Malware

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2021
DroidMorph tool generates Android Malware Clones that

Boffins developed a tool dubbed DroidMorph that provides morphing of Android applications (APKs) and allows to create Android apps (malware/benign) clones. A group of researchers from Adana Science and Technology University (Turkey) and the National University of Science and Technology (Islamabad, Pakistan) has developed a tool dubbed DroidMorph that provides morphing of Android applications (APKs) […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2021
Ragnar Locker ransomware leaked data stolen from ADATA chipmaker

The Taiwanese memory and storage chip maker ADATA was hit by the Ragnar Locker ransomware gang that also published more than 700GB of stolen data. The Ragnar Locker ransomware gang has published on its leak sites more than 700GB of data stolen from Taiwanese memory and storage chip maker ADATA. The group published the link […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2021
Vigilante malware stops victims from visiting piracy websites

This strange malware stops you from visiting pirate websites Sophos researchers uncovered a malware campaign that aims at blocking infected users’ from being able to visit a large number of piracy websites.  Sophos researchers uncovered a malware campaign that aims at blocking infected users’ from visiting a large number of websites dedicated to software piracy by modifying the HOSTS […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2021
The return of TA402 Molerats APT after a short pause

TA402 APT group (aka Molerats and GazaHackerTeam) is back after two-month of silence and is targeting governments in the Middle East. The TA402 APT group (aka Molerats and Gaza Cybergang) is back after a two-month of apparent inactivity, it is targeting government institutions in the Middle East and global government entities with interest in the region. MoleRATs is […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2021
Oleg Koshkin was convicted for operating a crypting service also used by Kelihos botnet

Russian national Oleg Koshkin was convicted for operating a “crypting” service used to obfuscate the Kelihos bot from antivirus software. Russian national Oleg Koshkin was convicted for charges related to the operation of a malware crypting service used by the Kelihos botnet to obfuscate malware and evade detection. “According to court documents and evidence introduced at trial, Oleg Koshkin, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2021
UNC2465 cybercrime group launched a supply chain attack on CCTV vendor

UNC2465 cybercrime group that is affiliated with the Darkside ransomware gang has infected with malware the website of a CCTV camera vendor. An affiliate of the Darkside ransomware gang, tracked as UNC2465, has conducted a supply chain attack against a CCTV vendor, Mandiant researchers discovered. UNC2465 is considered one of the main affiliated of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2021
An international joint operation resulted in the arrest of Clop ransomware members

Ukraine police arrested multiple individuals that are believed to be linked to the Clop ransomware gang as part of an international joint operation. Ukraine police arrested multiple individuals that are believed to be linked to the Clop ransomware gang as part of an international operation conducted by law enforcement from Ukraine, South Korea, and the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2021
Cyberium malware-hosting domain employed in multiple Mirai variants campaigns

A new variant of the Mirai botnet, tracked as Moobot, was spotted scanning the Internet for vulnerable Tenda routers. Researchers from AT&T Alien Lab have spotted a new variant of the Mirai botnet, tracked asu Moobot, which was scanning the Internet for the CVE-2020-10987 remote code-execution (RCE) issue in Tenda routers. The botnet was linked […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 15, 2021
Fujifilm restores operations after recent ransomware attack

Japanese multinational conglomerate Fujifilm announced that it has restored operations following the recent ransomware attack. On June 4, the Japanese multinational conglomerate Fujifilm announced that it was hit by a ransomware attack and shut down its network in response to the incident. Around two weeks later the Japanese giant announced that it has restored operations following […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 15, 2021
The source code of the Paradise Ransomware was leaked on XSS hacking forum

The source code for the Paradise Ransomware has been released on a hacking forum allowing threat actors to develop their customized variant. The source code for the Paradise Ransomware has been released on the hacking forum XSS allowing threat actors to develop their own customized ransomware operation. The news of the availability of the source […]