Pierluigi Paganini
April 07, 2020
xHelper, a new strain of Android malware is able to re-install itself on infected devices even after victims delete it or force a factory reset. xHelper is a piece of malware that was first spotted in October 2019 by experts from security firm Symantec, it is a persistent Android dropper app that is able to reinstall itself even […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 07, 2020
While crooks continue to exploit the Coronavirus outbreak, the Europol announced to have arrested a man involved in COVID19 business scams. The Europol announced the arrest of a 39-year old man that is allegedly involved in Business email scam (BEC) connected to the current Coronavirus outbreak. The man has been arrested early this week in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 07, 2020
A database stolen from the Italian email provider Email.it containing more than 600,000 users is available for sale on the dark web. The Italian email provider Email.it has been hacked, the company admitted the incident while a hacker group named NN Hacking Group is offering the stolen data for sale on the dark web. The group […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 07, 2020
While the Coronavirus outbreak is threatening the world, the INTERPOL warns that crooks are increasingly targeting hospitals with ransomware. The INTERPOL (International Criminal Police Organisation) is warning of ransomware attacks against hospitals despite the currently ongoing Coronavirus outbreak. Attackers are targeting organizations in the healthcare industry via malspam campaigns using malicious attachments. The attachments used […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 06, 2020
DarkHotel nation-state actor is exploiting a VPN zero-day to breach Chinese government agencies in Beijing and Shanghai Chinese security-firm Qihoo 360 has uncovered a hacking campaign conducted by a DarkHotel APT group (APT-C-06) aimed at Chinese government agencies in Beijing and Shanghai. State-sponsored hackers used a zero-day vulnerability in Sangfor SSL VPN servers to gain access […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 06, 2020
Experts uncovered a hacking campaign that is breaching Docker clusters to deploy a new crypto-mining malware tracked as Kinsing. Cloud security firm Aqua Security uncovered a hacking campaign carried out during the past months, hackers are scanning the Internet for Docker servers running API ports exposed without a password. Then the attackers break into the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 05, 2020
OGUsers, one of the most popular hacking forums, was hacked again, it is the second security breach it has suffered in a year. The popular hacking forum OGUsers was hacked again, it is the second security breach it has suffered in a year, the news was first reported by ZDNet. OGUsers is a black marketplace […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 05, 2020
A group of security researchers has found thousands of Android apps containing hidden backdoors and blacklists. Researchers from The Ohio State University, New York University, and CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security analyzed thousands of mobile applications for Android and discovered dangerous behavior, including backdoors and blacklists. “While these apps have rich and useful functionality […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 05, 2020
In this post, I decided to share the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from March 29 to April 04, 2020. Threat actors exploit the interest in the COVID19 outbreak while infections increase worldwide, experts are observing new campaigns on a daily bases. Below a list of attacks detected this week. March 30, 2020 – […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 05, 2020
A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Coronavirus-themed attacks March 22 â March 28, 2020 FIN7 hackers target enterprises with weaponized USB drives via USPS Source code of Dharma ransomware now surfacing on public hacking forums Crooks leverage Zooms popularity in Coronavirus outbreak to serve […]
