Pierluigi Paganini
June 26, 2019
A few days ago, Riviera Beach City agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom, now a Lake City, another city in Florida, agreed to do the same after a ransomware attack. A few days ago, Riviera Beach City agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom, now less than a week later, another city in Florida opted to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 26, 2019
Experts from security firm Netskope observed variants of LokiBot and NanoCore malware distributed in ISO Image through malspam campaign. Security firm Netskope observed a new malspam campaign delivering variants of LokiBot and NanoCore malware in ISO image file attachments. “Netskope Threat Research Labs has been tracking multiple similar malspam campaigns that began in April 2019. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 25, 2019
Mac security software firm Intego has spotted a new Mac malware dubbed OSX/Linker that exploits a recently disclosed macOS Gatekeeper vulnerability. Experts at Mac security software firm Intego discovered a new piece of Mac malware dubbed OSX/Linker that exploits a recently disclosed macOS Gatekeeper bypass vulnerability. The Apple Gatekeeper is designed to protect OS X users by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 25, 2019
Researchers at Microsoft uncovered a malicious campaign that delivers the infamous FlawedAmmyy RAT directly in memory. Experts at Microsoft uncovered a malicious campaign that delivers the FlawedAmmyy RAT directly in memory. The FlawedAMMYY backdoor borrows the code of the Ammyy Admin remote access Trojan, it allows attackers to get full access to a victim’s machine. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 24, 2019
Malware researchers at Cybaze-Yoroi ZLAB observed many attack attempts trying to spread malware abusing the CVE-2019-10149 issue. Introduction In the past days, a really important issue has been disclosed to the public: “Return of the WiZard” vulnerability (ref. EW N030619, CVE-2019-10149). Such vulnerability affected a wide range of Exim servers, one of the main email server […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 23, 2019
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Bella Thorne published her private nude photos before a hacker that was threatening her Linux worm spreading via Exim servers hit Azure customers New Echobot Botnet targets Oracle, VMware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 22, 2019
Trend Micro recently discovered an Android crypto-currency mining botnet that can spread via open ADB (Android Debug Bridge) ports and Secure Shell (SSH). Security researchers at Trend Micro have discovered an new Android crypto-currency mining botnet that spreads via open ADB (Android Debug Bridge) ports and Secure Shell (SSH). The Android Debug Bridge (adb) is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 21, 2019
Russia-Linked cyberespionage group Turla uses a new toolset and hijacked command and control infrastructure operated by Iran-Linked OilRig APT. Russia-linked Turla cyberspies used a new set of tools in new attacks and hijacked command and control infrastructure operated by Iran-Linked OilRig APT. Recent campaigns demonstrate that Turla continues to evolve its arsenal and adopt news […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 20, 2019
Researchers discovered that recently patched Firefox zero-day (CVE-2019-11707) has been exploited to deliver Windows and Mac malware to cryptocurrency exchanges. Experts discovered that recently patched Firefox zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2019-11707) has been exploited by threat actors to deliver Windows and Mac malware to employees of cryptocurrency exchanges. CVE-2019-11707 is a type confusion vulnerability in Array.pop. Mozilla has addressed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 20, 2019
The Riviera Beach City, Florida, agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom to decrypt its data after a ransomware-based attack hit its computer system. The Riviera Beach City Council voted unanimously to pay $600,000 in ransom to decrypt its records after a ransomware attack hit its systems. The council has previously agreed to spend $941,000 to […]
