Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini June 15, 2017
Victims of Jaff Ransomware now can decrypt their locked files for free thanks to Kaspersky

Victims of the Jaff ransomware can use an updated version of the Kaspersky Labs’s RakhniDecryptor tool to decrypt their encrypted files. Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have discovered a weakness in the Jaff ransomware that allowed the researchers creating of decryption keys to unlock files encrypted by the malware. Once the victims were infected by the Jaff […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 15, 2017
European police target anti-malware detection services and their customers

An international operation conducted by the European police targeted customers of counter antivirus and crypter services: 6 arrested and tens of interviewed The Germany’s Kriminalinspektion Mayen along with the Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) have arrested six individuals and interviewed dozens of suspects as part of an international law enforcement operation targeting the users of two […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 14, 2017
MACSPY – Remote Access Trojan as a service on Dark web

Reporters for the online service “Bleeping Computer” have uncovered a new threat to Apple being offered on the dark web, it is the MACSPY RAT. Reporters for the online service “Bleeping Computer” have uncovered a new threat to Apple being offered on the dark web. Thru their efforts the researchers for AlienVault were able to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 13, 2017
Emerging Matrix Banker Trojan is targeting banks in Latin America

Security Experts at Arbor Networks have spotted a new banking trojan, initially called ‘Matrix Banker’, that is targeting Latin America. Malware researchers at Arbor Networks have spotted a new banking trojan, initially called ‘Matrix Banker’, that is targeting Latin America. The malicious code seems to be still under development, most of the victims were located […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2017
MacRansom: The first Mac ransomware offered as a RaaS Service

Malware researchers at security firm Fortinet have spotted MacRansom, it is the first Mac ransomware offered as a RaaS Service. Malware researchers at security firm Fortinet have spotted a new strain of ransomware dubbed MacRansom that targets Mac machines. The malware is available with Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model through a hidden service in the TOR network. Experts believe […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2017
Analyzing the attack landscape of the Dark Web. There is no honor among thieves.

Security researchers at Trend Micro used Tor honeypots to conduct a six-months study of the attack landscape of the Dark Web, Security experts at Trend Micro have conducted a six-months study of the attack landscape of the Dark Web, researchers operated a honeypot setup simulating several underground services on the Dark Web in order to analyze […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2017
Gamestop hacked. Financial data of online shoppers were accessed by crooks

Personal and financial information about Gamestop online shoppers could have been compromised in a breach occurred between Aug. 10, 2016 to Feb. 9, 2017 GameStop is the last victim of a data breach, customers received a security breach notification warnings this week. Personal and financial information could have been compromised in a breach occurred between Aug. 10, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2017
Mouseover PowerPoint attack exploited to deliver the Gootkit Trojan

Experts at Trend Micro observed a spam campaign leveraging the PowerPoint ‘Mouseover’ attack to deliver the Gootkit banking Trojan. Earlier this week, the security expert Ruben Daniel Dodge published an interesting post on a new technique to deliver malware through PowerPoint files leveraging on mouseover events. Now experts at Trend Micro revealed details of a spam campaign they detected in […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2017
Hundred of thousands of IP Cameras Hijacked by Persirai and other thingbots

Thousands of IP cameras have been hijacked by the Persirai IoT botnet that targets more than 1,000 IP camera models, but it isn’t the only one. Thousands of IP cameras have been hijacked by the Persirai IoT botnet that targets more than 1,000 IP camera models. Early May, the researchers at Trend Micro discovered a […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2017
Malvertising campaign in Google Search redirected users to tech support scam

Malicious ads in Google search results for the US retail giant Target redirected users to a tech support scam. The malvertising campaign was first reported last week by a US user who posted his observations to a StackExchange thread and was then reported by Bleepingcomputer.com. Just querying Google for the term “target,” users were displayed on the […]