Delaware, USA – October 24, 2019 – The new malware is supposedly spreading through Discord, and simply removing the malicious file is not enough to clean the system. Spidey Bot was discovered by MalwareHunterTeam, the malware modifies the Windows Discord client transmuting it into an infostealer with backdoor capabilities. This is possible because the Discord […]
Delaware, USA – October 23, 2019 – German automation technology company fell victim to a massive ransomware attack; computer systems in all locations of Pilz across the globe were affected. The attack occurred on Sunday, October 13, and the company will recover for a long time from its devastating consequences. Almost a week was needed […]
Delaware, USA – October 21, 2019 – SOC Prime team is heading to Luxembourg where the 15th edition of Hack.lu conference will be held on October 22-24, 2019. Hack.lu is an open convention/conference where technical and non-technical people can discuss the implication of new technologies and the latest cybersecurity trends. Event’s agenda includes workshops, practical […]
Delaware, USA – October 18, 2019 – The campaign of the Russian APT group began in 2013 and remained undetected until recently. Researchers from ESET named it Operation Ghost, its targets were the US embassy of a European Union, as well as ministries of foreign affairs in several European countries. In addition to the well-known […]
Delaware, USA – October 16, 2019 – Chinese cyber espionage group Winnti used a new Windows backdoor in the attack on a major mobile hardware and software manufacturer based in Asia. ESET team discovered PortReuse malware during an investigation of supply-chain attacks conducted by the group. The researchers found that the attackers used the same […]
Delaware, USA – October 10, 2019 – The National Cybersecurity Agency of France (ANSSI) published two reports on cyberattacks targeted at service providers, design offices, government bodies, and other strategic entities. The first report reveals details about separate attacks on service providers and design offices, in one of which attackers use mainly the PlugX backdoor. PlugX […]
Delaware, USA – October 8, 2019 – Well-known groups of financially-motivated cybercriminals not only do not remain aloof from continuing to gain popularity in skimming attacks but in fact, are leaders against the background of young hacking teams. At the end of summer, IBM X-Force IRIS linked Magecart Group 6 to FIN6, showing that the […]
Delaware, USA – October 7, 2019 – Last week, three hospitals of the DCH Health System were attacked by the Ryuk gang and were forced to close the doors and accept only critical patients. The attack took place on October 1, and for several days IT personal with the help of law enforcement and independent […]
Delaware, USA – October 4, 2019 – The new sophisticated remote access trojan by Turla APT not only provides attackers with full access to the victim’s system but also modifies Chrome and Firefox browsers to manipulate digital certificates and mark outbound TLS traffic with unique host-related identifiers. Kaspersky Lab researchers discovered Reductor RAT during the […]
Delaware, USA – October 3, 2019 – The campaign lasted at least until the end of September, and researchers associate it with the activities of the Gorgon group. The Prevailion team found a financially motivated campaign, which began last year and uses legitimate resources to infect victims with Azorult or RevengeRAT malware, and for command-and-control […]