Malware

Pierluigi Paganini November 08, 2019
Capesand is a new Exploit Kit that appeared in the threat landscape

A recently discovered exploit kit dubbed Capesand is being involved in live attacks despite the fact that it’s still under development. In October 2019, researchers at TrendMicro discovered a new exploit kit dubbed Capesand that is being involved in live attacks. The tool was discovered while analyzing a malvertising campaign employing the RIG EK to […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2019
Specially Crafted ZIP archives allow bypassing secure email gateways

Experts observed a new phishing campaign that used a specially crafted ZIP archive that was designed to bypass secure email gateways to distribute malware. Attackers have devised a new technique to distribute malware bypassing secure email gateways and other security solutions by using a specially crafted ZIP file. The structure of a ZIP archive contains […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2019
Brooklyn Hospital lost patient records after a ransomware infection

Another organization in the healthcare industry was a victim of a Ransomware attack, this time the victim is Brooklyn Hospital. A ransomware attack has infected several computer systems at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York, the organization permanently lost patient data. The patient records encrypted in the attack include names and certain dental or […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2019
Mysterious DarkUniverse APT remained undetected for 8 years

Kaspersky discovered a previously unknown APT group, tracked as DarkUniverse, by analyzing Shadow Brokers’ “Lost in Translation” data dump. In 2017, a hacker group known as the Shadow Brokers stolen malware and hacking tools from the arsenal of the NSA-Linked Equation Group, then it published online the data dump called “Lost in Translation.” The dump […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2019
Ransomware attack impacted government services in the territory of Nunavut, Canada

A ransomware attack disrupted IT operations in the territory of Nunavut (Canada), all government services requiring access to electronic data were impacted. A ransomware attack disrupted IT operations in the remote Canadian territory of Nunavut, all government services requiring access to electronic information were impacted. The territory is extended over more than 1.9 million square […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2019
Everis and Spain’s radio network Cadena SER hit by ransomware

NTT DATA-owned firm Everis​ is one of Spain’s largest managed service providers (MSP), it has suffered a ransomware attack, and it was not the only case. Systems at Spain’s largest managed service providers (MSP) Everis have been infected by a ransomware, and it was not alone because the also Spain’s largest radio station Cadena SER […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2019
QSnatch malware already infected thousands of QNAP NAS devices

Security experts warn of a new piece of malware dubbed QSnatch that already infected thousands of QNAP NAS devices worldwide. A new piece of malware dubbed QSnatch is infecting thousands of NAS devices manufactured by the Taiwanese vendor QNAP. The name comes after the target vendor and the “snatching” activity the malware performs. According to […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2019
Exclusive – Analysis of the sample that hit the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant

Expert Marco Ramilli and his team analyzed the sample that infected systems at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, it is a targeted attack. During the past few days a cyber attack hit Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant: the largest nuclear power plant located in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The news was announced on Monday, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2019
New Gafgyt botnet targets Gaming Servers

Palo Alto Networks discovered a new version of Gafgyt botnet composed of Home & Small Office Wireless routers used to attack gaming servers. Palo Alto Networks researchers discovered a new version of Gafgyt botnet targeting home & small office wireless routers, including Zyxel and Huawei routers, as well as devices with Realtek RTL81xx chipset. According […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 238

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Experts found 17 apps in the Apple App Store infected […]