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Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2019

Thousands of servers infected with the Lilocked Ransomware

A new ransomware tracked as Lilocked (or Lilu) by researchers is actively targeting servers and encrypting the data stored on them. The Lilocked ransomware has already infected thousands of Linux-based web servers since mid-July. The Lilocked ransomware was first reported at the end of July by the popular malware researcher Michael Gillespie after a sample has been uploaded […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2019

New Bedford city infected with Ryuk ransomware, but did not pay $5.3M ransom

Another US city was the victim of a ransomware attack, this time crooks hit the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, asking for $5.3 Million Ransom, but… The systems of New Bedford, Massachusetts, were infected with ransomware and crooks asked for a $5.3 million ransom to decrypt data. The ransom was too high for the city […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2019

Crooks stole €1.5 million from German bank OLB cloning EMV cards

Criminals have stolen more than €1.5 million from the German bank OLB by cloning customer debit cards and using them to cash out user funds across Brazil. ZDnet first reported that last week cyber criminals have stolen more than €1.5 million from the German bank Oldenburgische Landesbank (OLB) by cloning customer debit cards and using […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2019

One million cracked Poshmark accounts being sold online

Login details of more than 36 million Poshmark accounts are available for sale in the cybercrime underground. Earlier in August, Poshmark, a social commerce marketplace where people in the United States can buy and sell new or used clothing, shoes, and accessories, disclosed a data breach that took place in May 2018. The company discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2019

XMR crypto miner switches from arm IoT devices to X86/I686 Intel servers

Akamai researcher Larry Cashdollar reported that a cryptocurrency miner that previously hit only Arm-powered IoT devices it now targeting Intel systems. The popular researcher Larry Cashdollar, from Akamai SIRT, announced in exclusive to The Register, that he observed a miner that previously hit only Arm-powered IoT devices targeting Intel systems. The researchers revealed that one […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2019

Security Affairs newsletter Round 229 – News of the week

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. Once again thank you! 80 defendants charged with participating in […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2019

Malspam campaign bypasses secure email gateway using Google Docs

Attackers are using Google Docs to deliver the TrickBot banking Trojan to unsuspecting victims via camouflaged as PDF documents. Security experts at Cofense uncovered a malspam campaign the leverages Google Docs to deliver the TrickBot banking Trojan to unsuspecting victims via executables camouflaged as PDF documents. TrickBot is a popular banking Trojan that has been around […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2019

FIN6 recently expanded operations to target eCommerce sites

The financially-motivated hacking group FIN6 is switching tactics, passing from PoS attacks to the hack of e-commerce websites. According to researchers at IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS), the financially-motivated hacking group FIN6 is switching tactics, passing from PoS attacks to the hack of e-commerce websites. FIN6 group has been active since 2015, […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2019

Google revealed how watering hole attacks compromised iPhone devices earlier this year

Google researchers discovered that iPhone devices could be hacked by tricking owners into visiting specially crafted websites. Researchers at Google Project Zero discovered that it was possible to hack iPhone devices by visiting specially crafted websites. Earlier this year, Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) experts uncovered an iPhone hacking campaign, initially, they spotted a limited […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2019

Capital One Hacker indicted on federal charges for Wire Fraud and Computer Data Theft

Paige Thompson, the alleged hacker behind the Capital One hack and attacks on 30 other organizations has been indicted on wire fraud and computer fraud. Paige Thompson, a transgender woman, suspected to be the hacker behind the Capital One hack and attacks on 30 other organizations has been indicted on wire fraud and computer fraud. In […]

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Thousands of servers infected with the Lilocked Ransomware

New Bedford city infected with Ryuk ransomware, but did not pay $5.3M ransom

Crooks stole €1.5 million from German bank OLB cloning EMV cards

One million cracked Poshmark accounts being sold online

XMR crypto miner switches from arm IoT devices to X86/I686 Intel servers

Security Affairs newsletter Round 229 – News of the week

Malspam campaign bypasses secure email gateway using Google Docs

FIN6 recently expanded operations to target eCommerce sites

Google revealed how watering hole attacks compromised iPhone devices earlier this year

Capital One Hacker indicted on federal charges for Wire Fraud and Computer Data Theft

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