Pierluigi Paganini
August 01, 2017
Crooks recently hacked the popular Google Chrome extension Copyfish after compromising the Chrome Web Store account of German developer team a9t9 software. Trojan malware has been around for a long time. A user installs an application to accomplish one task, but behind the scenes, the application is performing a completely different task — usually unwanted. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 31, 2017
At DEF CON hacking conference experts demonstrated how to abuse a machine learning system dubbed OpenAI Gym to create malware that can avoid detection. We have discussed several times about the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on threat landscape, from a defensive perspective new instruments will allow the early detections of malicious patterns associated with threats, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 29, 2017
Malware researchers at the Russian anti-virus firm Dr.Web have spotted the Triada Trojan in the firmware of several low-cost Android smartphones. Another case of pre-installed malware make the headlines, malware researchers at the Russian anti-virus firm Dr.Web have spotted the Triada Trojan in the firmware of several low-cost Android smartphones, including Leagoo M5 Plus, Leagoo M8, Nomu S10, and Nomu […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2017
Security experts from ESET that spotted the Industroyer malware used against Ukraine’s power grid released a free tool for ICS Malware analysis ESET researchers Robert Lipovsky and Anton Cherepanov have released a free tool for the analysis of ICS malware. The security duo is the same that discovered the CrashOverride/Industroyer malware that targeted the Ukraine’s power […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2017
Google has identified a new strain of Android malware, the Lipizzan spyware, that could be used as a powerful surveillance tool. Malware researchers at Google have spotted a new strain of Android spyware dubbed Lipizzan that could exfiltrate any kind of data from mobile devices and use them as surveillance tools. The Lipizzan spyware is a project developed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 26, 2017
Chinese authorities arrested eleven members of the gang behind the Fireball adware campaign that infected more than 250 Million PCs. Chinese police have identified and arrested individuals suspected to be the operators behind the massive adware campaign that infected more than 250 Million computers across the world earlier this year. In June, researchers at security firm Check Point discovered the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 26, 2017
CrowdStrike Inc., the leader in cloud-delivered endpoint protection, announced the fastest and largest cybersecurity search engine. Security firm CrowdStrike, the leader in cloud-delivered endpoint protection, announced a significant improvement of its Falcon platform that has been integrated with a powerful cybersecurity search engine. According to the company the cybersecurity search engine has high performance, it claims it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 25, 2017
A new mysterious strain of macOS and OS X malware dubbed Fruitfly went undetected by malware researchers and security software for at least five years. Fruitfly is a backdoor that could be used by attackers to gain full control over the infected systems by implementing many spying features. Fruitfly has the ability to capture screenshots, keystrokes, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 24, 2017
The threat actor behind Spring Dragon APT has been developing and updating its wide range of tools throughout the years, new attacks reported in South Asia. According to a new report published by Kaspersky Lab, the China-linked APT group Spring Dragon (aka Lotus Blossom, Elise, and Esile) has used more than 600 malware samples in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 24, 2017
The SLocker code leaked online, it is one of the oldest mobile lock screen and file-encrypting ransomware. The code of the SLocker Android malware, one of the most popular Android ransomware families, has been leaked online for free, allowing crooks to develop their own variant of the threat. SLocker was first spotted in 2015, it is the […]
