Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2018
Dutch brothers sentenced to community service for involvement in CoinVault ransomware distribution

On Thursday, two Dutch brothers were sentenced to 240 hours of community service for creating and using the CoinVault ransomware. In 2015, Melvin (25) and Dennis van den B. (21), were arrested from a district court in Rotterdam for their alleged involvement in CoinVault ransomware creation and distribution. On Thursday, the Dutch men were sentenced to 240 hours […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 26, 2018
US-CERT warns of ongoing cyber attacks aimed at ERP applications

US-CERT warns of cyber attacks on ERP applications, including Oracle and SAP, and refers an interesting report published by Digital Shadows and Onapsis. US-CERT warns of cyber attacks on Enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions such as Oracle and SAP, both nation-state actors and cybercrime syndicates are carrying out hacking campaign against these systems. The report published by […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 26, 2018
Ransomware attack disrupted some systems of the shipping giant COSCO in the US

The Chinese shipping giant COSCO was reportedly hit by a ransomware based attack, the attack occurred in the American region. According to COSCO a “local network breakdown” disrupted some systems in the United States. Media confirmed the incident was the result of a ransomware attack and quoted a company spokesman as the source. “The China Ocean Shipping […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 26, 2018
Kronos Banking Trojan resurrection, new campaigns spotted in the wild

Researchers from Proofpoint have discovered a new variant of the infamous Kronos banking Trojan that was involved in several attacks in the recent months. The infamous Kronos banking Trojan is back, and according to the experts from Proofpoint it was involved in several attacks in the last months. The malware was first spotted in 2014 by researchers at […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 25, 2018
The Death botnet grows targeting AVTech devices with a 2-years old exploit

A new botnet, tracked as Death botnet has appeared in the threat landscape and is gathering unpatched AVTech devices with an old exploit. A new botnet, tracked as ‘Death botnet,’ has appeared in the threat landscape, its author that goes online with the moniker EliteLands is gathering unpatched AVTech devices in the malicious infrastructure. AVTech […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 23, 2018
Experts warn of new campaigns leveraging Mirai and Gafgyt variants

Security experts are warning of an intensification of attacks powered by two notorious IoT botnets, Mirai and Gafgyt. Security experts are warning of a new wave of attacks powered by two botnets, Mirai and Gafgyt. Since the code of the infamous Mirai botnet was leaked online many variants emerged in the threat landscape. Satori, Masuta, Wicked Mirai, JenX, […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 23, 2018
The source code of the Exobot Android banking trojan has been leaked online

The source code of the Exobot Android banking trojan has been leaked online, researchers already verified its authenticity. The source code of the Exobot Android banking trojan has been leaked online and experts believe that we will soon assist at a new wave of attacks based on the malware. The Exobot Android banking trojan was first spotted at the end […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2018
TA505 gang abusing PDF files embedding SettingContent-ms to distribute FlawedAmmyy RAT

Proofpoint uncovered a massive malspam campaign leveraging emails delivering weaponized PDF documents containing malicious SettingContent-ms files. Security experts from Proofpoint have uncovered a massive malspam campaign, crooks sent hundreds of thousands of emails delivering weaponized PDF documents containing malicious SettingContent-ms files. Experts attributed the malspam campaign to the cybercriminal group tracked as TA505, the attackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2018
MoneyTaker hacking group stole 1 million US dollars from Russian PIR Bank

The cybersecurity firm Group-IB is involved in the incident response on an attack on the Russian PIR Bank conducted by MoneyTaker hacking group. MoneyTaker hacker group has stolen 1 million US dollars from the Russian bank, the cyber heist occurred on July 3 through the Russian Central Bank’s Automated Workstation Client (an interbank fund transfer system similar […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2018
How crooks conduct Money Laundering operations through mobile games

Experts uncovered a money laundering ring that leverages fake Apple accounts and gaming profiles to make transactions with stolen payment cards. A money laundering ring leverages fake Apple accounts and gaming profiles to make transactions with stolen payment cards and then sells these game premiums on online forums and within gaming communities. The money laundering […]