Sergiy P. Usatyuk (20), from Orland Park, Illinois pleaded guilty for owning, administrating, and supporting an illegal DDo-for-hire service. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the booting service operated by Sergiy P. Usatyuk (20) was used to carry out millions of distributed denial of service attacks. Usatyuk developed and operated other DDoS-for-hire services with […]
SI-LAB captured a piece of the FlawedAmmyy malware that leverages undetected XLM macros as an Infection Vehicle to compromise userâs devices. In February 2019, SI-LAB captured multiple samples of phishing campaigns using an Office Excel document carrying a malicious Excel 4.0 macro, also known as XLM macro, and used to download and execute a final […]
Researchers from RiskIQ and FlashPoint analyzed the evolution of Magecart groups, in particular of a gang tracked as Group 4 that appears to be very sophisticated. Security firms have monitored the activities of a dozen Magecart groups at least since 2015. The gangs use to implant skimming script into compromised online stores in order to […]
The Russian hacker Stanislav Vitaliyevich Lisov pleads guilty to bank fraud after running a botnet that spread ‘NeverQuest’ malware for three years. The Russian hacker Stanislav Vitaliyevich Lisov, aka “Black,” “Blackf,” is accused of using the NeverQuest banking Trojan to steal login information from victims. The man has pled guilty to one count of conspiracy […]
Fappening case – Federal prosecutors requested a 3-year prison sentence for a former Virginia high school teacher convicted of hacking into private digital accounts of celebrities and others. Federal prosecutors requested a 3-year prison sentence for Christopher Brannan(31), a former Virginia high school teacher, that was convicted of hacking into private digital accounts of celebrities […]
Group-IB experts discovered new databases with a total of 69,189 Pakistani banksâ cards that have shown up for sale on the dark web. Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, has discovered new databases with a total of 69,189 Pakistani banksâ cards that have shown up for sale on the dark web. The […]
Cybercriminals are offering over a million dollars per year to skilled professionals like vxers and penetration testers to help them in extortion campaigns. According to a new report published by the security firm Digital Shadows cybercriminal organizations are willing to pay millions to skilled hackers and malware developers. The analysis of posts on Dark Web […]
Experts uncovered a new malware campaign that attempts to circumvent victims by abusing LinkedIn âs direct messaging service. Researchers at Proofpoint have uncovered a new malware campaign that attempts to circumvent victims by abusing LinkedInâs direct messaging service. “In direct follow-up emails, the actor pretends to be from a staffing company with an offer of […]
Security experts at BitDefender have released a new version of the GandCrab decryptor able to decrypt versions of GandCrab 1, 4 and 5. Security experts at BitDefender have released a new version of the GandCrab decryptor that could be used to decrypt versions of GandCrab 1, 4 and 5, including the latest version 5.1. The […]
North Country Business Products POS (point-of-sale) and security solutions provider announced a data breach that affected hundreds of U.S. restaurants and hotels. North Country Business Products point-of-sale and security solutions provider announced a data breach, the company is currently used by 6500 customers around the Midwest. “North Country Business Products, Inc. (âNorth Countryâ), today announced that a recent data […]