Pierluigi Paganini
February 23, 2019
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 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 23, 2019
Experts uncovered a new malware campaign that attempts to circumvent victims by abusing LinkedIn ’s direct messaging service. Researchers at Proofpoint have uncovered a new malware campaign that attempts to circumvent victims by abusing LinkedIn’s direct messaging service. “In direct follow-up emails, the actor pretends to be from a staffing company with an offer of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 21, 2019
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 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 20, 2019
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. (“North Country”), today announced that a recent data […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 19, 2019
Over the last few days, a phishing campaign from DHL and entitled “DHL Shipment Notification” has been targeted users worldwide distribution the Muncy malware. Muncy is the name dubbed by SI-LAB that analyzed this threat. Now, the malware is targeting user’s worldwide and has been spread via phishing campaigns. Malicious actors are using SMTP servers leveraging bad […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 19, 2019
Since the beginning of the year, security firms observed a new intense ransomware campaign spreading the Shade ransomware. Between January and February, a new, intense, ransomware campaign has been observed by many security firms. It spreads Shade/Treshold variants, one of the most dangerous threats in the cyber crime scenario, known since its massive infection into […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 19, 2019
According to a new research conducted by Group-IB experts, 74 percent of Russian banks were not ready for cyberattacks Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, has conducted high-tech cybercrimes research based on an analysis of responses to information security incidents carried out by Group-IB Incident Response team in 2018. According to the new research, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 18, 2019
The Trickbot banking trojan continues to evolve, Trend Micro detected a new variant that includes a new module used for Remote App Credential-Grabbing. The infamous Trickbot banking trojan is back, experts at Trend Micro detected a new strain of the malware using an updated info-stealing module. The new strain of the Trickbot banking trojan that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2019
Security experts at Myki have recently discovered a new phishing campaign that could deceive even most tech-savvy users. The technique relies upon the concept of being able to reproduce a social login prompt in a very realistic format inside an HTML block. Crooks are distributing links to blogs and services that display users “login using […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2019
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! Adiantum will bring encryption on Android devices without […]
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