Pierluigi Paganini
May 07, 2019
Experts at security firm Sophos discovered a new strain of ransomware dubbed MegaCortex that is targeting corporate networks. Security experts at Sophos discovered a new piece of ransomware dubbed MegaCortex that is targeting corporate networks. MegaCortex attacks were already reported in the United States, Italy, Canada, France, the Netherlands, and Ireland. “A new ransomware that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 30, 2019
Aluminum producer Norsk Hydro estimated the cost of the massive attack cyber attack targeting the company in March at around $50 million. How much cost a security breach? I can tell you that potential damages could be very expensive for companies, for example, the transportation giant Maersk announced in 2017 that it would incur hundreds of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 26, 2019
The special-purpose vehicle maker Aebi Schmidt was hit by a malware attack that disrupted some of its operations. The Aebi Schmidt Group is a manufacturer of product systems and services for the management, cleaning and clearance of traffic areas as well as for the maintenance of green areas in demanding terrain. Aebi Schmidt focuses on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 21, 2019
A new service called Inpivx represents the evolution of the ransomware-as-a-service making it very easy for wannabe crooks to develop their malware and build a management panel. A new Tor hidden service called Inpivx evolves the concept of the ransomware-as-a-service making it very easy for crooks without technical skills to develop their own malware and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2019
A ransomware attack knocked the Weather Channel off the air for at least 90 minutes Thursday morning, federal law enforcement are investigating the incident.A ranomware attack knocked the Weather Channel off the air for at least 90 minutes Thursday morning, federal law enforcement are investigating the incident. A cyber attack hit the Weather Channel and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 12, 2019
Good news for the victims of the CryptoPokemon ransomware, security experts at Emsisoft just released a free decrypter tool. Victims of the CryptoPokemon ransomware have a good reason to smile, security experts at Emsisoft have released a free decrypter tool. The ransomware was first discovered by experts at IntezerLabs, the CryptoPokemon ransomware is a new […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 19, 2019
The giant of aluminum producers, Norway’s Norsk Hydro, announced on Tuesday that it had been hit by a cyber-attack of unknown origin. One of the biggest Aluminum producer, the Norwegian Norsk Hydro, suffered an extensive cyber attack. “Hydro became victim of an extensive cyberattack in the early hours of Tuesday, impacting operations in several of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 19, 2019
A new strain of ransomware tracked as JNEC.a is spreading through an exploit that triggers the recently discovered vulnerability in WinRAR. The ransomware was involved in the attacks observed by the Qihoo 360 Threat Intelligence Center in the wild, threat actors used an archive named “vk_4221345.rar” that delivers JNEC.a when its contents are extracted with […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 06, 2019
Over the last few days, a new ransomware campaign infected several users around the world as part of the #OpJerusalem campaign. SI-LAB analyzed this malware and noticed that it does not use sophisticated techniques. Criminals used UPX packer to protect malware code written in Go and a RSA public certificate is hardcoded inside malware to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 28, 2019
Security expert Marco Ramilli analyzed a new piece of malware apparently designed to target PIK-Group that implements ransomware, Trojan, and Miner capabilities. When an unknown sender suggests me to click on a super wired url, dropping a ZIP file straight in my box, by saying it’s getting the next targeted attack on a huge company, […]
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