Pierluigi Paganini
January 02, 2020
Crooks are exploiting the popularity of the Star Wars saga to monetize their efforts, experts warn of online streaming sites delivering malware. Cybercriminals leverage popular movies like Star Wars to lure users into downloading malware to watch exclusive scenes or the full movie. Experts at Kaspersky have analyzed some threats that exploit the new Star Wars movie […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 02, 2020
Sextortion cybercrimes continue to threaten Internet users, scammers are using new tactics to bypass spam filters and secure email gateways. Sextortion scams continue to evolve to bypass security measures such as spam filters and secure email gateways. Sextortion messages threaten the victims of revealing their private videos while watching adult websites or making virtual sex […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 31, 2019
Exit scam – Bad news for Grey Market users, one of its administrators revealed that another administrator had emptied the cold storage wallets. According to one of the admins of the Grey Market marketplace one of the admins, ‘theiving‘, has stolen all the users’ funds the platform stored for the escrow service. “ you can […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 30, 2019
The United Nations on Friday have approved a Russian-sponsored and China-backed resolution to create a new convention on cybercrime. The United Nations on Friday has approved a Russian-sponsored and China-backed resolution to create a new convention on cybercrime. The resolution was sponsored by Russia and China and has alarmed rights groups that fear the bid could threaten online freedom. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 29, 2019
Experts uncovered a new tool dubbed BIOLOAD used by the FIN7 cybercrime group used as a dropper for a new variant of the Carbanak backdoor. Security experts from Fortinet’s enSilo have discovered a new loader, dubbed BIOLOAD, associated with the financially-motivated group FIN7. The group that has been active since late 2015 targeted businesses worldwide […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 28, 2019
A Ryuk Ransomware attack has taken down the corporate IT network of a Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) regulated facility. Ryuk Ransomware continues to infect systems worldwide, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) announced that the malware took down the corporate IT network of a Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) regulated facility. “The purpose of this […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 27, 2019
A new ransomware attack made the headlines, Maastricht University (UM) confirmed that the malware encrypted all its Windows systems on December 23. Maastricht University (UM) announced ransomware infected almost all of its Windows systems on Monday, 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
December 27, 2019
Nepal police arrested more than 100 Chinese nationals over a suspected cyber scam, this is the largest-ever operation involving foreigners. Nepal authorities have arrested more than 100 Chinese nationals that were in the country on tourist visas, they are suspected to be involved in a cyber scam. The Nepal police conducted a coordinated operation that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 26, 2019
Experts spotted a new strain of the Ryuk Ransomware that was developed to avoid encrypting folders commonly seen in *NIX operating systems. Recently the City of New Orleans was the victim of ransomware attack, researchers from the BleepingComputer community revealed that the malware that infected the City’s systems was the Ryuk Ransomware. The experts found on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 25, 2019
A new cyber attack hit the radio network Entercom, this is the second time the company has suffered a similar security incident in a few months. A cyber attack hit the radio network Entercom, the incident has impacted the back-office functions and in some cases, the stations were apparently forced to run recorded programs. Entercom […]
