Pierluigi Paganini
June 17, 2019
Good news for the victims of the latest variants of the GandCrab ransomware, NoMoreRansomware released a free decryption tool. Victims of the latest variants of the GandCrab ransomware can now decrypt their files for free using a free decryptor tool released on the the NoMoreRansom website. The tool works with versions 5 to 5.2 of the ransomware, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 17, 2019
According to The New York Times, the United States planted destructive malware in Russia’s electric power grid. The New York Times, citing current and former government officials, revealed that the United States planted a potentially destructive malware in Russia’s electric power grid. The U.S. cyber army is targeting the Russian power grid since at least […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 17, 2019
Security researchers at Cofense have spotted a phishing campaign aimed at commercial banking customers distributing a new remote access trojan (RAT) tracked as WSH RAT. Security experts at Cofense Phishing Defence Center have spotted a phishing campaign aimed at commercial banking customers that is distributing a new remote access trojan tracked as WSH RAT. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 17, 2019
Today I’d like to share an interesting and heavily obfuscated Malware which made me thinking about the meaning of ‘Targeted Attack’. Nowadays a Targeted Attack is mostly used to address state assets or business areas. For example a targeted attack might address Naval industry (MartyMcFly example is definitely a great example) or USA companies (Botnet Against […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 17, 2019
Threat actors are targeting Web-based DNA sequencer applications leveraging a still-unpatched zero-day to take over the targeted systems. Starting from June 12, 2019, the researcher Ankit Anubhav from NewSky Security, observed threat actors targeting Web-based DNA sequencer applications. The attackers are leveraging a still-unpatched zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-6526, to gain full control over the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 16, 2019
Bella Thorne is the last victim of a sextortion attack, in a case similar to the Fappening saga, a hacker threatened the actress to publish her private nude photos. The hacker first obtained nude photos of Bella Thorne then threatened her to leak online the picture, but she gave an unsettling answer. Bella Thorne published tweets […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 16, 2019
Operators behind the Echobot botnet added new exploits to infect IoT devices, and also enterprise apps Oracle WebLogic and VMware SD-Wan. Recently a new botnet, tracked Echobot, appeared in the threat landscape its operators are adding new exploits to infect a broad range of systems, including IoT devices, enterprise apps Oracle WebLogic and VMware SD-Wan. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 16, 2019
On Friday, security experts at Microsoft warned of a new Linux worm, spreading via Exim email servers, that already compromised some Azure installs. Bad actors continue to target cloud services in the attempt of abusing them for several malicious purposes, like storing malware or implementing command and control servers. Microsoft Azure is not immune, recently […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 16, 2019
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Critical RCE affects older Diebold Nixdorf ATMs Facebook is going to stop Huawei pre-installing apps on mobile devices Millions of Exim mail servers vulnerable to cyber attacks CIA sextortion […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 16, 2019
Bug hunter Thomas Orlita discovered an XSS vulnerability in Google’s Invoice Submission Portal that would have allowed attackers access to Google’s internal network The Czech researcher Thomas Orlita discovered an XSS vulnerability in Google’s Invoice Submission Portal that would have allowed attackers access to part of Google’s internal network. The Google Invoice Submission Portal is […]
