Security Affairs

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2018
Hackers target Port of Barcelona, maritime operations had not affected

The Port of Barcelona was hit by a cyber attack, fortunately, maritime operations had not affected. On September 20, 2018 morning, the Port of Barcelona was hit by a cyber attack that forced the operators of the infrastructure to launch the procedure to respond to the emergency. At the time of writing, there are no technical details about […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2018
Security Affairs newsletter Round 181 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Cyber attack took offline flight display screens at […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2018
New Virobot malware combines ransomware and botnet capabilities

Security experts from Trend Micro discovered a new malware tracked as Virobot that combines ransomware and botnet capabilities. Virobot encrypts files on infected machines and is also implements spam botnet abilities and leverages it target other systems. Virobot was first spotted on September 17, 2018, experts pointed out that it is not associated with any known ransomware […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2018
Operator of Scan4You Malware-Scanning sentenced to 14 Years in prison

The Latvian expert Ruslans Bondars (37), who developed and run the counter antivirus service Scan4You has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. Bondars was convicted of conspiracy to violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and computer intrusion with intent to cause damage. “A Latvian “non-citizen,” meaning a citizen […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2018
DanaBot banking Trojan evolves and now targets European countries

Security experts at ESET have recently observed a surge in activity of DanaBot banking Trojan that is now targeting Poland, Italy, Germany, Austria, and as of September 2018, Ukraine. Security experts at ESET have recently observed a surge in activity of DanaBot banking Trojan that was first spotted earlier this year. DanaBot is a multi-stage modular banking […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2018
Ngrok Mining Botnet

The Ngrok campaign is unique in terms of its overall sophistication for a Docker-based attack vector. Specifically, it demonstrates a novel, dynamic and robust operational security model and the ability to detect and attack newly deployed and misconfigured infrastructure. Additionally, the campaign is sophisticated in seeking to detect, analyse and neutralise other competing crypto-mining malware. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2018
Expert disclosed an unpatched zero-day flaw in all supported versions of Microsoft Windows

A security researcher from Trend Micro Security Research team disclosed an unpatched zero-day vulnerability in all supported versions of Microsoft Windows. The researcher Lucas Leong of the Trend Micro Security Research team publicly disclosed an unpatched zero-day vulnerability in all supported versions of Microsoft Windows. The flaw is an out-of-bounds (OOB) write in the JET Database Engine […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2018
Homebuyers Being Targeted by Money Transfer Scam

Money Transfer Scam – Scammers hack the victims’s email accounts, monitor conversations between the buyers and title agents, send instructions on where to wire the money. A new homebuyer moves through a period of vulnerable transition as they invest in their future. This sensitive stage — a confusing flurry of representatives, documentation and planning — […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2018
Cisco fixes Remote Code Execution flaws in Webex Network Recording Player

Cisco released security patches to fix RCE flaws in the Webex Network Recording Player for Advanced Recording Format (ARF). Cisco released security patches to address vulnerabilities in the Webex Network Recording Player for Advanced Recording Format (ARF) (CVE-2018-15414, CVE-2018-15421, and CVE-2018-15422) that could be exploited by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2018
Hackers stole $60 Million worth of cryptocurrencies from Japanese Zaif exchange

Cybercriminals have stolen 6.7 billion yen ($60 million) worth of cryptocurrencies from the Japanese digital currency exchange Zaif exchange. According to the Tech Bureau Corp., a Japanese cryptocurrency firm, hackers have compromised its Zaif exchange and have stolen 6.7 billion yen ($60 million) worth of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Monacoin, and Bitcoin Cash. The stole digital currencies […]