Pierluigi Paganini
December 18, 2019
BSI, Germany’s federal cybersecurity agency warns of an active malspam campaign that distributing the infamous Emotet banking Trojan. Germany’s federal cybersecurity agency BSI is warning of an active malspam campaign that aims at distributing the Emotet banking Trojan. The malicious messages camouflaged to look like messages delivered by German federal authorities. According to the BSI, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 18, 2019
Security experts recently found notable malware activity affecting devices running Linux that is associated with the Momentum Botnet. Malware researchers from Trend Micro recently observed notable malware activity affecting devices running Linux that is associated with the Momentum Botnet. Experts revealed details on the tools and techniques used by the botnet to compromise Linux devices […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 18, 2019
Experts discovered that at least 200 companies were the victims of a campaign, dubbed Gangnam Industrial Style, carried out by an advanced persistent threat (APT) group. Experts from the CyberX’s threat intelligence team Section 52 uncovered an ongoing cyberespionage campaign, tracked as Gangnam Industrial Style, that targeted industrial, engineering, and manufacturing organizations, most of them in South […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 16, 2019
New evidence suggests that in the recent attack against the systems at the City of New Orleans was used the Ryuk ransomware. Over the weekend, New Orleans officials announced in a press conference that the city was hit by a ransomware attack, the incident was discovered in the morning of December 13, 2019. The IT […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 15, 2019
The largest hospital in New Jersey announced on Friday that a ransomware attack last week disrupted its network and that it paid a ransom. The largest hospital in New Jersey, the Hackensack Meridian Health, was the victim of a ransomware attack last week that disrupted its network, the IT staff decided to pay the ransom […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 14, 2019
A malvertising campaign that involved more than 100 publisher websites targeted iPhone users to deliver the Smart Krampus-3PC Malware. According to The Media Trust’s Digital Security & Operations (DSO) team, iPhone users have been targeted by a malvertising campaign that has impacted more than 100 publisher websites, including online newspapers and international weekly news magazines. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 14, 2019
The city of New Orleans is the last victim of a string of ransomware attacks that hit major American cities, including Atlanta and Baltimore. New Orleans officials announced in a press conference that the city was hit by a ransomware attack, the incident was discovered in the morning of December 13, 2019. The IT staff […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 13, 2019
VISA is warning of ongoing targeted cyber attacks conducted by crooks on point-of-sale (POS) systems of North American fuel dispenser merchants. According to a security alert published by VISA, the PoS systems of North American fuel dispenser merchants are under attack. Visa Payment Fraud Disruption (PFD) reported that at least three attacks took place this summer, crooks […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 12, 2019
Experts found a new variant of the Vega ransomware, dubbed Zeppelin, targeting technology and healthcare companies across Europe, the US, and Canada. Experts from BlackBerry Cylance found a new variant of the Vega RaaS, dubbed Zeppelin, that was recently involved in attacks aimed at technology and healthcare companies across Europe, the United States, and Canada. Zeppelin was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 09, 2019
Emsisoft warns that a bug in the decrypter app of the Ryuk ransomware could damage large files making it impossible to decrypt them. Experts from Antivirus maker Emsisoft discovered a bug in the decrypter app of the infamous Ryuk ransomware. The app is provided by Ryuk operators to victims to recover their files once they […]
