Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2018
Verge Cryptocurrency suffered a cyber attack, dev team responded with an Hard Fork

The verge (XVG) currency schema was attacked last week, the hacker reportedly making off with $1 million-worth of tokens. The dev team responded with an Hard Fork. Ripple (XRP) and Verge (XVG) are two cryptocurrencies that attracted many investors in the last months. Last week attackers hackers the Verge cryptocurrency system by exploiting a vulnerability in […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2018
Crooks distribute malware masquerade as fake software updates and use NetSupport RAT

Researchers at FireEye have spotted a hacking campaign leveraging compromised websites to spread fake updates for popular software that were also used to deliver the NetSupport Manager RAT. NetSupport is an off-the-shelf RAT that could be used by system admins for remote administration of computers. In the past, crooks abuse this legitimate application to deploy malware on victim’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2018
ATMJackpot, a new strain of ATM Malware discovered by experts

A new strain of ATM jackpotting malware dubbed ATMJackpot has been discovered by experts at Netskope Threat Research Labs. The malware is still under development and appears to have originated in Hong Kong, it has a smaller system footprint compared with similar threats. “Netskope Threat Research Labs has discovered a new ATM malware, “ATMJackpot.” The malware […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 07, 2018
New variant of the Mirai Botnet targets the financial industry

Early this year at least three European financial institutions were hit by DDoS attacks powered by a new variant of the Mirai botnet. A variant of the Mirai botnet, composed at lease of 13,000 compromised IoT devices was used to launch a series of DDoS attacks against financial sector businesses. The DDoS attacks peaked at up […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2018
[24]7.ai Payment Card Breach affected major firms, including Best Buy, After Delta Air Lines and Sears Holdings

A payment card breach suffered by [24]7.ai. between September 26 and October 12, 2017, is impacting major firm, including Best Buy, After Delta Air Lines and Sears Holdings. Another day another data breach, while media are reporting the security breach suffered Delta Air Lines and Sears Holdings due to the [24]7.ai a payment card breach, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2018
Thousands of compromised Magento websites delivering Malware

Hackers compromised hundreds of Magento e-commerce websites to steal credit card numbers and install crypto-mining malware. According to the security firm Flashpoint, hackers launched brute-force attacks against Magento installs, they used a dictionary composed of common and known default Magento credentials. “Ecommerce websites running on the popular open-source Magento platform are being targeted by attackers who are using […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2018
Fin7 hackers stole 5 Million payment card data from Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor Stores

FIN7 hackers stole credit and debit card information from millions of consumers who have purchased goods at Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor stores. A new data breach made the headlines, the victim is Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor stores. According to the parent company Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), the security breach […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2018
HiddenMiner Android Cryptocurrency miner can brick your device

Researchers at Trend Micro recently discovered a new strain of Android miner dubbed ANDROIDOS HIDDENMINER that can brick infected devices Crooks are looking with increasing interest cryptocurrency mining malware developed for mobile devices. Researchers at Trend Micro recently discovered a new strain of Android malware dubbed ANDROIDOS HIDDENMINER that abuse device CPU to mine Monero cryptocurrency. HiddenMiner […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2018
Philippine central bank has thrown an alert after SWIFT hackers hit Malaysia central bank

The Philippine central bank has thrown an alert to local financial institutions following a cyber attack against the SWIFT servers at the Malaysian central bank. The Philippine central bank has thrown an alert to local financial institutions following a cyber attack against the Malaysian central bank. According to Malaysian governor, the hackers attempted to steal money through fraudulent wire […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2018
Russian hacker Yevgeni Nikulin was extradited to the United States

Last week, the Czech Republic announced it had extradited the Russian hacker Yevgeni Nikulin (29) to the United States. Yevgeni Nikulin was requested by the US for alleged cyber attacks on social networks and by the Russian authorities that charged him with frauds. According to US authorities, the man targeted LinkedIn and Formspring and hacked into the file hosting […]