Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini January 23, 2017
Western Union agreed to pay $586 Million to settle fraud charges

The money transfer leader company Western Union has agreed to forfeit $586 million  to settle fraud charges and admitted it facilitated scammers. Money transfer leader company Western Union has admitted to facilitating wire fraud and it has agreed to pay $586 million to settle fraud charges from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice. The services […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 22, 2017
The author of the NeverQuest banking Trojan arrested in Spain

The Spanish law enforcement has arrested an alleged Russian Vxer suspected of developing the infamous Neverquest banking Trojan. Today I report another success of law enforcement, the Spanish police have arrested an alleged Russian Vxer suspected of developing the infamous Neverquest banking Trojan. The malware was developed to target financial institutions across the world. Lisov is suspected of being […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 22, 2017
Cyber crimes spike in England and Wales, says ONS

For the first time the England the Office for National Statistics (ONS) includes data related hacking and fraud, and findings are shocking. Cyber criminal activities in England and Wales have shown a spike in the last twelve months, Cyber frauds and computer misuse offences are most common crimes of this worrisome trend. According to the report “Crime in […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2017
Supercell, Clash of Clans authors, hacked. 1 Million accounts compromised

Reportedly, over a million accounts on the Supercell community forum have been compromised after a data breach occurred in 2016. The firm Supercell, the authors of the notorious “The Clash of Clans” mobile game admitted that accounts on Supercell community forum have been hacked. Supercell is the creator of popular games such as Clash of Clans, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2017
National Aids Research Institute NARI hacked by the Shad0w Security crew

The hacker @Sc0rp10nGh0s7 from the Shad0w Security group has broken in the server of the National Aids Research Institute NARI (India). The hacker @Sc0rp10nGh0s7 from the Shad0w Security crew has broken in the server of the National Aids Research Institute NARI (India). The hacker accessed a more than 1 GB archive containing the results for dozens […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2017
Necurs botnet is back and starts delivering the Locky ransomware

Cisco Security Team has noticed traces of traffic from the dormant Necurs botnet and they are warning of a possible new massive ransomware spam campaign. Security researchers at Cisco Security Team have noticed traces of traffic from the dormant Necurs botnet and they are warning of a possible new massive ransomware spam campaign. “The research […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 20, 2017
Which is the real identity of the Mirai Author Anna-Senpai?

The popular investigator Brian Krebs published the details of his investigation on the identity of the Mirai author Anna-Senpai. In the last months, the Mirai bot monopolized the attention of the media, it was used to power the massive DDoS attack against the Dyn DNS service causing an extended Internet outage. A large portion of Internet users […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 20, 2017
Satan, the ransomware-as-a-service surfaced in the dark web

The independent malware research @Xylit0l discovered the Satan ransomware, a malware belonging to the Gen:Trojan.Heur2.FU family. Yesterday the independent malware research @Xylit0l discovered the Satan ransomware, a malware belonging to the Gen:Trojan.Heur2.FU family. Satan is provided as a RaaS (Ransomware-as-a-Service). New #RaaS https://t.co/wbqn2GOuvo pic.twitter.com/skTTNCDbod — Xylitol (@Xylit0l) January 18, 2017 The Satan ransomware used RSA-2048 […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 19, 2017
Quimitchin, a Mac backdoor that includes antiquated code

Researchers at Malwarebytes have discovered the first Mac malware of 2017, dubbed Quimitchin, that was used against  biomedical research institutions. Security experts have spotted the first Mac malware of 2017, dubbed Quimitchin,  and it is considered a malicious code not particularly sophisticated and includes some antiquated code. According to the researchers from Malwarebytes, the code has […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 18, 2017
US cancer agency targeted by a singular ransomware attack

A new ransomware campaign has targeted the not-for-profit cancer services organisation “Little Red Door” requesting a US$44,000 ransom. A new ransomware campaign has targeted a not-for-profit cancer services organisation, the Little Red Door. The organization provides a number of cancer support services, including diagnostics and treatment. The system at the agency was infected by a ransomware last Wednesday, […]