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Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2021

Threat Report Portugal: Q3 2021

The Threat Report Portugal: Q3 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from July to September, Q3, of 2021. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática. This feed is based on automatic searches and is also supported by a […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2021

Microsoft secured court order to take down domains used in BEC campaign

Microsoft has seized 17 malicious homoglyph domains used by crooks in a business email compromise (BEC) campaign targeting its users. Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has seized 17 domains that were used by scammers in a business email compromise (BEC) campaign aimed at its customers. The IT giant secured a court order that allowed it to take down “homoglyph” domains […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 20, 2021

STRRAT RAT spreads masquerading as ransomware

Microsoft warns of a malware campaign that is spreading a RAT dubbed named STRRAT masquerading as ransomware. Microsoft Security Intelligence researchers uncovered a malware campaign that is spreading a remote access trojan (RAT) tracked as STRRAT. The RAT was designed to steal data from victims while masquerading as a ransomware attack. The Java-based STRRAT RAT […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 18, 2021

Is BazarLoader malware linked to Trickbot operators?

Experts warn of malware campaigns delivering the BazarLoader malware abusing popular collaboration tools like Slack and BaseCamp. Since January, researchers observed malware campaigns delivering the BazarLoader malware abusing popular collaboration tools like Slack and BaseCamp. The campaigns aimed at employees of large organizations, the messages attempt to trick the victims that they contain important information […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2020

Emotet campaign hits Lithuania’s National Public Health Center and several state institutions

An Emotet campaign hit Lithuania, the malware has infected systems at the National Center for Public Health (NVSC) and several municipalities. A large-scale Emotet campaign hit Lithuania, the malware has infected the networks of Lithuania’s National Center for Public Health (NVSC) and several municipalities. “The National Cyber Security Center under the Ministry of National Defense […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 31, 2020

Emotet operators are running Halloween-themed campaigns

Crooks behind Emotet malware attempt to take advantage of the Halloween festivity, a new campaign could invite you to a Halloween party. Threat actors are attempting to take advantage of the Halloween festivities, a recent Emotet malware campaign spotted by BleepingComputer employed spam emails that invite recipients to a Halloween party. The Emotet banking trojan has […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 19, 2020

New Emotet campaign uses a new ‘Windows Update’ attachment

After a short pause, a new Emotet malware campaign was spotted by the experts on October 14th, crooks began using a new ‘Windows Update’ attachment. After a short interruption, a new Emotet malware campaign was spotted by the experts in October. Threat actors began using new Windows Update attachments in a spam campaign aimed at […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2020

How to check if an email or a domain was used in Emotet attacks?

Cyber security firm launches a new service that allows users to check if an email domain or address was part of an Emotet spam campaign. Experts worldwide warn about a surge in the Emotet activity, recently Microsoft along Italy and the Netherlands CERT/CSIRT agencies reported a significant increase of Emotet attacks targeting the private sector and public […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2020

Microsoft, Italy and the Netherlands agencies warn of EMOTET campaigns

Experts worldwide warn about a surge in the Emotet activity, this time the alerts are from Microsoft, Italy and the Netherlands agencies. Two weeks ago, cybersecurity agencies across Asia and Europe warned of Emotet spam campaigns targeting businesses in France, Japan, and New Zealand. The French national cyber-security agency published an alert to warn of […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 09, 2020

France, Japan, and New Zealand warn of a surgein Emotet attacks

Cybersecurity agencies from multiple countries are warning of the surge of Emotet attacks targeting the private sector and public administration entities. Cybersecurity agencies across Asia and Europe are warning of Emotet spam campaigns targeting businesses in France, Japan, and New Zealand. The French national cyber-security agency published an alert to warn of a significant increase […]

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Threat Report Portugal: Q3 2021

Microsoft secured court order to take down domains used in BEC campaign

STRRAT RAT spreads masquerading as ransomware

Is BazarLoader malware linked to Trickbot operators?

Emotet campaign hits Lithuania’s National Public Health Center and several state institutions

Emotet operators are running Halloween-themed campaigns

New Emotet campaign uses a new ‘Windows Update’ attachment

How to check if an email or a domain was used in Emotet attacks?

Microsoft, Italy and the Netherlands agencies warn of EMOTET campaigns

France, Japan, and New Zealand warn of a surgein Emotet attacks

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