Pierluigi Paganini
April 29, 2019
Researchers at Trend Micro have uncovered a malware campaign distributing a new Emotet Trojan variant that compromises devices and uses them as Proxy C2 servers. Trend Micro discovered a new variant of the Emotet Trojan that is able to infect devices and use them as proxy command-and-control servers. The new variant also employs random URI […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2019
A new variant of the AESDDoS bot is exploiting a recent vulnerability in the Atlassian collaborative software Confluence. Security experts at Trend Micro have spotted a new variant of AESDDoS botnet that is exploiting a recently discovered vulnerability in the Atlassian collaborative software Confluence. The flaw exploited in the attacks, tracked as CVE-2019-3396, is a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 26, 2019
The special-purpose vehicle maker Aebi Schmidt was hit by a malware attack that disrupted some of its operations. The Aebi Schmidt Group is a manufacturer of product systems and services for the management, cleaning and clearance of traffic areas as well as for the maintenance of green areas in demanding terrain. Aebi Schmidt focuses on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 24, 2019
Another city fell victim of a malware attack, systems at the city of Stuart, Fla., were infected by the Ryuk ransomware on April 13, 2018. Law enforcement is investigating a ransomware attack that hit the City of Stuart on April 13, 2018. The Ryuk malware infected several servers and forced them offline. “City officials on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2019
British malware researcher Marcus Hutchins has pleaded guilty to developing and sharing the banking malware between July 2014 and July 2015. The popular British cybersecurity expert Marcus Hutchins has pleaded guilty to developing and sharing the Kronos banking malwarebetween July 2014 and July 2015. Marcus Hutchins, also known as MalwareTech, made the headlines after discovering […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2019
Djevair Ametovski was sentenced to 90 months in prison for operating an international cybercrime marketplace named Codeshop. Macedonian national Djevair Ametovski (32) was sentenced to 90 months in prison by US DoJ authorities for operating an international cybercrime marketplace named Codeshop. Codeshop.su was a website that specialized in selling stolen payment card data. Ametovski acquired […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2019
A ransomware attack knocked the Weather Channel off the air for at least 90 minutes Thursday morning, federal law enforcement are investigating the incident.A ranomware attack knocked the Weather Channel off the air for at least 90 minutes Thursday morning, federal law enforcement are investigating the incident. A cyber attack hit the Weather Channel and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 14, 2019
Two Romanian hackers are convicted of infecting 400,000 computers in the U.S. with malicious code and stole millions of dollars from the victims. Bogdan Nicolescu and Radu Miclaus are convicted of infecting 400,000 computers, most of them in the U.S.. The malware was developed to steal credentials, financial data, personal information, then the crooks offered […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 12, 2019
Good news for the victims of the CryptoPokemon ransomware, security experts at Emsisoft just released a free decrypter tool. Victims of the CryptoPokemon ransomware have a good reason to smile, security experts at Emsisoft have released a free decrypter tool. The ransomware was first discovered by experts at IntezerLabs, the CryptoPokemon ransomware is a new […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2019
EMOTET spread in Chile targeted financial and banking services. SI-LAB detected hundreds of users that were impacted by this malware between March 18th and 26th of 2019. The last days of March 2019 are making headlines due to a targeted cyber attack involving a new variant of infamous EMOTET malware. This threat is known as a […]
