Malware

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2020
A cyberattack crippled the IT infrastructure of the City of Saint John

Officials confirm that the city of Saint John was hit by a massive cyberattack that has crippled the entire IT municipal infrastructure. The city of Saint John, Canada, was hit by a massive cyberattack that has crippled the entire IT municipal infrastructure, the incident was publicly disclosed on November 15. The cyberattack caused the shut […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2020
QakBot Big Game Hunting continues: the operators drop ProLock ransomware for Egregor

The QakBot banking trojan has dropped the ProLock ransomware, they are now opting for the Egregor ransomware in their operations. Group-IB, a global threat hunting and intelligence company headquartered in Singapore, has discovered that QakBot (aka Qbot) operators have abandoned ProLock for Egregor ransomware. Egregor has been actively distributed since September 2020 and has so far hit […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2020
We infiltrated an IRC botnet. Here’s what we found

The CyberNews.com Investigation team carried out an infiltration operation against an IRC botnet and reported it to CERT Vietnam to help take it down. Original post @ https://cybernews.com/security/we-infiltrated-an-irc-botnet-heres-what-we-found/ In order to gather valuable information about the IRC botnet’s activity, we joined its Command and Control channel where we met the botmaster who was responsible for […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2020
New Grelos skimmer variant reveals murkiness in tracking Magecart operations

Security experts from RiskIQ discovered a new variant of the Grelos skimmer that presents overlap with Magecart group operations. Researchers from RiskIQ analyzed the increased overlap of a new variant of the skimmer dubbed Grelos and the operations of the groups under the Magecart umbrella. The analysis demonstrates the difficulty in associating new strains of skimmer to groups […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2020
REvil ransomware demands 500K ransom to Managed.com hosting provider

Managed web hosting provider Managed.com was hit with REvil ransomware that forced it to take down their servers and web hosting systems. Managed web hosting provider Managed.com was hit by a REvil ransomware attack over the weekend that took their servers and web hosting systems offline. At the time of writing this post, Managed.com hosting […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2020
China-linked APT10 leverages ZeroLogon exploits in recent attacks

Researchers uncovered a large-scale campaign conducted by China-linked APT10 targeting businesses using the recently-disclosed ZeroLogon vulnerability.  Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team, a Broadcom division, uncovered a global campaign conducted by a China-linked APT10 cyber-espionage group targeting businesses using the recently-disclosed ZeroLogon vulnerability.  The group, also known as Cicada, Stone Panda, and Cloud Hopper, has been active at […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2020
Phishing campaign targets LATAM e-commerce users with Chaes Malware

Experts from Cybereason Nocturnus uncovered an active campaign that targets users of a large e-commerce platform in Latin America with Chaes malware. Cybereason Nocturnus security researchers have identified an active campaign focused on the users of a large e-commerce platform in Latin America. Experts at Cybereason Nocturnus have uncovered an active campaign targeting the users […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2020
Chinese APT FunnyDream targets a South East Asian government

Researchers spotted a new China-linked APT, tracked as FunnyDream that already infected more than 200 systems across Southeast Asia. Security experts at BitDefender have uncovered a new China-linked cyber espionage group, tracked as FunnyDream that has already infected more than 200 systems across Southeast Asia over the past two years. According to Kaspersky Lab, FunnyDream […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2020
Crooks use software skimmer that pretends to be a security firm

Security experts from Sucuri analyzing a software skimmer that is abusing its brand name in order to evade detection. Researchers at Sucuri analyzed a software skimmer that is using their brand name in order to evade detection. The e-skimmer is a base64-encoded JavaScript blob that attackers inject into target webpages. During a routine investigation, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2020
Lazarus malware delivered to South Korean users via supply chain attacks

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group is behind new campaigns against South Korean supply chains that leverage stolen security certificates.  Security experts from ESET reported that North-Korea-linked Lazarus APT (aka HIDDEN COBRA) is behind cyber campaigns targeting South Korean supply chains. According to the experts the nation-state actors leverage stolen security certificates from two separate, legitimate South […]