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Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2017

Several thousand Linux devices infected with the Linux.Proxy.10 Trojan

According to the security firm Dr. Web , thousands of Linux-based devices have already been infected with the Linux.Proxy.10 Trojan. A new Trojan dubbed Linux.Proxy.10 is targeting Linux-based devices transforming them into proxy servers that are used by attackers to protect their anonymity while launching cyber attacks from the hacked systems. Linux.Proxy.10 was first discovered by […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2017

HummingWhale – HummingBad Android Malware returns even more dangerous than before

Last year, the HummingBad Android malware infected as many as 85 million devices, now it has returned under the new name of HummingWhale. CERT-EU and other sources corroborated Check Point researchers’ findings which recently confirmed a new variant of the ad-fraud-big-money-making, HummingBad, is spreading rapidly on the Android marketplace Google Play. HummingBad was first seen […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2017

Saudi Arabia is warning organizations of a wave of Shamoon 2 attacks

Saudi Arabia is warning organizations in the country of a resurrection of the dreaded Shamoon malware. A new strain of the Shamoon 2 malware was spotted by the security experts at Palo Alto Networks, this variant targets virtualization products. Shamoon, also known as Disttrack, was first spotted in a wave of attacks that targeted companies in Saudi Arabia in 2012. Among the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 24, 2017

Symantec speculates Shamoon 2 attacks aided by Greenbug hackers

Security researchers at Symantec believed that Shamoon 2 attacks leveraged credentials stolen by hackers of the Greenbug group. A few days ago security experts at Palo Alto Networks have spotted a new strain of the Shamoon 2 malware that was targeting virtualization products. In December malware researchers from Palo Alto Networks and Symantec discovered a new variant of Shamoon, so-called […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 24, 2017

Techniques for the manipulation of malicious payloads to improve evasion

Security researchers at the iSwatlab have conducted an analysis of a few methods for the creation of some malicious payloads or shellcodes. This work compares some infamous methods for the creation of malicious payloads or shellcodes. These payloads must be used to create a remote connection between the victim’s machine and the attacker’s machine that […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 22, 2017

The author of the NeverQuest banking Trojan arrested in Spain

The Spanish law enforcement has arrested an alleged Russian Vxer suspected of developing the infamous Neverquest banking Trojan. Today I report another success of law enforcement, the Spanish police have arrested an alleged Russian Vxer suspected of developing the infamous Neverquest banking Trojan. The malware was developed to target financial institutions across the world. Lisov is suspected of being […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2017

Necurs botnet is back and starts delivering the Locky ransomware

Cisco Security Team has noticed traces of traffic from the dormant Necurs botnet and they are warning of a possible new massive ransomware spam campaign. Security researchers at Cisco Security Team have noticed traces of traffic from the dormant Necurs botnet and they are warning of a possible new massive ransomware spam campaign. “The research […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 19, 2017

US-CERT – Warning, Shadow Brokers Hackers are offering an SMB Zero-Day exploit

The US-CERT has issued a warning after the Shadow Brokers hackers have offered to sell what it claims to be an SMB Zero-Day exploit. The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has issued a warning after the Shadow Brokers hacker group has offered to sell what it claims to be an SMB Zero-Day exploit. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 19, 2017

Quimitchin, a Mac backdoor that includes antiquated code

Researchers at Malwarebytes have discovered the first Mac malware of 2017, dubbed Quimitchin, that was used against biomedical research institutions. Security experts have spotted the first Mac malware of 2017, dubbed Quimitchin, and it is considered a malicious code not particularly sophisticated and includes some antiquated code. According to the researchers from Malwarebytes, the code has […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 18, 2017

The Carbanak gang is with a new modus operandi, Google services as C&C

The infamous Carbanak cybercrime gang is back and is leveraging Google services for command-and-control of its malicious codes. The dreaded Carbanak cybercrime gang is back and is adopting a new tactic for its attacks, it is leveraging Google services for command-and-control of its malware. The criminal organization is named Carbanak cybergang because of the name […]

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Several thousand Linux devices infected with the Linux.Proxy.10 Trojan

HummingWhale – HummingBad Android Malware returns even more dangerous than before

Saudi Arabia is warning organizations of a wave of Shamoon 2 attacks

Symantec speculates Shamoon 2 attacks aided by Greenbug hackers

Techniques for the manipulation of malicious payloads to improve evasion

The author of the NeverQuest banking Trojan arrested in Spain

Necurs botnet is back and starts delivering the Locky ransomware

US-CERT – Warning, Shadow Brokers Hackers are offering an SMB Zero-Day exploit

Quimitchin, a Mac backdoor that includes antiquated code

The Carbanak gang is with a new modus operandi, Google services as C&C

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