Cyber Crime

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2018
New set of Pakistani banks’ card dumps goes on sale on the dark web

According to the head of the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cybercrime wing.almost all Pakistani banks were affected by a recent security breach. Group-IB experts discovered another large set of compromised payment cards details that was put on sale on Joker’s Stash, one of the most popular underground hubs of stolen card data, on Nov. 13. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2018
Using Microsoft Powerpoint as Malware Dropper

Marco Ramilli, founder and CEO at cyber security firm Yoroi has explained how to use Microsoft Powerpoint as Malware Dropper Nowadays Microsoft office documents are often used to propagate Malware acting like dynamic droppers. Microsoft Excel embedding macros or Microsoft Word with user actions (like links or external OLE objects) are the main players in […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2018
Group-IB presented latest cybercrime and nation-state hacking trends in Asia

According to Group-IB’s report findings, Asia is one of the most actively attacked regions in the world, the company presented latest cybercrime trends. Hong Kong, 16.11.2018 – Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, presented the findings of its latest Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2018 report at the FinTech Security Conference in Hong Kong organized by Binary Solutions Limited […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2018
tRat is a new modular RAT used by the threat actor TA505

The threat actor TA505 behind many Dridex and Locky campaigns have been using a new Remote Access Trojan (RAT) dubbed tRat. Researchers at Proofpoint warns that the threat actor TA505 have been using a new Remote Access Trojan (RAT) dubbed tRat that implements a modular structure that was written in Delphi. The TA505 operates on a large scale, it was […]