Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2022
British hacker arraigned for running The Real Deal dark web marketplace

A popular British hacker was charged by the U.S. authorities for allegedly running the ‘The Real Deal’ dark web marketplace. The British hacker Daniel Kaye (aka Bestbuy, Spdrman, Popopret, UserL0ser) (34) was charged by the U.S. DoJ for allegedly running the ‘The Real Deal’ dark web marketplace. The man was charged with access device fraud […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2022
See Tickets discloses data breach, customers’ credit card data exposed

International ticketing services company See Tickets disclosed a data breach that exposed customers’ payment card details. Ticketing service company See Tickets disclosed a data breach, and threat actors might have accessed customers’ payment card details. Threat actors were able to steal payment card data by implanting a software skimmer on its website. The company discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2022
US charges Ukrainian man with Raccoon Infostealer operation

US authorities charged a Ukrainian man with computer fraud for allegedly infecting millions of computers with Raccoon Infostealer. The US Justice Department charged a Ukrainian, Mark Sokolovsky (26) man with computer fraud for allegedly infecting millions of computers with the Raccoon Infostealer. The man is currently being held in the Netherlands, he was charged for […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2022
Two PoS Malware used to steal data from more than 167,000 credit cards

Researchers reported that threat actors used 2 PoS malware variants to steal information about more than 167,000 credit cards. Cybersecurity firm Group-IB discovered two PoS malware to steal data associated with more than 167,000 credit cards from point-of-sale payment terminals. On April 19, 2022, Group-IB researchers identified the C2 server of the POS malware called MajikPOS. […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2022
Hive ransomware gang starts leaking data allegedly stolen from Tata Power

The Hive ransomware gang, which claimed the responsibility for the Tata Power data breach, started leaking data. On October 14, Tata Power, India’s largest power generation company, announced that was hit by a cyber attack. Threat actors hit the Information Technology (IT) infrastructure of the company. The company confirmed that the security breach impacted “some of […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2022
Dormant Colors campaign operates over 1M malicious Chrome extensions

A new malvertising campaign, code-named Dormant Colors, is delivering malicious Google Chrome extensions that hijack targets’ browsers. Researchers at Guardio Labs have discovered a new malvertising campaign, called Dormant Colors, aimed at delivering malicious Google Chrome extensions. The Chrome extensions hijack searches and insert affiliate links into web pages. The experts called the campaign Dormant […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2022
Daixin Team targets health organizations with ransomware, US agencies warn

US government agencies warned that the Daixin Team cybercrime group is actively targeting the U.S. Healthcare and Public Health sector with ransomware. CISA, the FBI, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned that the Daixin Team cybercrime group is actively targeting U.S. businesses, mainly in the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector, […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2022
Threat actors exploit critical flaw in VMware Workspace ONE Access to drop ransomware, miners

Threat actors are exploiting a now-patched vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-22954, in VMware Workspace ONE Access in attacks in the wild. Threat actors are actively exploiting a now-patched vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-22954, in VMware Workspace ONE Access to deliver cryptocurrency miners and ransomware. The issue causes server-side template injection due to because of the lack of […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2022
EnergyAustralia Electricity company discloses security breach

Electricity company EnergyAustralia suffered a security breach, threat actors had access to information on 323 customers. Another Australian organization was hit by a severe cyber attack, this time the victim is the Electricity company EnergyAustralia. EnergyAustralia is the country’s third-largest energy retailer. The company confirmed that threat actors had access to information on 323 residential and […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2022
News URSNIF variant doesn’t support banking features

A new variant of the popular Ursnif malware is used as a backdoor to deliver next-stage payloads and steal sensitive data. Mandiant researchers warn of a significant shift from Ursnif‘s original purpose, the malware initially used in banking frauds is now used to deliver next-stage payloads and steal sensitive data. The new variant, first observed […]