Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2018
Hacker stole $1m from Silicon Valley executive via SIM swap

Nicholas Truglia, a 21-years-old man from New York, has stolen $1 million from Silicon Valley executive via SIM swap, and targeted other indivisuals. Nicholas Truglia, a 21-years-old man from New York, has been accused of stealing $1 million from Silicon Valley executive via SIM swap. He gained access to his phone number and used it impersonate […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 25, 2018
Very trivial Spotify phishing campaign uncovered by experts

Researchers at AppRiver uncovered a very trivial phishing campaign targeting the streaming service Spotify, anyway, it is important to share info about it. Security researchers at AppRiver uncovered a phishing campaign targeting the popular streaming service Spotify. The phishing campaign was discovered earlier November, attackers used convincing emails to trick Spotify users into providing their account credentials. The messages include a […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 25, 2018
Security Affairs newsletter Round 190 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! ·      6,500+ sites deleted after Dark Web hosting […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2018
Beware Black Friday & Cyber Monday shoppers: fake products, credit cards scams and other types of fraud

Group-IB security experts are warning about the increasing scammers’ activity during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, warns about the increasing scammers’ activity during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales. Group-IB experts have discovered more than 400 website-clones of the popular marketplace AliExpress and roughly 200 fake websites […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2018
New Emotet Thanksgiving campaign differs from previous ones

Researchers from Forcepoint observed a new Emotet Thanksgiving-themed campaign that appears quite different from previous ones. Security researchers from Forcepoint have observed a new Emotet Thanksgiving-themed campaign that appears quite different from previous ones. EMOTET, aka Geodo, is a banking trojan linked to the dreaded Dridex and Feodo (Cridex, Bugat)  malware families. In past campaigns, EMOTET was used by crooks […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2018
Two hackers involved in the TalkTalk hack sentenced to prison

Two men from Tamworth, Staffordshire were sentenced to prison for their roles in the 2015 TalkTalk hack. Two men, Connor Allsopp, 21, and Matthew Hanley, 23, pleaded guilty to charges of hacking. Allsopp has been sentenced to 8 months in jail and Hanley to 12 months. In October 2015, TalkTalk Telecom Group plc publicly disclosed that four […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2018
Mac users using Exodus cryptocurrency wallet targeted by a small spam campaign

Security researchers at F-Secure have recently uncovered a small spam campaign aimed at delivering spyware to Mac users that use Exodus wallet. Security experts at F-Secure have recently spotted a small spam campaign aimed at Mac users that use Exodus cryptocurrency wallet. The campaign leverages Exodus-themed phishing messages using an attachment named “Exodus-MacOS-1.64.1-update.zip.”  The messages were […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2018
6,500+ sites deleted after Dark Web hosting provider Daniel’s Hosting hack

On Thursday, November 15, hackers compromised Daniel’s Hosting, one of the largest Dark Web hosting provider, and deleted 6,500+ sites. On Thursday, November 15, hackers compromised Daniel’s Hosting, one of the largest Dark Web hosting provider. The news was confirmed by Daniel Winzen, the software developer behind the hosting service. Daniel’s Hosting became the largest Dark Web hosting provider earlier […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2018
Security Affairs newsletter Round 189 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! ·      CVE-2018-15961: Adobe ColdFusion Flaw exploited in attacks in […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2018
Protonmail hacked? …. No, it is a very strange scam attempt

A hacker going online by the moniker AmFearLiathMor is claiming to have hacked the most popular end-to-end encrypted email service ProtonMail. At the time it is not clear if the hacker belongs to a cyber crime gang, it claims to have stolen a “significant” amounts of data from the company. The ransom demand (archive.is link) was […]