Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2021
Hackers abusing the Ngrok platform phishing attacks

Researchers from threat intelligence Cyble have discovered threat actors abusing the Ngrok platform in a fresh phishing campaign. Researchers at the threat intelligence firm Cyble discovered a new wave of phishing attacks targeting multiple organizations that are abusing the ngrok platform, a secure and introspectable tunnel to the localhost. ngrok is a cross-platform application used to […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2021
A new Bluetooth overlay skimmer block chip-based transactions

Experts discovered a new Bluetooth overlay skimmer that interferes with the ability of the terminal to read chip-based cards, forcing the use of the stripe. The popular investigator Brian Krebs reported the discovery of a new Bluetooth overlay skimmer that interfered with the terminal’s ability to read chip-based cards, forcing the use of the magnetic […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 15, 2021
French and Ukrainian police arrested Egregor ransomware affiliates/partners in Ukraine

An international operation conducted in Ukraine and France lead to the arrest of criminals believed to be affiliated with the Egregor RaaS. Some affiliated with the Egregor RaaS, not the main ransomware gang, have been arrested as a result of a joint operation conducted by law enforcement in Ukraine and France. Authorities did not reveal […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 14, 2021
The kingpin behind Joker’s Stash retires with a billionaire exit

The administrators of the most popular carding marketplace on the dark web Joker’s Stash announced his retirement. Cybercriminal behind the most prominent carding marketplace on the dark web Joker’s Stash retires, he will shut down its servers and destroy the backups. According to Forbes, the man has amassed a billion dollars worth of Bitcoin with […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 13, 2021
Court documents show FBI could use a tool to access private Signal messages on iPhones

Court documents obtained by Forbes revealed that the FBI may have a tool that allows accessing private Signal messages on iPhones. Court documents related to a recent gun-trafficking case in New York and obtained by Forbes revealed that the FBI may have a tool to access private Signal messages. The documents revealed that encrypted messages can be intercepted from […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 13, 2021
Gmail users from US most targeted by email-based phishing and malware

Google revealed that Gmail users from the United States are the most targeted by email-based phishing and malware. A joint five-month study conducted by Google with Stanford University researchers analyzed over 1.2 billion email-based phishing and malware attacks against Gmail users to determine what are factors influence the risk of attack. Experts discovered that malicious […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 12, 2021
Yandex security team caught admin selling access to users’ inboxes

Russian internet and search company Yandex discloses a data breach, a system administrator was selling access to thousands of user mailboxes. Russian search engine and internet provider Yandex discloses a data breach, the company revealed that one of its system administrators was caught selling access to 4,887 user email accounts. The security incident was discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 12, 2021
Lampion trojan disseminated in Portugal using COVID-19 template

The fresh release of the Latin American Lampion trojan was updated with a new C2 address. Lampion trojan disseminated in Portugal using COVID-19 template. In the last few days, a new release of the Latin American Lampion trojan was released in Portugal using a template related to COVID-19. This trojan has been distributed in Portugal […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 11, 2021
Avaddon ransomware decryptor released, but operators quickly reacted

An expert released a free decryption tool for the Avaddon ransomware, but operators quickly updated malware code to make it inefficient. The Spanish student Javier Yuste has released a free decryption tool for the Avaddon ransomware that can be used by the victims to recover their encrypted files for free. Yuste is a student at […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 11, 2021
Law enforcement arrested 8 people that targeted celebrities with SIM swapping attacks

A total of eight criminals have been arrested on 9 February as a result of an international police operation into a series of SIM swapping attacks.  Eight men were arrested in England and Scotland as part of a year-long international investigation into a series of SIM swapping attacks targeting high-profile victims in the United States. […]