Pierluigi Paganini
June 26, 2018
Trend Micro experts reported the Necurs botnet has been using Internet Query (IQY) files in recent spam campaigns to bypass security protections. The Necurs botnet is currently the largest spam botnet, it has been active since at least 2012 and was involved in massive campaigns spreading malware such as the Locky ransomware, the Scarab ransomware, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 25, 2018
Palo Alto Networks experts uncovered a new operation conducted by the cyber espionage group known as Tick APT that has been targeting a secure USB drive built by a South Korean defense company. The Tick APT group has been active for at least a decade, tracked also as Bronze Butler, it was first spotted in 2016 by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 25, 2018
Malware researchers from CSE Cybsec ZLab discovered a missed link between the Necurs Botnet and a variant of the Ursnif trojan that recently hit Italy. Starting from 6th June, a new version of the infamous banking trojan Ursnif hit Italian companies. This malware is well known to the cyber-security community, the Ursnif banking Trojan was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 24, 2018
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Pierluigi Paganini
June 23, 2018
SWIFT hackers continue to target banks worldwide, the last string of attacks hit financial institutions across Latin America. According to three people with knowledge of the matter cited by Cyberscoop the attacks were carried by North Korea-linked APT groups that targeted also other banks Recent attacks hit Mexico’s Bancomext and Chile’s Bank of Chile, in both cases the attackers used a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 22, 2018
Security experts from AlienVault have spotted a new piece of malware named GZipDe that was used in a cyber-espionage campaign. GZipDe is downloader that is used by threat actors to fetch other payloads from a server controlled by attackers. The malware was detected after user from Afghanistan has uploaded a weaponized Word document on VirusTotal service, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 22, 2018
According to researchers at Trustwave, the source code of the Red Alert 2.0 Android Trojan is now available for rent on cybercrime underground forums at $500 per month. The experts discovered the latest variant because received a malicious apk via mail and analyzed it. “It all started with a spam message, which curiously had an Android App attachment. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 21, 2018
Cybercriminals used the ‘credit card stealer reinfector’ to reinfect the websites and continue to steal personal and financial data. Researchers at Sucuri reported crooks are using a very simple evasion technique to reinfect Magento websites after their malicious code has been removed. Cybercriminals have devised a method to hide the malicious code, the ‘credit card stealer reinfector’, used to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 21, 2018
Researchers at Netscout Arbor have discovered a malware downloader advertised on underground forums as a paid open beta product, its name is Kardon Loader. Researchers from Netscout Arbor have discovered a downloader advertised on underground forums dubbed Kardon Loader, it allows customers to build a malware distribution network or a botshop. Advs for Kardon Loader were first discovered on April 21, 2018, the author […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 21, 2018
Alphabet owned cybersecurity firm Chronicle announced the launch of a new VirusTotal service that promises to reduce false positives. VirusTotal Monitor service allows developers to upload their application files to a private cloud store where they are scanned every day using anti-malware solutions from antivirus vendors in VirusTotal. Every time the service flags the file as malicious, […]
