Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini August 11, 2018
Group-IB: The Shadow Market Is Flooded with Cheap Mining Software

Group-IB is recording new outbreaks of illegal mining (cryptojacking) threats in the networks of commercial and state organizations. Group-IB, an international company specializing in the prevention of cyberattacks, is recording new outbreaks of illegal mining (cryptojacking) threats in the networks of commercial and state organizations. According to Group-IB’s Threat Intelligence, over a year, the number of shadow-forum ads […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 08, 2018
Ramnit is back and contributes in creating a massive proxy botnet, tracked as ‘Black’ botnet

Security researchers at Checkpoint security have spotted a massive proxy botnet, tracked as ‘Black’ botnet, created by Ramnit operators. Security researchers at Checkpoint security have spotted a massive proxy botnet, tracked as ‘Black’ botnet, that could be the sign of a wider ongoing operation involving the Ramnit operators. Ramnit is one of the most popular […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2018
Duo Security created open tools and techniques to identify large Twitter botnet

Researchers at security firm Duo Security have created a set of open source tools and disclosed techniques that could be used to identify large Twitter botnet. Security experts from Duo Security have developed a collection of open source tools and disclosed techniques that can be useful in identifying large Twitter botnet. The experts developed the tools […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2018
Group-IB experts record a massive surge of user data leaks form cryptocurrency exchanges

Group-IB researchers have investigated user data leaks from cryptocurrency exchanges and has analyzed the nature of these incidents. Security experts from Group-IB, an international company specializing in preventing cyberattacks and developing information security solutions, has investigated user data leaks from cryptocurrency exchanges and has analyzed the nature of these incidents. Within a year, the number […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2018
ZombieBoy, a new Monero miner that allows to earn $1,000 on a monthly basis

A security researcher discovered a new crypto mining worm dubbed ZombieBoy that leverages several exploits to evade detection. The security researcher James Quinn has spotted a new strain of crypto mining worm dubbed ZombieBoy that appears to be very profitable and leverages several exploits to evade detection. The expert called this new malware ZombieBoy because it uses a tool called […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2018
Tech Support Scams improved with adoption of Call Optimization Service

Security experts from Symantec are warning of tech support scams abusing Call Optimization Services to insert phone numbers. Crooks are improving their tech support scams by using Call Optimization Services that are commonly used in legitimate call center operations to perform: Tracking the source of inbound calls Creation and management of phone numbers Call load balancing Call forwarding […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2018
A malware paralyzed TSMC plants where also Apple produces its devices

A virus has infected systems at several Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) factories on Friday night, the plants where Apple produces its devices A malware has infected systems at several Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) factories on Friday night, the iPhone chipmaker plans. TSMC is the world’s biggest contract manufacturer of chips for tech giants, including Apple […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2018
Do Businesses Know When They’re Using Unethical Data?

Data breaches are costly for businesses that expterience them, this data fuel the black markets and sometime are offered to complanies as legitimate data. Data breaches are extraordinarily costly for businesses that experience them, both concerning reputational damage and money spent to repair the issues associated with those fiascos. And, on the consumer side of […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 03, 2018
Industrial Sector targeted in surgical spear-phishing attacks

Industrial sector hit by a surgical spear-phishing campaign aimed at installing legitimate remote administration software on victims’ machines. Attackers carried out a spear-phishing campaign against entities in the industrial sector, the messages disguised as commercial offers where used by attackers to deliver a legitimate remote administration software on victims’ systems (TeamViewer or Remote Manipulator System/Remote […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2018
Ten years ago someone breached into a server of the Yale University

Ten years ago someone breached into a server of the Yale University, but because the intrusion happened nearly ten years ago there is much more information about how it occurred. After ten years, Yale University revealed a security breach that exposed an archive containing personal information of 119,000 people. Hackers breached into the database of the famous […]