Pierluigi Paganini
September 13, 2018
Security experts from Trend Micro have spotted a new strain of ransomware involved in attacks in July and August, the malicious code was posing as the Locky ransomware. Researchers at Trend Micro have detected a new ransomware family, dubbed PyLocky, that was used in attacks between July and August, the malware was posing as the Locky ransomware using its ransom […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 10, 2018
At the end of August, security experts discovered a new exploit kit called Fallout that is being used to distribute the GandCrab ransomware. At the end of August, the threat analyst nao_sec discovered a new exploit kit called Fallout that is being used to distribute the GandCrab ransomware and other malicious codes, including droppers and potentially unwanted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 09, 2018
Researchers from Kaspersky have published a new report on the attacks on ICS systems observed by its products in the first half of 2018. Kaspersky Lab experts have published a new report titled âThreat Landscape for Industrial Automation Systemsâ report for H1 2018, that includes interesting data related to attacks against the ICS systems. The security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 09, 2018
CheckPoint uncovered an extensive surveillance operation conducted by Iranian APT actor and tracked as Domestic Kitten aimed at specific groups of individuals. Researchers at security firm CheckPoint uncovered an extensive surveillance operation conducted by Iranian APT actor and tracked as Domestic Kitten aimed at specific groups of individuals. Cyber spies used malicious mobile apps that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 07, 2018
Schneider Electric announced that some of the USB drives it has shipped with its Conext ComBox and Conext Battery Monitor products were infected with malware. Schneider Electric has found a malicious code on the USB drives that have been shipped with Conext ComBox and Conext Battery Monitor products. Both products are part of the solar energy […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 06, 2018
Security experts from ESET observed a treat actor, tracked as PowerPool, exploiting the recently disclosed Windows zero-day flaw in targeted attacks. The vulnerability was publicly disclosed on August 27 by the security expert â@SandboxEscaper,â the researcher also published the exploit code for the vulnerability. The vulnerability affects Microsoftâs Windows operating systems that could be exploited by a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 06, 2018
The Iran-linked APT group OilRig was recently observed using a new variant of the OopsIE Trojan that implements news evasion capabilities. Experts at Palo Alto Networks observed a new campaign carried out by the Iran-linked APT group OilRig that was leveraging on a new variant of the OopsIE Trojan. The OilRig hacker group is an Iran-linked APT that has been […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 02, 2018
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Pierluigi Paganini
September 02, 2018
Security experts from Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a new spam campaign leveraging the Loki Bot malware to target corporate mailboxes. The Loki Bot attacks started in July and aimed at stealing passwords from browsers, messaging applications, mail and FTP clients, and cryptocurrency wallets Loki Bot operators employ various social engineering technique to trick victims into opening weaponized attachments that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 01, 2018
On August 13, ASERT observed the Cobalt crime gang actively pushing a new campaign aimed at institutions in eastern Europe and Russia. Security experts from Netscout’s ASERT uncovered a new campaign carried out by the Cobalt cybercrime group. The attacks were detected on August 13, 2018, experts revealed that the hackers targeted also the NS Bank in Russia and Carpatica/Patria in […]
