybercrime group that has been using a new RAT dubbed SDBbot in recent attacks. The TA505 group, that is known to have operated both the Dridex and Locky malware families, continues […]
