Pierluigi Paganini
March 11, 2019
Experts observed the STOP ransomware installing the Azorult password-stealing Trojan to steal account credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and more. The STOP ransomware made the headlines because it is installing password-stealing Trojans on the victims’ machines. Experts observed the ransomware also installing the dreaded Azorult password-stealing Trojan on victim’s machine to steal account credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, documents […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 08, 2019
A few days ago, Cybaze-Yoroi ZLAB researchers spotted a suspicious JavaScript file that implemented several techniques to evade detection of all AV solutions. Introduction A few days ago, Cybaze-Yoroi ZLAB researchers spotted a suspicious JavaScript file needing further attention: it leveraged several techniques in order to evade all AV detection and no one of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 07, 2019
Security experts at FortiGuard uncovered a new malware campaign aimed at delivering the StealthWorker brute-force malware. The malicious code targets both Windows and Linux systems, compromised systems are used to carry out brute force attacks along with other infected systems. The malicious code was first discovered by Malwarebytes at the end of February and tracked […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 06, 2019
In the past weeks, a new strange campaign emerged in the cyber threat Italian landscape, it has been tracked as âOperation Pistacchietto.â Introduction In the past weeks, a new strange campaign emerged in the Italian landscape. It has been baptized âOperation Pistacchiettoâ from a username extracted from a Github account used to serve some part […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 04, 2019
Security researchers at McAfee have linked the Op. Sharpshooter with the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group after analyzing code from a command and control (C2) server. Security experts at McAfee analyzed the code of a C2 server involved in the cyber espionage campaign tracked as Op. Sharpshooter and linked it with the North Korea-linked APT […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 04, 2019
The Necurs Botnet continues to evolve, a new strategy aims at hiding in the shadows, and leverages new payloads to recruits new bots. Necurs botnet is currently the second largest spam botnet, it has been active since at least 2012 and was involved in massive campaigns spreading malware such as the Locky ransomware, the Scarab ransomware, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 04, 2019
Security experts at Morphisec observed a wave of attacks against point-of-sale (PoS) thin clients using card data scraping malware and the Cobalt Strike beacon. Over the past 8-10 weeks, security experts at Morphisec observed multiple sophisticated attacks targeting PoS thin clients worldwide. Most of the indicators collected by the experts point to the FIN6 hacking […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 02, 2019
SI-LAB captured a piece of the FlawedAmmyy malware that leverages undetected XLM macros as an Infection Vehicle to compromise userâs devices. In February 2019, SI-LAB captured multiple samples of phishing campaigns using an Office Excel document carrying a malicious Excel 4.0 macro, also known as XLM macro, and used to download and execute a final […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2019
Experts analyzed tools and intrusion methods used by theChina-linked cyber-espionage group Emissary Panda in attacks over the past 2 years. This morning I wrote about a large-scale cyber attack that hit the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in November 2016, Emissary Panda was suspected to be the culprit. Experts at Secureworks reports who investigated the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 28, 2019
Security expert Marco Ramilli analyzed a new piece of malware apparently designed to target PIK-Group that implements ransomware, Trojan, and Miner capabilities. When an unknown sender suggests me to click on a super wired url, dropping a ZIP file straight in my box, by saying itâs getting the next targeted attack on a huge company, […]
