Pierluigi Paganini
November 09, 2020
The Taiwanese electronics manufacture Compal suffered a ransomware attack over the weekend, media blames the DoppelPaymer ransomware gang. Compal Electronics is a Taiwanese original design manufacturer (ODM), handling the production of notebook computers, monitors, tablets and televisions for a variety of clients around the world, including Apple Inc., Acer, Lenovo, Dell, Toshiba, Hewlett-Packard and Fujitsu. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 09, 2020
The e-commerce software platform X-Cart suffered a ransomware attack at the end of October, e-stores hosted by the company went down. At the end of October, the e-commerce software platform X-Cart suffered a ransomware attack, the infection brought down customers’ e-stores hosted by the company on its platform. The software and services company X-Cart was recently acquired […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 08, 2020
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. 103,000 machines are still vulnerable to SMBGhost attacks A data breach broker is selling account databases of 17 companies Maze ransomware is going out of the business Nuclear Regulation Authority […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 07, 2020
At least one ransomware operator appears to have exploited the recently patched CVE-2020-14882 vulnerability affecting Oracle WebLogic. At least one ransomware operator appears is exploiting the recently patched CVE-2020-14882 vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic. At the end of October, threat actors have started scanning the Internet for servers running vulnerable installs of Oracle WebLogic in the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 01, 2020
The Maze ransomware operators are shutting down their operations for more than one year the appeared on the threat landscape in May 2019. The Maze cybercrime gang is shutting down its operations, it was considered one of the most prominent and active ransomware crew since it began operating in May 2019. The gang was the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 01, 2020
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. HPE addresses critical auth bypass issue in SSMC console Is the Abaddon RAT the first malware using Discord as C&C? New Emotet attacks use a new template urging recipients to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 31, 2020
The REvil ransomware operators made the headlines again, this time the gang claims to have hacked the Gaming Partners International (GPI). Gaming Partners International (GPI) is a full-service supplier of gaming furniture and equipment for casinos worldwide. The REvil ransomware gang (aka Sodinokibi) claims to have stolen info from the systems at the company before […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 27, 2020
Multinational energy company Enel Group has been hit by Netwalker ransomware operators that are asking a $14 million ransom. Systems at the multinational energy company Enel Group has been infected with Netwalker ransomware, it is the second ransomware attack suffered by the energy giant this year. Netwalker ransomware operators are asking a $14 million ransom […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 26, 2020
A ransomware attack recently hit Georgia county government and reportedly disabled a database used to verify voter signatures. A ransomware attack hit a Georgia county government early this month and disabled a database used to verify voter signatures in the authentication of absentee ballots. It is a common process to validate absentee ballots sent by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 25, 2020
Abaddon is the first RAT that uses the freeware instant messaging and VoIP app and digital distribution platform Discord as a command & control server. Researchers from MalwareHunterTeam have spotted a new piece of remote access trojan (RAT) dubbed ‘Abaddon’ that is likely the first malware using the Discord platform as command and control. The […]
