Pierluigi Paganini
September 21, 2017
FedEx is the last firm in order of time that disclosed the cost caused by the massive NotPetya, roughly $300m in lost business and response costs. The malware compromised systems worldwide, most of them in Ukraine, the list of victims is long and includes the US pharmaceutical company Merck, the shipping giant Maersk, the Ukraineâs central […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 19, 2017
Researchers discovered a new Android banking Trojan, dubbed Red Alert 2.0, that is being offered for rent on many dark websites for $500 per month. Researchers with security firm SfyLabs have discovered a new Android banking Trojan, dubbed Red Alert 2.0, that is being offered for rent on many dark websites for $500 per month. “The last […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 18, 2017
CCleaner app version 5.33 that was available for download between August 15 and September 12 was modified to include the Floxif malware Bad news for the users of the CCleaner app, according to researchers with Cisco Talos, version 5.33 that was available for download between August 15 and September 12 was modified to include the Floxif […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 18, 2017
I’m proud to share with you the first report produced by Z-Lab, the Malware Lab launched by the company CSE CybSec. Enjoy the Analysis Report NotPetya. As most of you already know I have officially presented my new Co a couple of months ago, CybSec Enterprise is its name and we already started to work on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 18, 2017
Experts at Trend Micro reported malware attacks that leveraged the Hangul Word Processor (HWP) word processing application to target users. It has happened again, attackers leveraged the Hangul Word Processor (HWP) word processing application to target users in South Korea. The application is very popular in South Korea and was exploited in several hacking campaigns against entities in the country. In the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 15, 2017
Google removed 50 malicious apps from the official Play Store after experts discovered a new malware, dubbed ExpensiveWall, eluded Google Bouncer checks. Google has removed 50 malicious apps from the official Play Store after experts with security firm Check Point discovered a new malware, dubbed ExpensiveWall,  eluded the checks of the Google’s Bouncer. The ExpensiveWall malware was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 13, 2017
Experts found a new alarming method dubbed Bashware attack that allows attackers to silently run malware to bypass even the most common security solutions, The new Windows 10 feature Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)Â that implements the Linux bash terminal in Microsoft operating system could be exploited by malware to run undetected. The feature was recently […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 10, 2017
Crooks are abusing Facebook CDN servers to deliver malware and evading detection exploiting the trust in the CDN network of the social networking giant. Crooks are abusing Facebook CDN (Content Delivery Network)Â servers to store malware and to deliver it evading detection exploiting the trust in the CDN network of the social network giant. Researchers from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 07, 2017
Malware researchers at Palo Alto Networks have spotted a 2007 variant of Babar, a strain of malware likely designed by the French Intelligence. In March 2015, researchers detected Babar for the first time, analysis led them into believing it was a product of the French intelligence. According to the experts, Babar malware was used by the General Directorate for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 05, 2017
Researchers at Lookout spotted a new mobile remote access Trojan dubbed xRAT tied to 2014 âXsser / mRATâ surveillance campaign against Hong Kong protesters. A new mobile remote access Trojan dubbed xRAT includes appears as the evolution of high-profile spyware Xsser / mRAT malware that was first spotted in late 2014 when it was used in a surveillance […]
