Pierluigi Paganini
December 24, 2014
Sophos and ESET detected the first self-reproducing polymorphic Ransomware dubbed Virlock that encrypts files and creates unique instances of itself. Security researchers from Sophos and ESET security firms have discovered a new interesting trend in the evolution of ransomware. The new strain of ransomware, dubbed VirRansom or VirLock, discovered by the experts is able to encrypt […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 19, 2014
APT actors trying to use the G20 2014 summit as a lure to compromise Tibetan nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) with Gh0st RAT. Security experts at ESET uncovered a new series of cyber attacks that targeted Tibetan nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) concurrently with the G20 2014 summit in Brisbane, Australia. The experts discovered that APTs behind the attacks used a strain of the Gh0st RAT characterized […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 17, 2014
Security experts at ESET detected a new variant of iBanking Trojan offered in the underground that exploits Facebook platform as vector of infection. iBanking is the name of a mobile banking Trojan app distributed through HTML injection attacks on banking sites. iBanking deceives victims impersonating itself as a ‘Security App‘ for Android, we have spoken about it early 2014 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 19, 2014
Antivirus Firm ESET has been tracking and investigating the operation behind Linux_Ebury uncovering a sophisticated campaign called Operation Windigo. Operation Windigo is the name of a sophisticated malware-based campaign uncovered by security Experts at ESET, that exploiting the Linux/Ebury backdoor has impacted more 500,000 computers and 25,000 dedicated servers. ESET Researchers collaborated with CERT-Bund, the European Organization […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2013
A pro-Palestinian group of hacktivists known as KDMS Team hacked also the two popular antivirus vendors Bitdefender and ESET. Th3 hacker Th3 J35t3r has discovered the identities of its members. A pro-Palestinian group of hacktivists known as KDMS Team has hit again, this time the victims of the successful attacks were the two popular antivirus vendors Bitdefender and ESET. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 06, 2013
Hesperbot is the name of a new banking trojan detected by ESET, it is a very potent malware which includes some very advanced tricks. Hesperbot is the name of the last banking trojan detected by security firm ESET, a malware that due its effectiveness could create serious problems to banks and financial institutions. Just yesterday I wrote about the evolution of cyber threats targeting online banking services, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 02, 2013
ESET security firm found a mysterious instance of Avatar rootkit with API, SDK, and Yahoo Groups for C&C communication Early this year ESET security firm detected the Avatar rootkit (Win32/Rootkit.Avatar), a mysterious malware advertised as rootkit by Russian cybercrime on specific forums. “We present you here previously announced product. In connection with work on other projects, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 31, 2013
We never tire of repeating, social networks are an ideal conduit, due their large diffusion, for the spread of malware, they are used by cybercrime to realize complex fraud schema and by military to conduct offensive operations or cyber espionage campaigns. ESET Security Research has published an interesting analysis on the ‘PokerAgent’ botnet detected during 2012 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 23, 2012
Reports from main security firms confirm the increasing growth of cyber attacks based on malware, in particular the large diffusion of Apple products has made them desirable targets. The explosion of malicious agents designed for Apple OS X operating system as surprised Apple users that have found themselves suddenly vulnerable exactly such as users of […]
