Pierluigi Paganini
January 11, 2016
According to security experts the BlackEnergy malware was a key element of the attack against Ukrainian power grid that caused the power outage. On December 23, the entire Ivano-Frankivsk region in Ukraine suffered a major power outage, according to security experts and the Ukrainian Government the attackers used a destructive varian of the popular BlackEnergy […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 08, 2016
The Rovnix Banking Trojan is an aggressive malware that has been used in a new campaign targeting the customers of more than a dozen Japanese banks. Malware experts at IBM’s X-Force have spotted a new strain of the Rovnix malware targeting the Japanese bank customers. The new threat comes from Russia and it is very […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 07, 2016
Zscaler ThreatLabZ detected a new infostealer malware family dubbed Spymel that uses stolen certificates to evade detection. In late December, security experts at Zscaler ThreatLabZ detected a new infostealer malware family dubbed Spymel that uses stolen certificates to evade detection. “ThreatLabZ came across yet another malware family where the authors are using compromised digital certificates to evade detection. The malware family in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 07, 2016
Bitdefender has discovered for the third time a flaw in Linux Encryption Ransomware Linux Encoder that exposes the decryption Key used to lock the files. In November 2015, the Russian antivirus firm Doctor Web reported the discovery of a new Linux ransomware dubbed Linux Encoder that was specifically designed to infect Linux systems. The Linux.Encoder1 ransomware encrypts files present […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 05, 2016
Hackers cause power outage with the BlackEnergy malware in Ukraine. Is it an Information warfare act? Cyber security of ICS e SCADA systems in the critical infrastructure is essential, these components are a privileged target of cyber criminals and state sponsor hackers. The most popular SCADA attack in the history is the one conducted against control systems […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 03, 2016
Ransom32 is a new crypto-ransomware variant recently reported, it is the first ransomware variant that has been developed in the JavaScript. Ransom32 is a new crypto-ransomware variant that was first reported on December 29th, 2015, by an infected user on the Bleeping Computer forums. It is the first ransomware variant that has been developed in the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 30, 2015
The Ukrainian Government is blaming Russians state-sponsored hackers for several electricity cut-offs that occurred in Western Ukraine. The Ukrainian Government is suffering a series of power outages in the Western region of the country, likely caused by cyber attacks. The Ukrainian Government believes that the power outages are caused by operations conducted by Russian nation-state […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 27, 2015
The Ramnit botnet that has been disrupted by European law enforcement in February is back and it’s targeting online banking worldwide. Security researchers at IBM Security have discovered a new variant of the popular Ramnit Trojan. This year law enforcement agencies from several European countries coordinated by the Europol have taken over the botnet composed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 24, 2015
Liz Upton from the Raspberry Pi Foundation made a shocking revelation, someone has offered cash to install a malware into its tiny computers. The Raspberry Pi Foundation made a shocking revelation, someone has offered cash to install a malware into its tiny computers. Yes, the news is unbelievable, but Liz Upton, the Foundation’s director of communications, disclosed the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 24, 2015
Security researchers from ESET uncovered the Roaming Tiger hacking campaign, bad actors in the wild are targeting Russian organizations. Roaming Tiger is the name of a cyber espionage campaign targeting high profile organizations in Russia and former Soviet Union countries, including Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. The Roaming Tiger campaign was discovered by experts at […]
