Security Affairs

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2018
Ransomware attack against COSCO spread beyond its US network to Americas

New revelations on the attack against COSCO confirm it was worse than initially thought, the ransomware spread beyond the US network. Chinese shipping giant COSCO recently suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted some systems of the company in the United States. The shipping company quickly isolates the systems to avoid propagation to other regions and started […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2018
Dixons Carphone Data Breach discovered in June affected 10 Million customers

Dixons Carphone announced on Monday that the security breach discovered in June affected around 10 million customers, much more than the initial estimate. Dixons Carphone, one of the largest European consumer electronics and telecommunication retailers, suffered a major data breach in 2017, but new data related to the incident have been shared. The situation was worse […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2018
A new sophisticated version of the AZORult Spyware appeared in the wild

A new sophisticated version of the AZORult Spyware was spotted in the wild, it was involved in a large email campaign on July 18 Malware researchers at Proofpoint spotted a new version of the AZORult Spyware in the wild, it was involved in a large email campaign on July 18, just 24 hours it appeared […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2018
KICKICO security breach – hackers stole over $7.7 million worth of KICK tokens

ICO platforms are becoming a privileged target for hackers, the last victim in order of time is KickICO, a Blockchain crowdfunding website for ICO. On Friday, KickICO disclosed a security breach, according to the platform attackers accessed to its wallets and stole over 70 million KICK tokens (roughly $7.7 million at the time). The incident occurred on […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2018
FELIXROOT Backdoor is back in a new fresh spam campaign

Security experts from FireEye have spotted a new spam campaign leveraging the FELIXROOT backdoor, a malware used for cyber espionage operation. The FELIXROOT backdoor was first spotted by FireEye in September 2017, when attackers used it in attacks targeting Ukrainians. The new spam campaign used weaponized documents claiming to provide information on a seminar on environmental protection efforts. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2018
Tens of flaws in Samsung SmartThings Hub expose smart home to attack

Cisco Talos researchers found tens of flaws in Samsung SmartThings Hub controller that potentially expose smart home devices to attack Cisco Talos researchers have discovered 20 vulnerabilities in Samsung SmartThings Hub controller that potentially expose any supported third-party smart home devices to cyber attack. “Cisco Talos recently discovered several vulnerabilities present within the firmware of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2018
Mysterious snail mail from China sent to US agencies includes Malware-Laden CD

Several U.S. state and local government agencies have reported receiving suspicious letters via snail mail containing malware-laden CD Crooks and cyberspies attempt to exploit any attack vector to compromise the targeted computers and the case we are going to discuss demonstrate it. The popular security expert Brian Krebs reported that several U.S. state and local […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2018
Security Affairs newsletter Round 173 – 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!   ·      Ecuador to withdraw asylum for Julian […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2018
Security bug in Swann IoT Camera allowed to access video feeds

Security experts have discovered a security glitch in Swann IoT camera that could be exploited by attackers to access video feeds. Security experts from Pen Test Partners (Andrew Tierney, Chris Wade and Ken Munro) along with security researchers Alan Woodward, Scott Helme and Vangelis Stykas have discovered a security glitch in Swann IoT camera that could be exploited to access video feeds. The experts reported […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2018
Underminer Exploit Kit spreading Bootkits and cryptocurrency miners

New Underminer exploit kit delivers a bootkit that infects the system’s boot sectors as well as a cryptocurrency miner dubbed Hidden Mellifera. Malware researchers from Trend Micro have spotted a new exploit kit, tracked as Underminer exploit kit, delivering a bootkit that infects the system’s boot sectors as well as a cryptocurrency miner dubbed Hidden Mellifera. “We […]