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Pierluigi Paganini February 01, 2020

Winnti APT Group targeted Hong Kong Universities

Winnti Group has compromised computer systems at two Hong Kong universities during the Hong Kong protests that started in March 2019. Hackers from the China-linked Winnti group have compromised computer systems at two Hong Kong universities during the Hong Kong protests that started in March 2019. Researchers from ESET discovered the attacks in November 2019 […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2020

Report: Threat of Emotet and Ryuk

Experts at cyber security firm Cypher conducted a study on Portuguese domains during 2019 and concluded that Emotet and Ryuk were the most active threats Emotet, the most widespread malware worldwide and Ryuk, a ransomware type, are growing threats and real concerns for businesses and internet users in 2020. This is the conclusion of a […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2020

Iran-linked APT34 group is targeting US federal workers

Iran-linked APT34 group has targeted a U.S.-based research company that provides services to businesses and government organizations. Security experts from Intezer observed targeted attacks on a US-based research company that provides services to businesses and government organizations. “Our researchers Paul Litvak and Michael Kajilolti have discovered a new campaign conducted by APT34 employing an updated toolset. Based […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2020

A new piece of Snake Ransomware targets ICS processes

The recently discovered Snake Ransomware has been targeting processes and files associated with industrial control systems (ICS). Security experts from SentinelOne reported that the recently discovered Snake Ransomware has been targeting processes and files associated with industrial control systems (ICS). The Snake ransomware is written in the Golang programming language and has been used in […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 27, 2020

Aggah: How to run a botnet without renting a Server (for more than a year)

Experts from Yoroi-Cybaze ZLab have spotted new attack attempts directed to some Italian companies operating in the Retail sector linked to Aggah campaign. Introduction During the last year, we constantly kept track of the Aggah campaigns. We started deepening inside the Roma225 Campaign and went on with the RG Campaign, contributing to the joint effort to track the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 27, 2020

Which was the most common threat to macOS devices in 2019? Shlayer malware

Malware authors continue to show interest in macOS devices, Kaspersky experts confirmed that the Shlayer malware has been the most common threat to the macOS platform. Security experts from Kaspersky Lab revealed that the Shlayer malware was the most widespread macOS threat in 2019. In February, malware researchers at Carbon Black spotted a new strain […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 27, 2020

A new piece of Ryuk Stealer targets government, military and finance sectors

A new piece of the Ryuk malware has been improved to steal confidential files related to the military, government, financial statements, and banking. Security experts from MalwareHunterTeam have discovered a new version of the Ryuk Stealer malware that has been enhanced to allow its operators to steal a greater amount of confidential files related to […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2020

The Mystery of Fbot

In a few days back, the MalwareMustDie team’s security researcher unixfreaxjp has published a new Linux malware analysis of Fbot that has focused on the decryption of the last encryption logic used by its bot client. This is not the first time Fbot analysis has been published, and also Fbot binaries have been actively infecting […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 20, 2020

JhoneRAT uses Google Drive, Twitter, ImgBB, and Google Forms to target countries in Middle East

Researchers from Cisco Talos discovered a new Trojan named JhoneRAT that was used in targeted attacks against entities in the Middle East. A new Trojan named JhoneRAT appeared in the threat landscape, it is selectively attacking targets in the Middle East by checking keyboard layouts. The malware targets a very specific set of Arabic-speaking countries, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 19, 2020

Security Affairs newsletter Round 247

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Google removed 1.7K+ Joker Malware infected apps from its Play Store MageCart attack hit Australia bushfire Donors New Bill prohibits intelligence sharing with countries using Huawei 5G equipment 5G – The Future of Security and Privacy in Smart […]

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Winnti APT Group targeted Hong Kong Universities

Report: Threat of Emotet and Ryuk

Iran-linked APT34 group is targeting US federal workers

A new piece of Snake Ransomware targets ICS processes

Aggah: How to run a botnet without renting a Server (for more than a year)

Which was the most common threat to macOS devices in 2019? Shlayer malware

A new piece of Ryuk Stealer targets government, military and finance sectors

The Mystery of Fbot

JhoneRAT uses Google Drive, Twitter, ImgBB, and Google Forms to target countries in Middle East

Security Affairs newsletter Round 247

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