Pierluigi Paganini
February 19, 2019
According to a new research conducted by Group-IB experts, 74 percent of Russian banks were not ready for cyberattacks Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, has conducted high-tech cybercrimes research based on an analysis of responses to information security incidents carried out by Group-IB Incident Response team in 2018. According to the new research, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 18, 2019
The Trickbot banking trojan continues to evolve, Trend Micro detected a new variant that includes a new module used for Remote App Credential-Grabbing. The infamous Trickbot banking trojan is back, experts at Trend Micro detected a new strain of the malware using an updated info-stealing module. The new strain of the Trickbot banking trojan that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2019
Security experts at Myki have recently discovered a new phishing campaign that could deceive even most tech-savvy users. The technique relies upon the concept of being able to reproduce a social login prompt in a very realistic format inside an HTML block. Crooks are distributing links to blogs and services that display users “login using […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2019
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Adiantum will bring encryption on Android devices without […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 15, 2019
Moscow police department operatives, with the participation of Group-IB experts, took down a group of phone scammers who for several years have been extorting money from the elderly. Phone scammers typically managed to steal between 450 and 4500 USD per victim, promising substantial compensation for their purchases of medicines, medical devices or dietary supplements. According […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 12, 2019
620 million accounts stolen from 16 hacked websites (Dubsmash, Armor Games, 500px, Whitepages, ShareThis) available for sale on the dark web The Register revealed in exclusive that some 617 million online account details stolen from 16 hacked websites are available for sale on the dark web. The advertising for the sale of the huge trove […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 10, 2019
Security experts from Trend Micro have discovered a new strain of coin miner that targets the Linux platform and installs the XMR-Stak Cryptonight cryptocurrency miner. Security experts from Trend Micro have discovered a new strain of coin miner that targets the Linux platform and installs the XMR-Stak Cryptonight cryptocurrency miner, researchers observed it killing other Linux malware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 10, 2019
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Can Enterprises execute a GRC Movement? Experts observed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 09, 2019
A newly discovered malware campaign leverages steganography to hide GandCrab ransomware in an apparently innocent Mario image. Security experts at Bromium have discovered a malware campaign using steganography to hide the GandCrab ransomware in a Mario graphic package. According to Matthew Rowan, a researcher at Bromium, threat actors use steganography to hide the malicious code and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 09, 2019
Cayosin Botnet: a deeper look at this threat supported by the psychological profile of the “youngsters-wannabe-hackers” Rolex boasters Money, botnet as service business and coding on the dark side of the life: “At this point of my life… if it doesn’t make me money, I don’t make time for it”, is stated in the picture […]
