Pierluigi Paganini
May 31, 2020
This post includes the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from May 24 to May 30, 2020. Threat actors exploit the interest in the Coronavirus outbreak while infections increase worldwide, experts are observing new campaigns on a daily bases. Below a list of attacks detected this week. May 26 – Hangzhou could permanently adopt COVID-19 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 23, 2020
Experts reported the existence of a botnet, tracked as Silent Night based on the Zeus banking Trojan that is available for sale in several underground forums. This week researchers from Malwarebytes and HYAS published a report that included technical details on a recently discovered botnet, tracked as Silent Night, being distributed via the RIG exploit kit and COVID-19 malspam […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 20, 2020
The Ukrainian Secret Service (SSU) has arrested a hacker known as Sanix, who was selling billions of stolen credentials on hacking forums and Telegram channels. The popular hacker Sanix has been arrested by the Ukrainian Secret Service (SSU). The man is known in the cybercrime underground for selling billions of stolen credentials. The officials did […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 14, 2020
Norway’s state investment fund, Norfund, suffered a business email compromise (BEC) attack, hackers stole $10 million. Hackers stole $10 million from Norway’s state investment fund, Norfund, in a business email compromise (BEC) attack. Norfund is a private equity company established by the Norwegian Storting (parliament) in 1997 and owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 12, 2020
Trojan Lampion is back after 3 months. The malware was observed last days with a new obfuscation layer, new C2, and distributed inside an MSI file. Trojan Lampion is a malware observed at the end of the year 2019 impacting Portuguese users using template emails from the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax and EDP. The latest campaigns in Portugal were observed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 09, 2020
The Sodinokibi ransomware gang stolen gigabytes of legal documents from the law firm of the stars, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks (GSMLaw). The Sodinokibi ransomware group claims to have stolen gigabytes of legal documents from the entertainment and law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks (GSMLaw) that has dozens of international stars and celebrities among […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 08, 2020
Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company, observed the growth of the lifespan of phishing attacks in the second half of 2019. This trend, revealed by Group-IB’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-GIB), resulted in the tremendous increase in the number of phishing websites blockages over the given period — it rose by over 230 percent year-on-year. In 2019 in general, web […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 07, 2020
Researchers from Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab monitored the evolution and the diffusion of an infostealer dubbed Poulight that most likely has a Russian origin. Introduction Nowadays, info-stealer is one of the most common threats. This category of malware includes famous malware like Azorult, Agent Tesla, and Hawkeye. Infostealer market is one of the most remunerative for cyber criminals, information gathered […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 06, 2020
Europol arrested five members of the Infinity Black hacker group that were selling stolen user credentials and hacking tools. Europol announced another success in the fight against cybercrime, today it has arrested five Polish hackers who were members of the Infinity Black hacking group. The joint operation coordinated by the Europol, saw the participation of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 01, 2020
Maze Ransomware operators claim to have gained access to the network of Banco BCR of Costa Rica and stolen 11 million credit card credentials. Maze Ransomware operators claim to have hacked the network of the state-owned Bank of Costa Rica Banco BCR and to have stolen internal data, including 11 million credit card credentials. Banco BCR […]
