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Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2019
USBsamurai for Dummies: How To Make a Malicious USB Implant & Bypass Air-Gapped Environments for 10$. The Dumb-Proof Guide.

The popular researcher Luca Bongiorni described how to make a malicious USB Implant (USBsamurai) that allows bypassing Air-Gapped environments with 10$. In the previous post, I have talked a bit about USBsamurai based on C-U0007. With this article I wanna bring more light regarding: Which are the differences between C-U0007 & C-U0012 How to Build USBsamurai […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2019
Emsisoft releases a free decryptor for the WannaCryFake ransomware

Researchers at Emsisoft security firm have released a new free decryption tool for the WannaCryFake ransomware. Good news for the vicitms of the WannaCryFake ransomware, researchers at Emsisoft have released a FREE decryption tool that will allow decrypting their data. WannaCryFake is a piece of ransomware that uses AES-256 to encrypt a victim’s files. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2019
US Utilities Targeted with LookBack RAT in a new phishing campaign

Security experts at Proofpoint observed a new wave of phishing attacks aimed at US Utilities in an attempt to deliver the LookBack RAT. Security experts at Proofpoint have discovered a new series of phishing attacks targeting entities US utilities in an attempt to deliver the LookBack RAT. In early August, the expert reported that between […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2019
Adobe Patches two critical vulnerabilities in ColdFusion

Adobe released security updates to address three severe vulnerabilities in its ColdFusion web application development platform Adobe released ColdFusion 2016 Update 12 and ColdFusion 2018 Update 5 to address three severe vulnerabilities in its ColdFusion web application development platform, two of them have been rated as “critical.” “Adobe has released security updates for ColdFusion versions […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2019
A new Fancy Bear backdoor used to target political targets

Security experts at ESET have uncovered a new campaign carried out by Russia-linked Fancy Bear APT group aimed at political targets. Security researchers at ESET have uncovered a new campaign carried out by Russia-linked Fancy Bear APT group (i.e. APT28, Sednit, Sofacy, Zebrocy, and Strontium) aimed at political targets. In the recent attacks, the hackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2019
APT or not APT? What’s Behind the Aggah Campaign

Researchers at Yoroi-Cybaze ZLab discovered an interesting drop chain associated with the well-known Aggah campaign. Introduction During our threat monitoring activities, we discovered an interesting drop chain related to the well-known Aggah campaign, the ambiguous infection chain observed by Unit42 which seemed to deliver payloads potentially associated with the Gorgon Group APT. After that, we discovered other malicious activities […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2019
Microsoft released an out-of-band patch to fix Zero-day flaw exploited in the wild

Microsoft released an out-of-band patch to address a Zero-day memory corruption vulnerability in Internet Explorer that has been exploited in attacks in the wild. Microsoft has released an out-of-band patch for an Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability that was exploited in attacks in the wild. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-1367 is a memory corruption flaw that resides […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2019
North Korea-linked malware ATMDtrack infected ATMs in India

Kaspersky experts spotted a new piece of ATM malware, dubbed ATMDtrack, that was developed and used by North Korea-linked hackers. Kaspersky researchers discovered a new piece of ATM malware, tracked as ATMDtrack, that was developed and used by North Korea-linked hackers. Threat actors deployed the malware on ATM systems to steal payment card details of […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2019
Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Wyoming hit by ransomware attack

Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Gilette, Wyoming is facing service disruptions after a ransomware attack hit its computer systems on Friday. On Friday, the Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Gilette, Wyoming, suffered a ransomware attack that is still causing service disruptions. “Campbell County Health has been the victim of a ransomware attack. All CCH computer […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2019
Portuguese hacker faces hundreds of Charges in Football Leaks case

An alleged Portuguese hacker faces 154 charges connected with the publication of internal documents in the Football Leaks case. An alleged Portuguese hacker, Rui Pinto, faces 154 charges connected with the publication of internal documents of top European clubs and soccer officials in the Football Leaks case. The attorney general’s office confirmed last week that […]