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Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2016
Garage4hackers – An open Information Security Community. w00t! w00t!

Who are we? Garage4hackers is one of the oldest open information security community for Information Security enthusiast and aspirants on the internet. We started off as an Orkut Community “Hackers Garage” back in 2007 and today we have more than 6K members sharing knowledge across various fields of infosec. “Our mission is to spread Infosec […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2016
Businesses pay $100k to alleged Armada Collective to avoid DDoS

Businesses have already paid more than $100,000 to DDoS extortionists who claim to be the dreaded Armada Collective, but that never DDoS anyone. A criminal organization made $100,000 from a number of businesses across the globe my threatening them of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. The criminals requested to the victims the payment of a ransomware to avoid being […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2016
Dogspectus ransomware campaign relies on Leaked Hacking Team Exploits and Towelroot

Blue Coat spotted a new ransomware-based campaign serving the Dogspectus malware. Crooks combined a Hacking Team exploit and the Towelroot exploit. Security experts at Blue Coat have spotted a new campaign spreading an Android Ransomware dubbed Dogspectus. The malicious code hijacks mobile advertisements to scam gift cards, it locks the device in a state that allows only […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2016
GozNym Trojan even more sophisticated with a singular redirection mechanism

The cybercriminals behind the GozNym Trojan have started targeting users in European countries with a new singular redirection mechanism. Last week, security experts from the IBM X-Force Research spotted a new threat dubbed GozNym Trojan that combines Gozi ISFB and Nymaim malware abilities. The GozNym Trojan is particularly insidious, according to the researchers at the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2016
Bangladesh Bank heist gang used a malware and could strike again

A report published by the BAE firm reveals that criminals who stole $101 million from Bangladesh bank used a malware and could strike again. In March 2016, unknown hackers have stolen more than $100 million from the Bangladesh Bank account at the US Federal Reserve Bank. The experts confirmed that hackers breached the systems at […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2016
Faster Internet Adware silently takes screenshot of your PC

Security Experts at Bleeping Computer have discovered a new adware dubbed Faster Internet that takes a screenshot of victims’ computers. Security Experts at Bleeping Computer have spotted a new strain of adware, known as Faster Internet, that takes a screenshot of victims’ PCs. Lawrence Abrams, a computer security expert at Bleeping Computer, explained in a blog post […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2016
Bogus social button plugin redirects to Angler Exploit Kit

Experts at Malwarebytes observed a new attack pattern that relies on fake social button plugin that redirects visitors to Angler Exploit Kit. Cyber criminals continue to use compromised websites to serve malware or to redirect visitors to domains hosting exploit kits. Experts at Malwarebytes observed a new attack pattern that relies on a domain name to lure […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2016
The US Cyber Command started the attacks on the Islamic State

The US Government has announced to have launched a series of cyber attacks against the Islamic State coordinated by the Cyber Command. The US Government has launched its cyber offensive against the coordinated by the Cyber Command. The strategy is clear, the use of hacking operations and cyber weapons will aim to destroy computer systems […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2016
DARPA calls for a hacker-proof encryption App, and it will pay it

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is calling for the development of a hacker-proof encryption App for the U.S. military. The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is calling security experts to create a hacker-proof “messaging and transaction platform.” The project for a hacker-proof encryption App was proposed under the rules of the Small Business Technology Transfer […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2016
Dutch police seize the Ennetcom encrypted communication network

The Dutch police in an international effort with Canadian authorities seized the Ennetcom encrypted communication network used by 19,000 users. Another success of the Dutch law enforcement against the cybercrime. The police arrested the owner of Ennetcom, a provider of encrypted communications with more than 19,000 customers. Prosecutors suspect he was using the business to manage […]