keylogger

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 31, 2018
Fauxpersky Keylogger masqueraded as Kaspersky Antivirus and spreads via USB drives

  Security researchers at Cybereason recently discovered a credential-stealing malware dubbed Fauxpersky, that is masquerading as Kaspersky Antivirus and spreading via infected USB drives. Fauxpersky was written in AutoIT or AutoHotKey, which respectively are a freeware BASIC-like scripting language designed for automating the Windows GUI and general scripting and a free keyboard macro program to send keystrokes to […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2018
Attackers behind Cloudflare_solutions Keylogger are back, 2000 WordPress sites already infected

More than 2,000 WordPress sites have been infected with a malicious script that can deliver both a keylogger and the cryptocurrency miner CoinHive. More than 2,000 sites running the WordPress CMS have been infected with a malicious script that can deliver both a keylogger and the in-browser cryptocurrency miner CoinHive. This new hacking campaign was […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2017
Expert discovered a Keylogger component in HP notebook keyboard driver

A security researcher discovered that hundreds of notebook models contain a debugging code that could be abused by attackers as a keylogger component. Hundreds of notebook models contain a debugging code that could be abused by attackers as a keylogger component. The code was discovered by a security researcher that goes online with the moniker ZwClose, the list of affected models […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 07, 2017
Thousands of WordPress sites infected with a Keylogger and cryptocurrency miner scripts

Nearly 5,500 WordPress websites are infected with a malicious script that logs keystrokes and in some loads a cryptocurrency miner in the visitors’ browsers. The experts from security firm Sucuri observed that that malicious script is being loaded from the “cloudflare.solutions” domain, that anyway is not linked with Cloudflare. According to PublicWWW, this malicious script […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2017
Popular Anime crunchyroll.com hijacked to distribute a keylogger

The popular Anime site Crunchyroll.com was hijacked to distribute malware, according to the operators the site was not hacked. The popular Anime site Crunchyroll.com was hijacked to distribute malware, once discovered the hack, the operators have issued alerts informing visitors to don’t visit the site and later they took it offline. And for our English-speaking […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 02, 2017
The Svpeng Trojan continues to evolve, the last variant includes keylogger capabilities

Security experts at Kaspersky discovered the dreaded Svpeng Trojan has been recently modified to implement keylogger features. Cyber criminals are becoming even more aggressive and are using new stealth techniques. Security experts at Kaspersky have discovered that one of the most dangerous Android banking Trojan, Svpeng, has been recently modified to implement keylogger features to […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 11, 2017
Conexant audio driver works as Built-in Keylogger feature in dozens HP devices

A Security researcher discovered that a Conexant audio driver shipped dozens HP laptops and tablet PCs logs keystrokes. Security researcher Thorsten Schroeder of security firm Modzero discovered that a Conexant audio driver shipped with many HP laptops and tablet PCs logs keystrokes. The expert discovered that MicTray64.exe application, which is installed with the Conexant audio driver package, is […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2016
PunkeyPOS might have already stolen millions of payment card numbers

Experts are continuing to monitor the PunKeyPos malware in the wild, the threat might have already stolen millions of payment card numbers. Experts are continuing to monitor the PunKeyPos malware in the wild, the threat might have already stolen millions of payment card numbers. Security experts from PandaLabs spotted a new strain of the PoS malware dubbed PunkeyPos which seems […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2016
American company lost $100 million to BEC fraud

US prosecutors confirmed on Thursday that an American firm lost nearly $100 million in a BEC (business email compromise) scam. The Reuters Agency reported that an unidentified American company was the victim of a clamorous email fraud, scammers have stolen from the firm nearly $100 million. According to the US authorities, fraudsters used a fake […]