Pierluigi Paganini
February 12, 2020
The FBI’s Internal Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released the FBI 2019 Internet Crime Report, a document that outlines cybercrime trends over the past year. Here we are to analyze the annual FBI 2019 Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), one of the most interesting documents on the crime trends observed in the last 12 months. The figure […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 11, 2020
Dear readers, I decided to create a simple Infographic that shows Cybercrime facts in 2019, I’ve done it for Safer Internet Day 2020. Enjoy it! [adrotate banner=”9″] [adrotate banner=”12″] Pierluigi Paganini (SecurityAffairs – cybercrime, hacking) [adrotate banner=”5″] [adrotate banner=”13″]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 11, 2020
Unauthorized use of customer information by Woori Bank, ‘crime act’ for customers. The bank changed 23,000 passwords in 2018 without consent. It is controversial that Woori Bank changed the passwords of 23,000 customer dormant accounts without consent in July 2018. The accounts are deactivated if there is no transaction for one year after their opening. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 11, 2020
The Italy-based cryptocurrency exchange Altsbit announced that it has suffered a security breach that led to the theft of its customer’s funds. Crypto-currency exchange Altsbit recently disclosed a security breach, the company claimed that hackers have stolen almost all its customers’ deposits. The Italian cryptocurrency trading firm disclosed the incident on February 5, only a “small […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 10, 2020
The journalist Livio Varriale sheds the light on a story about pedophilia that starts from afar and still today finds its roots in the darker side of the internet. Today, I’m going to tell you a horrible story that dwells on the dark web, a story about pedophilia that starts from afar and still today […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 09, 2020
Saudi Aramco, the Saudi Arabian national petroleum and natural gas company, revealed that it has seen an increase in attempted cyber attacks since the Q4 2019. The energy industry is under attack, Saudi Aramco announced it has seen an increase in attempted cyber attacks since the final quarter of 2019. The data is alarming, even […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 09, 2020
In December, Maastricht University was hit with ransomware attack, now the university admitted to have paid the ransom requested by crooks. In December 2019, Maastricht University (UM) announced that ransomware infected almost all of its Windows systems on December 23. Maastricht University is an excellent university attended by over 18,000 students, roughly 4,400 employees, and 70,000 alumni. “Maastricht […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 08, 2020
Hackers have infected with a piece of malware some IoT devices running Windows 7 designed by three of the world’s largest manufacturers. Security experts from TrapX reported that some IoT devices running Windows 7 have been infected with a piece of malware, is it a supply chain attack? The experts reported that several IoT devices […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 08, 2020
Group-IB experts detected a database containing over 460,000 payment card records uploaded to Joker’s Stash cardshops, most of records were from the Indian banks. Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, has detected a database containing over 460,000 payment card records uploaded to one of the most popular darknet cardshops (Joker’s Stash) […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 08, 2020
The operators behind the infamous RobbinHood ransomware are exploiting a vulnerable GIGABYTE driver to kill antivirus products. Cybercriminals behind the RobbinHood Ransomware are exploiting a vulnerable GIGABYTE driver to install a malicious and unsigned driver into Windows with the intent of disabling security products. Ransomware operators leverage a custom antivirus killing package that is delivered to workstations […]
