The threat actor behind the Triton malware (aka Trisis, Xenotime, and HatMan) is now targeting organizations worldwide and safety systems. The attackers are expanding their targets and new variants are able to attacks also other than Schneider Electric’s...
The Justice Department announced an effort to disrupt the VPNFilter botnet of hundreds of thousands of infected home and office (SOHO) routers and other networked devices under the control of a Russia-linked APT group. Yesterday Talos and other security...
Security firm Talos along with other cybersecurity firms and law enforcement agencies have uncovered a huge botnet dubbed VPNFilter, composed of more than 500,000 compromised routers and network-attached storage (NAS) devices. The experts believe the VPNFilter was...
Security experts from ESET observed the Turla APT group leveraging for the first time the Metasploit framework in the Mosquito campaign The Russia-linked Turla APT group continues its cyber espionage campaigns shifting towards more generic tools to remain...
A North Korea-linked APT group tracked as Sun Team has targeted North Korean deflectors with a malicious app that was published in the official Google Play store. A North Korea-linked APT group tracked as Sun Team has targeted North Korean deflectors with...
Security experts from Qihoo 360 Netlab discovered the operators behind the TheMoon botnet are now leveraging a zero-day exploit to target GPON routers. Researchers from security firm Qihoo 360 Netlab reported that cybercriminals are continuing to target...
Roaming Mantis malware initially targeting Android devices, now has broadened both its geographic range and its targets. Security experts from Kaspersky Lab discovered that the operators behind the Roaming Mantis campaign continue to improve their malware...
Crook faces up to 35 years in prison for operating the popular Scan4You counter anti-virus (CAV) website that helped malware authors to test the evasion capabilities of their codes. Scan4You is a familiar service for malware developers that used it as a counter...
Security experts from Fortinet have spotted a new variant of the Mirai botnet dubbed 'Wicked Mirai', it includes new exploits and spread a new bot. The name Wicked Mirai comes from the strings in the code, the experts discovered that this new variant...
While a new variant of the dreaded Mirai botnet, so-called Wicked Mirai, emerged in the wild the operators of the Mirai Satori botnet appear very active. Experts observed hackers using the Satori botnet to mass-scan the Internet for exposed Ethereum...