Pierluigi Paganini
March 07, 2018
For the second time in two weeks, the computers at the Colorado Department of Transportation Agency shut down 2,000 computers after a ransomware infection. For the second time in a few days, a variant of the dreaded SamSam ransomware paralyzed the CDOT. The second incident occurred while the agency was still in the process of recovering its […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 06, 2018
Palo Alto Networks discovered a malware dubbed ComboJack that is able of detecting when users copy a cryptocurrency address and alter clipboards to steal cryptocurrencies and payments. Crooks continue to focus their interest in cryptocurrencies, security researchers at Palo Alto Networks have spotted a strain of malware dubbed ComboJack that is able of detecting when users […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 03, 2018
Security researchers at Dr.Web have discovered over 40 models of low-cost Android smartphones are shipped with the dreaded Android Triada banking malware. Security researchers at Antivirus firm Dr.Web have discovered that 42 models of low-cost Android smartphones are shipped with the Android.Triada.231 banking malware. “In the middle of 2017, Doctor Web analysts discovered a new Trojan Android.Triada.231 in the firmware of some […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 02, 2018
Security researchers from Cisco Talos discovered a new remote access Trojan (RAT) dubbed CannibalRAT that has been written entirely in Python. The CannibalRAT RAT is being used in highly targeted attacks. the experts explained that even if it isn’t very sophisticated it exhibits signs of code cannibalisation from other open-source projects. “The RAT itself is not very sophisticated, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2018
RedDrop malware is a recently discovered mobile threat that can steal data from infected devices and also record ambient audio. Security researchers at Wandera have spotted a new sophisticated family of mobile malware dubbed RedDrop that can steal data, record audio, and intercept SMS. All data stolen from infected systems is uploaded to remote file storage systems. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2018
The GandCrab ransomware decryptor has been released by the Romanian Police (IGPR) under the supervision of the General Prosecutorâs Office (DIICOT) and in collaboration with the internet security company Bitdefender and Europol. Bitdefender has teamed up with Europol, the Romanian Police, and the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) to release a free […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 28, 2018
Security researchers at the firm SiteLock have discovered that hundreds of websites have been infected with the ionCube malware. Security researchers at SiteLock have discovered that hundreds of websites have been infected with malware that masquerades as legitimate ionCube-encoded files. ionCube is an encoding technology used to protect PHP software from being viewed, changed, and run on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 28, 2018
Malware researchers at CSE Cybsec – ZLab have analyzed a new variant of Mobef ransomware, a malware that in the past mainly targeted Italian users. Malware researchers at CSE Cybsec – ZLab have analyzed a new variant of Mobef ransomware, that was involved in past attacks against Italian users. I personally obtained the sample by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 27, 2018
Security researchers at Morphisec have uncovered a massive hacking campaign that is exploiting the recently patched CVE-2018-4878 Adobe Flash Player vulnerability. Threat actors are exploiting the use-after-free flaw to deliver malware. The CVE-2018-4878 vulnerability was fixed by Adobe on February 6, after security experts discovered it was used by North Korea-linked APT37 group in targeted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 27, 2018
Evrial is a cryptocoin malware stealer discovered by the researchers at ElevenPaths which takes control of the clipboard to get “easy money”. Evrial is a cryptocoin malware stealer which takes control of the clipboard to get “easy money”. ElevenPaths has taken a deep technical dive into the malware itself, to show how it technically works, […]
