Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2020
Hunting the coronavirus in the dark web – A month later

At the end of February, I analyzed major black marketplaces searching for anything related to the Coronavirus outbreak, a month later things are completely changed. At the end of February, I published the analysis of major black marketplaces searching for anything related to the Coronavirus outbreak. While the COVID19 pandemic was spreading a global scale, specific goods became victims […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2020
Linksys force password reset to prevent Router hijacking

Linksys has reset passwords for all its customers’ after learning on ongoing DNS hijacking attacks aimed at delivering malware. Crooks continue to launch Coronavirus-themed attacks, in the last weeks, experts observed hackers hijacking D-Link and Linksys routers to redirect users to COVID19-themed sites spreading malware. Hackers compromise D-Link and Linksys routers and change DNS settings to redirect users to bogus sites […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2020
U.S. offers up to $5 Million rewards for info on North Korea-linked operations

The United States agencies released a joint advisory warning of ‘significant cyber threat’ posed by North Korea-linked hackers to the global financial sector. The U.S. Departments of State, the Treasury, and Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation released a joint advisory that is warning organizations worldwide about the ‘significant cyber threat’ posed by the North Korean nation-state […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2020
Hackers are again attacking Portuguese banking organizations via Android Trojan-Banker

Hackers are again attacking Portuguese banking organizations via Android Trojan-Banker. The threat is not new, hackers are again attacking clients of Portuguese banking organizations via a specially crafted Android Trojan-Banker from phishing campaigns launched from Brazil. The last occurrence this line was recorded on March 13rd, 2020, where a similar Trojan-Banker was disseminated targeting other […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2020
Coronavirus-themed attack: Experts uncovered flight refund scam

Experts at email security firm Mimecast has uncovered a flight refund scam that attempts to exploit the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Researchers at email security firm Mimecast have uncovered a new flight refund scam that attempts to exploit the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak. The campaign is simple as effective, scammers attempt to target individuals that are waiting […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2020
Google removed 49 Chrome Extensions that were hijacking cryptocurrency wallets

Google has removed 49 new Chrome browser extensions from its official Web Store that hide the code to hijack cryptocurrency wallets. Google has removed 49 new Chrome browser extensions from its official Web Store that contain the code to steal sensitive information and hijack cryptocurrency wallets. The Chrome browser extensions were discovered by researchers from […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2020
How much is the phish? Underground market of phishing kits is booming – Group-IB

The report focuses on phishing kits – the driving force of the phishing industry, which is hard to detect but extremely valuable in terms of fight against phishing. Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company, has found out that phishing kits are the new bestsellers of the underground market, with the number of phishing kit ads on underground forums and their […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2020
Crooks target Healthcare facilities involved in Coronavirus containment with Ransomware

PaloAlto Networks experts warn of malicious Coronavirus themed phishing campaigns targeting government and medical organizations. Experts from Paloalto Unit 42 published a report that analyzes the cross-section between the various types of Coronavirus-themed attacks aimed at organizations in different industries. Recently organizations in healthcare, research, and government facilities have been hit by Coronavirus-themed attacks that […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2020
FTC says $12 million were lost due to Coronavirus-related scams

Consumer reports received since January 2020 revealed that that approximately $12 million were lost due to Coronavirus-related scams, FTC says. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission revealed that Coronavirus-related scams reported by consumers since January 2020 caused approximately $12 million losses. FTC received 16,778 reports of frauds, roughly 46.3% of fraud complaints also reporting a loss […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2020
500,000+ Zoom accounts available for sale on the Dark Web

Zoom accounts are flooding the dark web, over 500 hundred thousand Zoom accounts are being sold on hacker forums. Over 500 hundred thousand Zoom accounts are available for sale on the dark web and hacker forums. Sellers are advertising them for .0020 cents each, in some cases they are offered for free. The huge trove of […]