Security experts from FireEye have spotted a new spam campaign leveraging the FELIXROOT backdoor, a malware used for cyber espionage operation. The FELIXROOT backdoor was first spotted by FireEye in September 2017, when attackers used it in attacks...
New Underminer exploit kit delivers a bootkit that infects the system’s boot sectors as well as a cryptocurrency miner dubbed Hidden Mellifera. Malware researchers from Trend Micro have spotted a new exploit kit, tracked as Underminer exploit kit, delivering...
On Tuesday, Twitter announced it had removed more than 143,000 apps from the messaging service since April in a new crackdown initiative. Last week, Twitter announced it had removed more than 143,000 apps from the messaging service since April in a new crackdown...
Researchers from Proofpoint have discovered a new remote access Trojan (RAT) named Parasite HTTP that implements a broad range of evasion techniques. The Parasite HTTP RAT has a modular architecture that allows authors to easily add new features. The...
On Thursday, two Dutch brothers were sentenced to 240 hours of community service for creating and using the CoinVault ransomware. In 2015, Melvin (25) and Dennis van den B. (21), were arrested from a district court in Rotterdam for their alleged involvement...
US-CERT warns of cyber attacks on ERP applications, including Oracle and SAP, and refers an interesting report published by Digital Shadows and Onapsis. US-CERT warns of cyber attacks on Enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions such as Oracle...
The Chinese shipping giant COSCO was reportedly hit by a ransomware based attack, the attack occurred in the American region. According to COSCO a “local network breakdown” disrupted some systems in the United States. Media confirmed the incident...
Researchers from Proofpoint have discovered a new variant of the infamous Kronos banking Trojan that was involved in several attacks in the recent months. The infamous Kronos banking Trojan is back, and according to the experts from Proofpoint it was involved...
A new botnet, tracked as Death botnet has appeared in the threat landscape and is gathering unpatched AVTech devices with an old exploit. A new botnet, tracked as 'Death botnet,' has appeared in the threat landscape, its author that goes online with...
Security experts are warning of an intensification of attacks powered by two notorious IoT botnets, Mirai and Gafgyt. Security experts are warning of a new wave of attacks powered by two botnets, Mirai and Gafgyt. Since the code of the infamous Mirai...