Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2017
The notorious cyber crime gang Carbanak is back and it is continuing to refine its techniques and tactics and developed new tools for its attacks. The cyber crime gang Carbanak continues to refine its techniques and tactics. According to a new analysis conducted by the security firm Trustwave, the group has refined its intrusion strategy and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2017
Don’t click Google Docs link! A Google Docs phishing scheme is quickly spreading across the Internet targeting a large number of users. Did you receive an unsolicited Google Doc from someone? First, do not click on that Google Doc link embedded in the email you have received and delete the message, even if it’s from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2017
Travel giant Sabre investigating a data breach that could have exposed payment and customer data tied to bookings processed through its reservations system. Another day, another data breach, this time the victim is the Travel Tech Giant Sabre that in a SEC filing confirmed it is “investigating an incident involving unauthorized access to payment information contained in a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2017
Malware researchers at security firm ProofPoint reported the Chinese TA459 APT has exploited the CVE-2017-0199 vulnerability to target Financial firms. The notorious cyber espionage group tracked as TA459 APT has targeted analysts working at major financial firms using the recently patched CVE-2017-0199 Microsoft Office vulnerability. Experts at Proofpoint published a detailed analysis of the espionage campaign conducted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2017
Experts from security firm WordFence reported a rapid reduction of WordPress attacks originating from hundreds of ISPs worldwide. Experts at the security firm Wordfence a few weeks ago reported that tens of thousands of flawed routers from dozens of ISPs worldwide were recruited in a botnet used to power several types of attacks against WordPress […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2017
A CIS study estimated number of Aadhaar numbers leaked through 4 gov portals could be around 135 million and 100M bank account numbers. The Aadhaar is the world’s largest biometric ID system, with over 1.123 billion enrolled members as of 28 February 2017. The role of the system is crucial for both authenticating and authorizing transactions and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2017
Bad news for Mac users, a new variant of the OSX.Dok dropper was discovered by researchers at Malwarebytes, it was spotted installing a new payload dubbed Bella backdoor. Once the DOK malware infects a macOS system, it gains administrative privileges and installs a new root certificate. The root certificate allows the malicious code to intercept all victim’s […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 02, 2017
Shodan and security firm Recorded Future launched Malware Hunter, a service that allows scanning the Internet to identify botnet C&C servers. Malware researchers have a new powerful weapon in their arsenal, a joint project from Shodan and security firm Recorded Future dubbed Malware Hunter allow them to scan the Internet to identify botnet C&C servers. The malware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 02, 2017
A critical remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-5689 in Intel Management Engine affects Intel enterprise PCs dates back 9 years. A critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-5689 has been discovered in the remote management features implemented on computers shipped with Intel Chipset in past 9 years. The vulnerability affects the Intel Management […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 02, 2017
Kaspersky is currently monitoring the activities of more than 100 threat actors, from the From Lazarus APT to StoneDrill. According to the experts from KasperskyLab, the infamous Lazarus APT group, aka BlueNoroff, is the most dangerous threat against financial institutions worldwide. The activity of the Lazarus Group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware […]
