The Sweden government is going to authorize the use of spyware on suspects’ devices to spy on their communications and track them. S The Sweden government is going to authorize law enforcement agencies into using spyware to spy on suspects’ devices, the malicious code allows agents to read encrypted communications, to track their movements, exfiltrate […]
The US FBI issued a warning for the US private sector about e-skimming attacks carried out by the Magecart cybercrime groups. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released an alert on e-skimming attacks. E-skimming took place when hackers compromise an e-commerce site and plant a malicious code designed to siphon payment card data or personally […]
A Texas man found guilty of hacking the Los Angeles Superior Court (LASC) computer system and used it to send out phishing emails. A Texas man, Oriyomi Sadiq Aloba (33), was found guilty of hacking the Los Angeles Superior Court (LASC) computer system and abusing it to send out roughly 2 million phishing messages. The […]
Security experts linked the Magecart group 5 to the infamous Dridex banking Trojan and the Carbanak cybercrime group. Researchers at Malwarebytes found a link between a scheme associated with the Magecart group and Dridex phishing campaigns and the activities of the Carbanak group. The Magecart group tracked as Magecart Group 5, one of the most […]
German company Pilz, one of the world’s biggest producers of automation tools is still down after getting infected by ransomware more than a week ago. German firm Pilz was still down after getting infected by the BitPaymer ransomware more than a week ago, on October 13, 2019. “Since Sunday, October 13, 2019, all servers and […]
BriansClub, one of the biggest a dark web “carding store,” which specializes in the sale of stolen payment card data, has been hacked. Hackers have breached BriansClub (BriansClub[.]at), one of the biggest black market sites, that specializes in the sale of stolen credit card data. According to the security experts Brian Krebs, who first reported […]
TA505 cybercrime group that operated the Dridex Trojan and Locky ransomware, has been using a new RAT dubbed SDBbot in recent attacks. Security experts at Proofpoint observed the notorious TA505 cybercrime group that has been using a new RAT dubbed SDBbot in recent attacks. The TA505 group, that is known to have operated both the Dridex and Locky malware families, continues […]
A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. A new Mac malware dubbed Tarmac has been distributed via […]
Emsisoft firm has released a new free decryption tool the STOP (Djvu) ransomware, in the last months the research team helped victims of many other threats. STOP (Djvu) ransomware has 160 variants that infected more hundreds of thousands of victims worldwide. Experts estimated a total number of 460,000 victims, that makes this threat the most […]
A tainted version of the Tor Browser is targeting dark web market shoppers to steal their cryptocurrency and gather information on their browsing activity. A Trojanized version of the Tor Browser is targeting shoppers of black marketplaces in the dark web, threat actors aim to steal their cryptocurrency and gather information on their browsing activity. […]