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Pierluigi Paganini January 05, 2019
Did Aurora Ransomware infect you? You can decrypt file for free

Victims of the Aurora Ransomware could use a decryptor tool developed by the popular malware researcher Michael Gillespie to decrypt their data for free. Good news for the victims of the Aurora Ransomware, there are many variants of this Windows malware but most of the victims have been infected by the version that appends the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2019
Hackers stole $750,000 worth Bitcoin from Electrum wallets

The latest attack of 2018 against cryptocurrency wallets and organizations in the cryptocurrency industry hit the popular Electrum wallets. Hackers hit Electrum Bitcoin wallet and stole over 200 bitcoin, more than $750,000. The attack started on December 21th, 2018, and hackers leveraged a critical vulnerability that was addressed in early 2018. The vulnerability could be […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2018
Malware-based attack hit delivery chain of the major US newspapers

The LA Times revealed that a malware-based attack hits the delivery chain of the major US newspapers delaying the hardcopy distribution. A malware-based attack originated outside the US hit US major US newspapers delaying their hardcopy distribution. According to the LA Times, the attack was carried out on Saturday, it hita computer network at Tribune […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2018
‘Roma225’ campaign targets companies in the Italian automotive sector

‘Roma225’ campaign -The Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab researchers investigated a recent espionage malware implant weaponized to target companies in the Italian automotive sector. The malware was spread through well-written phishing email trying to impersonate a senior partner of one of the major Brazilian business law firms: “Veirano Advogados”. The malicious email intercepted during the CSDC operations contains […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 27, 2018
A new Shamoon 3 sample uploaded to VirusTotal from France

A new sample of Shamoon 3 was uploaded on December 23 to the VirusTotal platform from France, it is signed with a Baidu certificate. A new sample of the dreaded Shamoon wiper was uploaded on December 23 to the VirusTotal platform from France. This sample attempt to disguise itself as a system optimization tool developed […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 26, 2018
Hackers target financial firms hosting malicious payloads on Google Cloud Storage

Researchers at Menlo Labs uncovered a malicious email campaign targeting employees of banks and financial services companies abusing Google Cloud Storage. The campaign targeted organizations in the US and the UK, the attackers have been abusing Google Cloud Storage to deliver payload. The spam campaign uses messages including links that point to archivefiles such as .zip or .gz. Attackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 21, 2018
5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019

2018 was the year of the Internet of Things (IoT), massive attacks and various botnets hit smart devices, These are 5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019 Insights from VDOO’s leadership 2018 was the year of the Internet of Things (IoT) – massive attacks and various botnets, a leap in regulation and standards, and increased adoption […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2018
Malware controlled through commands hidden in memes posted on Twitter

New Malware Takes Commands From Memes Posted On Twitter Security researchers at Trend Micro have spotted a new strain of malware that retrieved commands from memes posted on a Twitter account controlled by the attackers. In this way, attackers make it hard to detect traffic associated with the malware that is this case appears as legitimate […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 17, 2018
A second sample of the Shamoon V3 wiper analyzed by the experts

A second sample of the Shamoon wiper was uploaded to Virus total on December 13, from the Netherlands, experts analyzed it. Last week security experts at Chronicle announced the discovery of a new variant of the infamous Shamoon malware, the sample was uploaded to Virus Total from Italy at around the time Italian oil services company […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2018
Operation Sharpshooter targets critical infrastructure and global defense

McAfee uncovered a campaign tracked as Operation Sharpshooter that hit at least 87 organizations in global defense and critical infrastructure. Security experts at McAfee uncovered a hacking campaign, tracked as Operation Sharpshooter, aimed at infrastructure companies worldwide. The threat actors are using malware associated with Lazarus APT group that carried out Sony Pictures attack back in […]