Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2018
Researchers from Proofpoint have discovered a new remote access Trojan (RAT) named Parasite HTTP that implements a broad range of evasion techniques. The Parasite HTTP RAT has a modular architecture that allows authors to easily add new features. The malware includes sandbox detection, anti-debugging, anti-emulation, and other defense mechanisms. “Proofpoint researchers recently discovered a new remote […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 26, 2018
The Chinese shipping giant COSCO was reportedly hit by a ransomware based attack, the attack occurred in the American region. According to COSCO a âlocal network breakdownâ disrupted some systems in the United States. Media confirmed the incident was the result of a ransomware attack and quoted a company spokesman as the source. “The China Ocean Shipping […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 26, 2018
Researchers from Proofpoint have discovered a new variant of the infamous Kronos banking Trojan that was involved in several attacks in the recent months. The infamous Kronos banking Trojan is back, and according to the experts from Proofpoint it was involved in several attacks in the last months. The malware was first spotted in 2014 by researchers at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 25, 2018
Davolink dvw 3200 routers have their login portal up on port 88, the access is password protected, but the password is hardcoded in the HTLM of login page. The story started in 2018 when Anubhav noticed a very basic flaw the routers of the Korean vendor Davolink. These Davolink dvw 3200 routers have their login […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2018
Security experts are warning of an intensification of attacks powered by two notorious IoT botnets, Mirai and Gafgyt. Security experts are warning of a new wave of attacks powered by two botnets, Mirai and Gafgyt. Since the code of the infamous Mirai botnet was leaked online many variants emerged in the threat landscape. Satori, Masuta, Wicked Mirai, JenX, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2018
The source code of the Exobot Android banking trojan has been leaked online, researchers already verified its authenticity. The source code of the Exobot Android banking trojan has been leaked online and experts believe that we will soon assist at a new wave of attacks based on the malware. The Exobot Android banking trojan was first spotted at the end […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2018
Researchers at CSE Cybsec ZLab analyzed a malicious code involved in a long-term espionage campaign in Syria attributed to a APT-C-27 group. A few days ago, the security researcher Lukas Stefanko from ESET discovered an open repository containing some Android applications. The folder was found on a compromised website at the following URL: hxxp://chatsecurelite.uk[.]to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 22, 2018
Proofpoint uncovered a massive malspam campaign leveraging emails delivering weaponized PDF documents containing malicious SettingContent-ms files. Security experts from Proofpoint have uncovered a massive malspam campaign, crooks sent hundreds of thousands of emails delivering weaponized PDF documents containing malicious SettingContent-ms files. Experts attributed the malspam campaign to the cybercriminal group tracked as TA505, the attackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 21, 2018
Security experts from Kaspersky Lab have discovered a precursor of the infamous Proton macOS malware that was named Calisto. Malware researchers from Kaspersky Lab have discovered a malware, tracked as Calisto, that appears to be to the precursor of the Proton macOS malware. “We recently came across one such sample: a macOS backdoor that we named Calisto. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2018
The popular Anarchy botmaster builds a botnet of 18,000 Huawei routers in a few hours, and it is also planning to target vulnerable Realtek routers. NewSky Security first reported the born a new huge botnet, in just one day the botmaster compromised more than 18,000 Huawei routers. NewSky security researcher Ankit Anubhav announced that the […]
