Pierluigi Paganini
October 16, 2019
Chinese-speaking cybercrime gang Rocke that carried out several large-scale cryptomining campaigns, has now using news tactics to evade detection. Chinese-speaking cybercrime gang Rocke, that carried out several large-scale cryptomining campaigns in past, has now using news tactics to evade detection. The group has been observed using new tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), it is also […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 14, 2019
Cybercrime gang behind the Emotet malware is targeting organization with external SOC with emails claiming to deliver a SOC “weekly report.” Introduction The group behind Emotet malware is getting smarter and smarter in the way they deliver such a Malware. While the infection schema looks alike from years; the way the group tries to infect victims improves from day […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2019
A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Hacker is auctioning a database containing details of 92 million […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2019
Confiant researchers have discovered a new Mac malware dubbed Tarmac distributed via malvertising campaigns in the US, Italy, and Japan. Security experts at Confiant have discovered a new Mac malware dubbed Tarmac that is distributed via malvertising campaigns in the US, Italy, and Japan. “Malicious ads redirect victims to sites showing popups peddling software updates, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2019
New espionage malware found targeting Russian-speaking users in Eastern Europe ESET found an advanced malware piece of malware named Attor, targeting diplomats and high-profile Russian-speaking users in Eastern Europe. ESET researchers discovered an advanced malware piece of malware named Attor, that was used in cyberespionage operations on diplomats and high-profile Russian-speaking users in Eastern Europe. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2019
Researchers from Akamai uncovered a new campaign targeting the Drupalgeddon2 vulnerability to deliver malware. The popular security expert Larry W. Cashdollar from Akamai has uncovered a new campaign targeting the popular Drupalgeddon2 vulnerability (CVE-2018-7600) to deliver malware. Drupalgeddon2 is a “highly critical” vulnerability that affects Drupal 7 and 8 core, it could be exploited by an attacker […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 07, 2019
Four restaurant chains in the U.S. disclosed payment card theft via PoS malware that took place over the summer. Four restaurant chains in the United States disclosed security breaches that impacted their payment systems over the summers, crooks used PoS malware to steal payment card data of the customers. The restaurant chains are McAlister’s Deli, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 03, 2019
Security experts linked a number of cyber-espionage campaigns observed over the years to the same Chinese threat actor, tracked as PKPLUG. Security experts linked a number of cyber-espionage campaigns observed over the years to the same Chinese threat actor, tracked as PKPLUG. The name comes from the threat actor using PlugX inside ZIP archives containing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 03, 2019
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) warns organizations about high-impact ransomware attacks. In a wake of the recent string of attacks against cities, school districts and hospitals, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) issued organizations about high-impact ransomware attacks. “Ransomware attacks are becoming more targeted, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 02, 2019
A new wave of ransomware attacks hit US and Australian hospitals and health service providers causing the paralysis of their systems. Several hospitals and health service providers from the U.S. and Australia were hit by ransomware attacks that forced the administrators to shut part of their IT infrastructure. “Ten hospitals—three in Alabama and seven in […]
