Pierluigi Paganini
September 08, 2020
The French national cyber-security agency warns of a surge in Emotet attacks targeting the private sector and public administration entities. The French national cyber-security agency published an alert to warn of a significant increase of Emotet attacks targeting the private sector and public administration entities in France. The Emotet banking trojan has been active at least […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 31, 2020
QBot Trojan operators are using new tactics in their campaign to hijack legitimate email conversations to steal sensitive data from the victims. Researchers from Check Point are warning of a new trend observed in QBot Trojan campaign targeting Microsoft Outlook users, QBot Trojan operators are using new tactics to hijack legitimate email conversations and steal […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 15, 2020
The Emotet malware has begun to spam COVID19-themed emails to U.S. businesses after not being active for most of the USA pandemic. The infamous Emotet malware is back, operators have begun to spam COVID-19 themed emails to the U.S. businesses. Early this year, the Emotet malware was employed in spam COVID19-themed campaigns that targeted those countries that were […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 18, 2020
After months of inactivity, the infamous Emotet trojan has surged back with a new massive spam campaign targeting users worldwide. The notorious Emotet went into the dark since February 2020, but now has surged back with a new massive spam campaign targeting users worldwide. The Emotet banking trojan has been active at least since 2014, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2020
Microsoft warns of threat actors targeting organizations with malware-laced ISO and IMG files aimed at delivering a remote access trojan. Microsoft advanced machine learning threat detection models detected multiple malspam campaigns distributing malware-laced ISO. Last week experts from Microsoft detected a COVID-19-themed spam campaign, the messages are crafted to trick users into downloading and mounting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 02, 2020
IBM X-Force researchers spotted a new COVID-19-themed campaign spreading the infamous TrickBot trojan through fake messages. IBM X-Force researchers uncovered a new COVID-19-themed campaign that is spreading the infamous TrickBot trojan through fake messages. The spam messages pretend to be sent by the Department of Labor’s Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and attempt to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2020
Kaspersky experts uncovered a new wave of phishing scams that use a COVID-19 theme and impersonate shipping carriers, including FedEx, UPS, and DHL. The COVID-19 outbreak is forcing people to work from home and make shopping online causing a consequent increase in the number of home deliveries. Crooks are attempting to exploit the crisis and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 08, 2020
Experts uncovered a new Coronavirus (COVID-19)-themed campaign that is distributing a malware downloader that delivers the FormBook information-stealing Trojan. Experts at MalwareHunterTeam uncovered a new malspam campaign exploiting the fear in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) to deliver malware. The campaign uses emails that pretend being sent by members of the World Health Organization (WHO), the messages […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 06, 2020
Crooks continue to exploit the attention on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, TrickBot operators target Italian users. A new spam campaign is targeting users in Italy by exploiting the interest on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the attempt of delivering the TrickBot information-stealing malware. Crooks are attempting to exploit the fear of users of becoming infected with the Coronavirus, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 03, 2019
The Ukrainian police dismantled a bot farm involved in spam campaigns carried out through various services, including email and social networks. Cybercrime is a prolific business, criminal organizations continues to make profits with illegal activities in the cyberspace, but police are ready to contrast them. Cyber experts at the Ukrainian police dismantled a bot farm […]
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