Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2017
Crooks took control over operations of a Brazilian bank for 5 hours

Cyber criminals launched a sophisticated cyber heist that compromised the entire DNS infrastructure of a major Brazilian Bank. A cyber criminal organization took over online service of a major Brazilian bank for five hours. The hackers compromised the bank DNS system and intercepted all the connections to the financial institution. According to Kaspersky Lab who […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2017
South Korean users targeted with a new stealthy malware, the ROKRAT RAT

Security experts at CISCO Talos have spotted a new insidious remote access tool dubbed ROKRAT that implements sophisticated anti-detection measures. The ROKRAT RAT targets Korean users, people using the popular Korean Microsoft Word alternative Hangul Word Processor (HWP). In the past, we saw other attacks against people using the HWP application. The ROKRAT RAT was used […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2017
Phishing campaigns target airline consumers seeking business credentials

A series of phishing campaigns is targeting airline consumers with messages crafted to trick victims into handing over personal or business credentials. A wave string of phishing campaigns is targeting airline consumers with messages crafted to trick victims into handing over personal or business credentials. The phishing messages pretend to be sent from a travel agency […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2017
Forcepoint spotted the modular Felismus RAT, it appears the work of skilled professionals

Malware researchers at Forcepoint have discovered a new modular malicious code, dubbed Felismus RAT, that appears the work of skilled professionals. Malware researchers at Forcepoint have discovered a new modular malicious code dubbed Felismus RAT. The malware has been used in highly targeted campaigns, experts believe the Felismus RAT is the work of skilled professionals. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2017
95,000 job seekers affected by the McDonald’s Canada data breach

The McDonald’s Canada career website was recently subject to a cyber-attack. Hackers stole records of 95,000 job seekers. McDonald’s Canada confirmed that hackers have stolen the personal data of about 95,000 job seekers from its recruitment website. The data were provided by candidates searching for a job at McDonald’s Canada since March 2014. The company […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2017
Turla hacking group continues to improve its Carbon backdoor

The Russian group Turla has continued to improve its Carbon backdoor, experts from ESET detected new versions released on a regular basis. The Russian APT group known as Turla (also known as Waterbug, KRYPTON and Venomous Bear) has continued to improve its Carbon backdoor, experts from ESET detected new versions released on a regular basis. Carbon is a […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2017
Owners of GitHub repositories targeted by the Dimnie data-stealer malware

Since mid-January, attackers have targeted owners of GitHub repositories with the Dimnie data-stealer malware. It is a relatively unknown threat actor. Attackers have targeted developers having Github repositories with a data-stealing malware called Dimnie. The malicious code includes keylogging features and modules that capture screenshots. The Dimnie malware was spotted by researchers at Palo Alto Networks in mid-January when an […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2017
Are you searching for stolen US University email credentials? Search on the Dark Web

According to a new research published by the nonprofit DCA, millions of stolen US University email credentials are available for sale on the Dark Web. According to a new research published by the nonprofit Digital Citizens Alliance (DCA) that searched the Dark Web for credentials from the top 300 US universities, millions of stolen email […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2017
Nuclear Bot source code leaked online, a new threat will rapidly spread in the wild

The source code for a new banking Trojan dubbed Nuclear Bot was leaked online, experts speculate a rapid diffusion of the threat in the wild. The source code for a new banking Trojan, dubbed Nuclear Bot, is available for sale in the cyber criminal underground.The Nuclear Bot banking Trojan first appeared in the cybercrime forums […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2017
Imperva observed a new variant of the Mirai botnet unleashes 54-Hour DDoS attack

According to security experts at Imperva, a newly discovered variant of the Mirai botnet was used to power a 54-hour DDoS attack. According to security experts at Imperva, a newly discovered variant of the dreaded Mirai botnet was used to power a 54-hour distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. The new variant of the Mirai […]