malware

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2020
Hackers abuse BitBucket to infect 500K+ hosts with arsenal of malware

Threat actors are abusing the Bitbucket code hosting service to host seven types of malware that has already claimed more than 500,000 business computers. Cybereason researchers reported that attackers are abusing the Bitbucket code hosting service to store seven types of malware that were employed in an ongoing campaign. According to the experts, the malware […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2020
The city of Racine was offline following a ransomware attack

The city of Racine joins to the long string of US municipalities that were hit with ransomware attack, it was forced offline following the infection. The city of Racine, Wisconsin, was hit with a ransomware, the incident took place on January 31, 2020. Most of non-emergency computer services of the city went offline following the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2020
Toll Group shuts down some online systems after ransomware attack

The Australian transportation and logistics giant Toll Group has suffered a ransomware attack that forced it to shut down part of its services. The Australian transportation and logistics giant Toll Group was victim of a ransomware attack, in response to the incident the company has shut down some of its online services. The Toll Group is an […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 03, 2020
Ransomware brought down services of popular TV search engine TVEyes

TVEyes was brought down after its core server and engineering workstations were infected with a ransomware attack, company CEO confirmed. TVEyes is a company that manages a popular platform for monitoring TV and radio news broadcasts, it is used worldwide by PR agencies and newsrooms. On Thursday night, a ransomware attack hit the company network causing […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 02, 2020
Security Affairs newsletter Round 249

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Authorities arrest 3 Indonesian hackers behind many Magecart attacks City of Potsdam offline following a cyberattack A new piece of Ryuk Stealer targets government, military and finance sectors Aggah: How to run a botnet without renting a Server […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 02, 2020
Microsoft warns TA505 changed tactic in an ongoing malware campaign

An ongoing phishing campaign launched by TA505 is using attachments featuring HTML redirectors for delivering malicious Excel docs Security experts from Microsoft have uncovered an ongoing phishing campaign launched by the TA505 cybercrime gang (aka Evil Corp) that is employing attachments featuring HTML redirectors for delivering malicious Excel docs. According to Microsoft, this is the […]

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 […]