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Pierluigi Paganini July 07, 2019

Customers of 7-Eleven Japan lost $500,000 due to a flaw in the mobile app

Cyber criminals have exploited an unproperly implemented password reset process in 7-Eleven to make unwanted charges on 900 customers’ accounts. 7-Eleven Inc. is a Japanese-American international chain of convenience stores, news of the day is that hackers exploited a weakness in the password reset function to make unwanted charges on its customers’ accounts. Crooks targeted approximately 900 […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2019

Eurofins, the UK’s largest police forensics lab paid ransom after an attack

Eurofins Scientific, the UK’s biggest provider of forensic services, has paid a ransom to demand to recover its data after a ransomware attack. Eurofins Scientific, the UK’s largest police forensics lab contractor, announced to have paid a ransom to crooks to recover its data after a ransomware had been encrypted them. The company is based […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 05, 2019

Cryptomining Campaign involves Golang malware to target Linux servers

Experts at F5 Networks discovered a cryptomining campaign that is delivering a new piece of the Golang malware that targets Linux-based servers. F5 experts uncovered a cryptominer campaign that is delivering a new strain of Golang malware that targets Linux-based servers. The campaign began around June 10 and already infected several thousand machines. The malicious […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 05, 2019

FBI warns on sextortion scams targeting teenagers

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning on Twitter regarding sextortion campaigns that are targeting teenagers in the United States. The FBI issued a warning on Twitter regarding sextortion attacks that are targeting teenagers in the United States. A post published by Feds cites the cases of young people that were victims of the disconcerting and awful criminal practice, […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 05, 2019

‘Updates for Samsung’, the scam app with 10M+ downloads

Experts discovered a malicious app on Google Play, named Updates for Samsung, that was downloaded by over ten million users that poses as firmware updates. Over ten million users have installed a fake Samsung app named “Updates for Samsung” that poses as firmware updates. The malicious app redirects users to a website offering and charging […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 05, 2019

Godlua backdoor, the first malware that abuses the DNS over HTTPS (DoH)

Researchers at Network Security Research Lab of Qihoo 360 discovered a Lua-based backdoor dubbed Godlua that targets both Linux and Windows systems. The peculiarity of this new piece of malware is the ability to communicate with C2 servers via DNS over HTTPS (DoH). The DoH protocol was a new standard proposed in October 2018 and it is […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 04, 2019

Hacker who disrupted Sony gaming gets a 27-months jail sentence

Austin Thompson (23) from Utah, the hacker who carried out massive DDoS attacks on Sony, EA, and Steam gets a 27-months prison sentence. The hacker who brought offline with massive DDoS attacks online gaming networks between December 2013 and January 2014 has been sentenced to 27 months in prison. Austin Thompson (23) from Utah hit […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 04, 2019

Sodin Ransomware includes exploit for Windows CVE-2018-8453 bug

Kaspersky experts discovered that Sodinokibi, aka Sodin, Ransomware currently also exploits the CVE-2018-8453 vulnerability to elevate privileges in Windows The Sodinokibi Ransomware (aka Sodin, REvil) appeared in the threat landscape in April when crooks were delivering it by exploiting a recently patched Oracle WebLogic Server vulnerability. Now the threat is evolving, the Sodinokibi ransomware includes fresh […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 02, 2019

A cyberattack took offline websites of the Georgia agency

Some court websites of a Georgia state were brought offline after their systems were infected by ransomware in a cyber attack. A Georgia state agency confirmed that a cyberattack has brought offline some court websites. According to local media, hackers infected the systems of the Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts with ransomware, “News outlets […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 02, 2019

LooCipher: The New Infernal Ransomware

A new Ransomware appeared in the threat landscape, the malware began to threats the digital world. This time using a nice but scary name: LooCipher. Introduction A new Ransomware began to threats the digital world. This time using a nice but scary name: LooCipher. The name is at the same time an allusion to its capabilities (thank […]

Cyber Crime

Customers of 7-Eleven Japan lost $500,000 due to a flaw in the mobile app

Eurofins, the UK’s largest police forensics lab paid ransom after an attack

Cryptomining Campaign involves Golang malware to target Linux servers

FBI warns on sextortion scams targeting teenagers

‘Updates for Samsung’, the scam app with 10M+ downloads

Godlua backdoor, the first malware that abuses the DNS over HTTPS (DoH)

Hacker who disrupted Sony gaming gets a 27-months jail sentence

Sodin Ransomware includes exploit for Windows CVE-2018-8453 bug

A cyberattack took offline websites of the Georgia agency

LooCipher: The New Infernal Ransomware

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