Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini October 20, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 236

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. A new Mac malware dubbed Tarmac has been distributed via […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 19, 2019
Emsisoft released a free decryption tool for the STOP (Djvu) ransomware

Emsisoft firm has released a new free decryption tool the STOP (Djvu) ransomware, in the last months the research team helped victims of many other threats. STOP (Djvu) ransomware has 160 variants that infected more hundreds of thousands of victims worldwide. Experts estimated a total number of 460,000 victims, that makes this threat the most […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 18, 2019
Trojanized Tor Browser targets shoppers of Darknet black marketplaces

A tainted version of the Tor Browser is targeting dark web market shoppers to steal their cryptocurrency and gather information on their browsing activity. A Trojanized version of the Tor Browser is targeting shoppers of black marketplaces in the dark web, threat actors aim to steal their cryptocurrency and gather information on their browsing activity. […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 18, 2019
Pitney Bowes revealed that its systems were infected with Ryuk Ransomware

The global shipping and mailing services company Pitney Bowes revealed that the recent partial outage was caused by the Ryuk ransomware. The global shipping and mailing services company Pitney Bowes recently suffered a partial outage of its service caused by a ransomware attack. Pitney Bowes is a global technology company that provides commerce solutions in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 17, 2019
Cryptocurrency miners infected more than 50% of the European airport workstations

Researchers at Cyberbit spotted a crypto mining campaign that infected more than 50% of the European airport workstations.  Security experts at Cyberbit have uncovered a crypto mining campaign that infected more than 50% of the European airport workstations.  European airport systems were infected with a Monero cryptocurrency miner that was linked to the Anti-CoinMiner campaign discovered this […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 17, 2019
International operation dismantled largest Dark Web Child abuse site

The United States Department of Justice announced the arrest of hundreds of criminals as part of a global operation against a dark web child abuse community. The US Department of Justice announced the arrest of hundreds of criminals as part of a global operation conducted against the crime community operating the largest dark web child […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 16, 2019
Chinese-speaking cybercrime gang Rocke changes tactics

Chinese-speaking cybercrime gang Rocke that carried out several large-scale cryptomining campaigns, has now using news tactics to evade detection. Chinese-speaking cybercrime gang Rocke, that carried out several large-scale cryptomining campaigns in past, has now using news tactics to evade detection. The group has been observed using new tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), it is also […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 15, 2019
Global Shipping and mailing services firm Pitney Bowes hit by ransomware attack

The global shipping and mailing services company Pitney Bowes suffered a partial outage of its service caused by a ransomware attack. The Pitney Bowes company announced that a ransomware attack infected its systems and cause a partial system outage that made some of its service unavailable for some customers. Pitney Bowes is a global technology company […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 14, 2019
Is Emotet gang targeting companies with external SOC?

Cybercrime gang behind the Emotet malware is targeting organization with external SOC with emails claiming to deliver a SOC “weekly report.” Introduction The group behind Emotet malware is getting smarter and smarter in the way they deliver such a Malware. While the infection schema looks alike from years; the way the group tries to infect victims improves from day […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 13, 2019
Alabama Hospital chain paid ransom to resume operations after ransomware attack

An Alabama hospital chain announced to have restored normal operation after paying the ransom request by crooks that infected its systems with ransomware. A hospital chain in west Alabama was recently hit by a ransomware attack that paralyzed its systems. The organization opted out to pay the ransom and announced to have restored normal operation. […]