malware

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2019
A new NAS Ransomware targets QNAP Devices

Malware researchers at two security firms Intezer and Anomali have discovered a new piece of ransomware targeting Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. Experts at security firms Intezer and Anomali have separately discovered a new piece of ransomware targeting Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. NAS servers are a privileged target for hackers because they normally store […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2019
New FinFisher spyware used to spy on iOS and Android users in 20 countries

Malware researchers from Kaspersky have discovered new and improved versions of the infamous FinFisher spyware used to infect both Android and iOS devices. Experts at Kaspersky have discovered a new improved variant of the FinFisher spyware used to spy on both iOS and Android users in 20 countries. According to the experts, the new versions […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2019
Kaspersky report: Malware shared by USCYBERCOM first seen in December 2016

The malware samples shared by USCYBERCOM last week were first detected in December 2016 in attacks attributed to Iran-linked APT33. Last week the United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) uploaded to VirusTotal a malware used by Iran-linked APT33 group in attacks in Dec 2016 and Jan 2017. Now experts at Kaspersky confirmed that the malware was […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2019
A new Astaroth Trojan Campaign uncovered by Microsoft

Microsoft Defender ATP Research Team discovered a fileless malware campaign that was spreading the information stealing Astaroth Trojan. Experts at the Microsoft Defender ATP Research Team discovered a fileless malware campaign that is delivering the information stealing Astaroth Trojan. The malware is able to log the users’ keystrokes, collect information through hooking, access clipboard content, and monitor […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2019
Cyberattack shuts down La Porte County government systems

Government computer systems at La Porte County, Indiana, were shut down after a cyber attack hit them on July 6. Experts believe it was a ransomware attack. On July 6, a cyber attack brought down government computer systems at La Porte County, Indiana. At the time of writing, there were only a few details about […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2019
Spotting RATs: Delphi wrapper makes the analysis harder

Experts observed an increase of the malware spreading using less-known archive types as dropper,in particular ISO image.Delphi wrapper makes analysis harder Introduction In the last period, we observed an increase of the malware spreading using less-known archive types as an initial dropper, in particular, ISO image. The spread of threats exploiting ISO image to hide […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 07, 2019
Croatia government agencies targeted with news SilentTrinity malware

Croatia government agencies have been targeted by unknown hackers with a new piece of malware tracked as SilentTrinity. A mysterious group of hackers carried out a series of cyber attacks against Croatian government agencies, infecting employees with a new piece of malware tracked as SilentTrinity. The SilentTrinity malware can take control over an infected computer, […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2019
Eurofins, the UK’s largest police forensics lab paid ransom after an attack

Eurofins Scientific, the UK’s biggest provider of forensic services, has paid a ransom to demand to recover its data after a ransomware attack. Eurofins Scientific, the UK’s largest police forensics lab contractor, announced to have paid a ransom to crooks to recover its data after a ransomware had been encrypted them. The company is based […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 05, 2019
Godlua backdoor, the first malware that abuses the DNS over HTTPS (DoH)

Researchers at Network Security Research Lab of Qihoo 360 discovered a Lua-based backdoor dubbed Godlua that targets both Linux and Windows systems. The peculiarity of this new piece of malware is the ability to communicate with C2 servers via DNS over HTTPS (DoH). The DoH protocol was a new standard proposed in October 2018 and it is […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 04, 2019
Sodin Ransomware includes exploit for Windows CVE-2018-8453 bug

Kaspersky experts discovered that Sodinokibi, aka Sodin, Ransomware currently also exploits the CVE-2018-8453 vulnerability to elevate privileges in Windows The Sodinokibi Ransomware (aka Sodin, REvil) appeared in the threat landscape in April when crooks were delivering it by exploiting a recently patched Oracle WebLogic Server vulnerability. Now the threat is evolving, the Sodinokibi ransomware includes fresh […]