Cybercrime

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2021
Attackers compromise Microsoft Exchange servers to hijack internal email chains

A malware campaign aimed at Microsoft Exchange servers exploits ProxyShell and ProxyLogon issues and uses stolen internal reply-chain emails. A malware campaign aimed at Microsoft Exchange servers exploits ProxyShell and ProxyLogon issues and uses stolen internal reply-chain emails to avoid detection. The campaign was uncovered by TrendMicro researchers that detailed the technique used to trick […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2021
Security Affairs newsletter Round 341

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. U.S. banking regulators order banks to notify cybersecurity incidents in 36 hours Study reveals […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2021
The newer cybercrime triad: TrickBot-Emotet-Conti

Advanced Intelligence researchers argue that the restarting of the Emotet botnet was driven by Conti ransomware gang. Early this year, law enforcement and judicial authorities worldwide conducted a joint operation, named Operation Ladybird, which disrupted the EMOTET botnet. At the time the investigators have taken control of its infrastructure in an international coordinated action.  This operation was […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2021
California Pizza Kitchen discloses a data breach

American pizza chain California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) suffered a data breach that might have exposed personal information of its employees. American pizza chain California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) suffered a data breach, the company has already notified employees whose personal information might have been exposed. According to a data breach notification sent to the impacted employees, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2021
Conti ransomware operations made at least $25.5 million since July 2021

Researchers revealed that Conti ransomware operators earned at least $25.5 million from ransom payments since July 2021. A study conducted by Swiss security firm Prodaft with the support of blockchain analysis firm Elliptic revealed that the operators of the Conti ransomware have earned at least $25.5 million from attacks and subsequent ransoms carried out since […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2021
Android banking Trojan BrazKing is back with significant evasion improvements

The BrazKing Android banking trojan is back with significant improvements and dynamic banking overlays to avoid detection. Researchers from IBM spotted a new version of the BrazKing Android banking trojan that pull fake overlay screens from the command and control (C2) server in real-time. In the previous version, BrazKing abused the accessibility service to detect which app […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2021
Attackers deploy Linux backdoor on e-stores compromised with software skimmer

Researchers discovered threat actors installing a Linux backdoor on compromised e-commerce servers after deploying a credit card skimmer into e-stores. Security researchers from Sansec Threat Research Team discovered a Linux backdoor during an investigation into the compromised of an e-commerce server with a software skimmer. The attackers initially conducted a reconnaissance phase by probing the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2021
SharkBot, a new Android Trojan targets banks in Europe

Security researchers from Cleafy discovered a new Android banking trojan, named SharkBot, that is targeting banks in Europe. At the end of October, researchers from cyber security firms Cleafy and ThreatFabric have discovered a new Android banking trojan named SharkBot. The name comes after one of the domains used for its command and control servers. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2021
Operation Reacharound – Emotet malware is back

The Emotet botnet is still active, ten months after an international operation coordinated by Europol shut down its infrastructure. Early this year, law enforcement and judicial authorities worldwide conducted a joint operation, named Operation Ladybird, which disrupted the EMOTET botnet. At the time the investigators have taken control of its infrastructure in an international coordinated action.  […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2021
Cloudflare mitigated 2 Tbps DDoS attack, the largest attack it has seen to date

Cloudflare announced to have mitigated a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at almost 2 terabytes per second (Tbps). Cloudflare, Inc. is an American web infrastructure and website security company that provides content delivery network and DDoS mitigation services. The company announced to have mitigated a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked just below 2 terabytes per second (Tbps), which […]