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Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2017

TeamSpy malware is back, it transforms TeamViewer into a spying software

Security experts from Heimdal Security discovered a new spam campaign over the weekend leveraging the TeamSpy malware to spy in victims. Security experts from Heimdal Security have uncovered a new spam campaign emerged over the weekend. The crooks used the notorious TeamSpy malware to gain full access to the target computers. It’s a long time we have no […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2017

Ukraine blames Russia for new cyber attacks on its infrastructure

Ukraine blames Russia for a new wave of cyber attacks on its infrastructure, including the power grid and financial system. This week Ukraine accused Russia of cyber attacks against its critical infrastructure, including power grid and financial systems. State-sponsored hackers used a new strain of malware that targets industrial processes, the malicious code looked like it was designed by […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2017

IBM shares details on the attack chain for the Shamoon malware

Security experts at IBM published a report that includes precious details on the attack chain of the dreader Shamoon cyberweapon. The dreaded Shamoon malware, aka Disttrack, has resurrected and government agencies and threat intelligence firms are investigating the recent strings of attacks leveraging the dangerous disk wiper. We detected the Shamoon malware for the first time in August 15th, […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 15, 2017

BitDefender found the first MAC OS version of the X-Agent used by the APT28

Security experts at Bitdefender discovered a MAC OS version of the X-Agent malware used by the Russian APT28 cyberespionage group. Security experts at BitDefender have discovered a MAC OS malware program that’s likely part of the arsenal of the dreaded Russian APT 28 group (aka Pawn Storm, Sednit, Sofacy, Fancy Bear and Tsar Team). The Russian nation-state actor was involved […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 14, 2017

Office Loader leverages malicious macros to deliver multiple malware

Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks spotted a campaign leveraging Microsoft Office loader using malicious macros to drop multiple malware families. The researchers analyzed more than 650 unique samples of this specific loader since early December 2016, accounting for 12,000 phishing email targeting numerous industries. Most affected industries are High Tech, Professional and Legal Services, […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 13, 2017

Watering hole attacks on Polish Banks Linked to Lazarus Group

According to security experts from Symantec and BAE Systems, the recently discovered attacks aimed at Poland banks are linked to the Lazarus Group. Last week, several Polish banks confirmed their systems were infected with a malware after their staff visited the site of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority. The cyber attack was first reported by […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 13, 2017

Word documents laced with malicious macros used to hack Apple Mac systems

Crooks exploiting Word documents laced with malicious macros to compromise Apple Mac systems exactly in the same way they do with Microsoft machines. It’s amazing the number of Apple Mac users that tell me their systems are immune from malware. This false sense of security is very dangerous and I believe it is important to […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2017

Russia suspected over cyber espionage campaign on the Italian foreign ministry

Italian officials speculate Russia was behind a cyber espionage campaign on the Italian foreign ministry that lasted for months. The Italian Foreign Ministry was the victim of a targeted cyber espionage campaign, according to The Guardian newspaper who cited a diplomatic source that has spoken on condition of anonymity. According to the source, the attack […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2017

CRYSIS Ransomware is back and crooks are using RDP attacks once again

CRYSIS Ransomware attacks leveraging brute force via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) are still ongoing, mostly targeting US firms in the healthcare. Do you remember the CRYSIS ransomware? It is a ransomware that appeared in the threat landscape last year, now researchers at Trend Micro discovered the CRYSIS ransomware is being distributed via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) brute force […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 09, 2017

ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2016, who is attacking us, and how?

ENISA has issued the annual ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2016, a document that synthesizes the emerging trends in cyber security The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) is an EU Agency composed of security experts that work with these states, public organizations and private groups to develop advice and recommendations on good practice […]

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TeamSpy malware is back, it transforms TeamViewer into a spying software

Ukraine blames Russia for new cyber attacks on its infrastructure

IBM shares details on the attack chain for the Shamoon malware

BitDefender found the first MAC OS version of the X-Agent used by the APT28

Office Loader leverages malicious macros to deliver multiple malware

Watering hole attacks on Polish Banks Linked to Lazarus Group

Word documents laced with malicious macros used to hack Apple Mac systems

Russia suspected over cyber espionage campaign on the Italian foreign ministry

CRYSIS Ransomware is back and crooks are using RDP attacks once again

ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2016, who is attacking us, and how?

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