coronavirus

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2020
Fake Coronavirus Finder spread Ginp Mobile Banker

Security experts have spotted a new COVID-themed campaign aimed at distributing the Ginp Mobile Banker with “Coronavirus Finder” lure. With the COVID19 outbreak, the number of Coronavirus-themed attacks is rapidly increasing. Kaspersky Lab experts have uncovered a malicious campaign that is spreading the Android banking trojan Ginp masquerade as a Coronavirus Finder. “Cybercriminals behind Ginp, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2020
New York Attorney General asks domain registrars to crack down on coronavirus scam sites

New York Attorney General asks domain registrars, including GoDaddy, and Namecheap, to crack down on coronavirus scam sites. The Coronavirus-themed attacks continue to increase, experts warn of thousands of COVID-19 scam and malware sites are being created every day. The New York Attorney General asks GoDaddy, Namecheap, Register.com, and Endurance International Group and other domain […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2020
Coronavirus-themed campaign delivers a new variant of Netwalker Ransomware

MalwareHunterTeam experts have identified a new Coronavirus phishing campaign that aims at delivering the Netwalker Ransomware. The number of coronavirus-themed cyberattacks continues to increase, MalwareHunterTeam researchers uncovered a new campaign that is delivering the Netwalker Ransomware, aka Mailto. The researchers have analyzed an attachment, named “CORONAVIRUS_COVID-19.vbs,” used in a new Coronavirus phishing campaign that was designed to […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 22, 2020
Coronavirus-themed attacks March 15 – March 21, 2020

In this post, I decided to share the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from March 15 to March 21, 2020. Threat actors exploit the interest in the COVID19 outbreak while infections increase worldwide, experts are observing new campaigns on a daily bases. Below a list of attacks detected this week. March 21, 2020 – New […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 21, 2020
New Coronavirus-themed attack uses fake WHO chief emails

Day after day the number of Coronavirus-themed attacks increases, fraudsters have launched a phishing campaign to deliver keyloggers on users’ PC Experts from IBM X-Force have uncovered a new Coronavirus-themed phishing campaign aimed at delivering keyloggers on users’ PC Threat actors are using phishing emails claiming to be sent from the chief of the World Health […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2020
Coronavirus news used by Emotet and Trickbot to evade detection

Threat actors exploit the interest in the Coronavirus outbreak while infections increase worldwide, new campaigns aim at spreading TrickBot and Emotet Trojans. Experts warn of new Coronavirus-themed attacks that are spreading TrickBot and Emotet Trojans. Operators behind these campaigns are using new Coronavirus-themed messages to attempt to bypass security software. The trend was first reported […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 18, 2020
Thousands of Coronavirus-related malicious domains are being created every day

The Coronavirus-themed attacks continue to increase, experts warn of thousands of COVID-19 scam and malware sites are being created every day. Crooks and nation-state actors continue to exploit the interest of potential victims in the Coronavirus outbreak. In recent weeks, we observed that threat actors are creating thousands of coronavirus-themed websites on a daily basis. […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2020
Noooo, now Ancient Tortoise BEC scammers are launching Coronavirus-Themed attacks

A cybercrime gang focused on Business Email Compromise (BEC) has started using coronavirus-themed scam emails in its attacks. While the Coronavirus is spreading worldwide cybercriminals and nation-state actors are launching COVID19-themed attacks on a global scale. Most of the attacks aimed at spreading malware to control victims’ computers and stealing sensitive data, but now a […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2020
BlackWater, a malware that uses Cloudflare Workers for C2 Communication

Crooks continue to abuse the interest in Coronavirus outbreak, now experts found a new backdoor called BlackWater that pretends to provide information about COVID-19. Experts found a new backdoor malware called BlackWater that pretends to provide information about the COVID-19 outbreak while abusing Cloudflare Workers as an interface to the C2 server. Cloudflare Workers provide a serverless execution […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2020
One of the major COVID-19 testing laboratories in Czech hit by cyberattack

A cyber attack hit one of the major COVID-19 testing laboratories in Czech, the Brno University Hospital in the city of Brno. While the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is spreading on a global scale, crooks and nation-state actors are launching Coronavirus-themed attacks against targets worldwide. The healthcare systems of any country are under pressure, for this reason, […]