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Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2019
Sophisticated TajMahal APT Framework remained under the radar for 5 years

Cybersecurity experts at Kaspersky Lab uncovered a highly sophisticated spyware framework dubbed TajMahal that was involved in cyberespionage campaign for at least last 5 years. Cybersecurity researchers at Kaspersky discovered a highly sophisticated spyware framework, dubbed TajMahal, that has been used in cyber operations for at least last 5 years. The TajMahal framework remained undetected until […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2019
Yoroi Welcomes “Yomi: The Malware Hunter”

Yomi’s malware engine implements a multi-analysis approach that is able to exploit both: static analysis and behavioral analysis, enjoy it” Nowadays malware represents a powerful tool for cyber attackers and cyber criminals all around the world, with over 856 million of distinct samples identified during the last year it is, with no doubt, one of […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2019
Experts spotted a new Mirai variant that targets new processors

Palo Alto Networks researchers discovered a new variant of the Mirai malware that is targeting more processor architectures than previous ones. Mirai botnet continues to be one of the most dangerous malware in the threat landscape, experts at Palo Alto Networks discovered a new variant that targets more processor architectures than before. Mirai malware first […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2019
Adobe Patch Tuesday updates for April 2019 address 43 flaws in its products

Adobe Patch Tuesday updates for April 2019 address a total of 43 vulnerabilities affecting the eight products of the company. Adobe’s Patch Tuesday updates for April 2019 address a total of 43 vulnerabilities affecting the Acrobat and Reader, Flash Player, Shockwave Player, Dreamweaver, XD, InDesign, Experience Manager Forms, and Bridge CC products. “Adobe has published […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2019
Yahoo proposes $117.5 million for the settlement of data breach

Yahoo is continuously trying to settle a lawsuit on the massive data breach over the period of 2013 to 2016. This time Yahoo could pay $117.5 million for the settlement of 3 billion hacked accounts. As the news was first published by the team of Reuters, “Yahoo has struck a revised $117.5 million settlement with […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2019
Experts spotted the iOS version of the Exodus surveillance app

In the last weeks, a new Android surveillance malware dubbed Exodus made the headlines, now expert found the iOS version of the government spyware. Security experts at LookOut have discovered an iOS version of the dreaded surveillance Android app Exodus that was initially found on the official Google Play Store. Exodus for Android is a […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2019
LimeRAT spreads in the wild

Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab team spotted an interesting infection chain leveraging several techniques able to defeat traditional security defences and spread LimeRAT. Introduction Few days ago, Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab team came across an interesting infection chain leveraging several techniques able to defeat traditional security defences and hiding a powerful inner payload able to seriously threaten its victims.  The […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2019
Gulf countries came under hackers’ spotlight in 2018, with more than 130 000 payment cards compromised

Bahrain, 08.04.2019 – Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, and NGN International, a global system integrator, analyzed cybersecurity landscape in Gulf countries in 2018. Group-IB Threat Intelligence team identified compromised credentials of 7 306 users from the Gulf countries in 2018 and detected the total of 138 978 compromised cards issued by the Gulf countries’ banks. Number […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2019
AeroGrow suffered a payment card data breach

The developer, marketer, direct-seller, and wholesaler of indoor garden systems, AeroGrow International, suffered a payment card data breach. AeroGrow International, a developer, marketer, direct-seller, and wholesaler of indoor garden systems, recently notified customers of a payment card data breach. The incident impacted the company website. “On March 4, 2019, AeroGrow learned that an unauthorized person […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2019
Victims of Planetary Ransomware can decrypt their files for free

Researchers at Emsisoft developed a decryptor for the Planetary Ransomware family that could allow victims to decrypt their files for free. Good news for the victims of the Planetary Ransomware, security firm Emsisoft has released a decryptor that allows victims to decrypt their files for free. The name Planetary ransomware comes from the use of […]