Malware

Pierluigi Paganini June 28, 2021
Six typosquatting packages in PyPI repository laced with crypto miner

Researchers discovered six rogue packages in the official Python programming language’s PyPI repository containg cryptocurrency mining malware. Experts from security firm Sonatype have uncovered six typosquatting packages in the official Python programming language’s PyPI repository that were laced with cryptomining malware. The Python Package Index (PyPI) is a repository of software for the Python programming language, it allows users […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2021
Crackonosh Monero miner made $2M after infecting 222,000 Win systems

Researchers have discovered a strain of cryptocurrency-mining malware, tracked as Crackonosh, that abuses Windows Safe mode to avoid detection.  Researchers from Avast have spotted a strain of cryptocurrency miner, tracked as Crackonosh, that abuses Windows Safe mode to avoid detection. “While the Windows system is in safe mode antivirus software doesn’t work. This can enable the malicious Serviceinstaller.exe to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2021
Epsilon Red – our research reveals more than 3.5 thousand servers are still vulnerable

CyberNews researchers analyzed the recently discovered Epsilon Red operations and found that more than 3.5K servers are still vulnerable Several weeks later, security researchers from Sophos have discovered a new ransomware variant known as Epsilon Red. Now, we know exactly how it was carried out – and what you should do to be safe from it. Seemingly, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2021
Clop gang members recently arrested laundered over $500M in payments

The Clop ransomware members that were recently arrested laundered over $500M in ransomware payments for several malicious actors. The members of the Clop ransomware gang that were recently arrested in Ukraine laundered over $500M for several cybercrime groups. Data related to the money laundering activities were provided by the cryptocurrency exchange portal Binance, who tracked the group as […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2021
ChaChi, a GoLang Trojan used in ransomware attacks on US schools

A new Trojan written in the Go programming language, tracked as ChaChi, was involved in ransomware attacks against government agencies and US schools. Researchers from BlackBerry Threat Research and Intelligence spotted a new RAT written in the Go programming language, dubbed ChaChi, which has been used by PYSA (aka Mespinoza) operators to target victims globally. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2021
LV ransomware operators repurposed a REvil binary to launch a new RaaS

The LV ransomware operators repurposed a REvil binary to create their own strain and launch a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS). A threat actor known as LV ransomware gang is trying to enter the cybercrime arena, it repurposed a REvil binary almost to create their own strain and launch a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS). The Sodinokibi/REvil is one of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2021
Clop ransomware is back into action after the recent police operation

A week after the law enforcement operation that targeted the Clop ransomware operators, the gang is back into action. A week after the international operation conducted by law enforcement that targeted several members of the Clop ransomware gang, the group is back into action. Last week, Ukraine police arrested multiple individuals that are believed to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2021
A ransomware attack disrupted the IT network of the City of Liege

Belgium city of Liege has suffered today a ransomware attack that has disrupted the IT network of the municipality and its online services. Liege, one of the biggest cities in Belgium, was hit by a ransomware attack that has disrupted the IT network of the municipality and its online services. “The City of Liège is […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2021
DirtyMoe botnet infected 100,000+ Windows systems in H1 2021

DirtyMoe is a Windows botnet that is rapidly growing, it passed from 10,000 infected systems in 2020 to more than 100,000 in the first half of 2021. Researchers from Avast are warning of the rapid growth of the DirtyMoe botnet (PurpleFox, Perkiler, and NuggetPhantom), which passed from 10,000 infected systems in 2020 to more than 100,000 in […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2021
DroidMorph tool generates Android Malware Clones that

Boffins developed a tool dubbed DroidMorph that provides morphing of Android applications (APKs) and allows to create Android apps (malware/benign) clones. A group of researchers from Adana Science and Technology University (Turkey) and the National University of Science and Technology (Islamabad, Pakistan) has developed a tool dubbed DroidMorph that provides morphing of Android applications (APKs) […]