Pierluigi Paganini
August 30, 2016
Saudi government facilities have been hit cyber attacks, the Government is investigating with the support of Saudi cyber experts. Saudi government facilities have been targeted by major cyber attacks, in response, the Government has convened a group of cyber experts to examine the events. According to the Saudi Press Agency, Saudi cyber experts held urgent talks […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 30, 2016
Experts from Kaspersky Lab confirmed that the Lurk cybercrime Gang developed, maintained and rent the infamous Angler Exploit Kit. Security experts from Kaspersky Lab have confirmed that the Lurk cybercrime group are the author of the infamous Angler exploit kit. The members of the Lurk cybercrime crew were arrested by Russian law enforcement this summer, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 30, 2016
Experts from FireEye  who analyzed the RIPPER malware believe it was used by crooks in the recent wave of cyber attacks against ATM in Thailand. Earlier this month a malware was used by a criminal organization to steal 12 million baht from ATMs in Thailand. According to FireEye, the malware was uploaded for the first time […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 29, 2016
Roman Seleznev (32), the son of the Russian lawmaker and Russian Parliament member Valery Seleznev was convicted of stealing 2.9 Million credit card numbers Roman Seleznev (32), the son of one of the most notorious Russian lawmaker and Russian Parliament member Valery Seleznev has been convicted in the US of hacking businesses and stealing 2.9 million […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 28, 2016
KimDotcom’ Megaupload, the popular website seized by feds 5 years ago and currently managed by the FBI is serving adult content. Sometimes really bizarre things happen and it is difficult to explain them. Is it possible that the FBI hosts a porn website? The first thing that I have is that the FBI might run […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 28, 2016
The cost of cybercrime could reach $6 trillion by 2021 (global annual cybercrime costs has been estimated $3 trillion in 2015). The global cost of cybercrime continues to increase, this isn’t a surprise due to the intensification of this kind of illegal practice. According to an analysis conducted by Cybersecurity Ventures, the cost of cybercrime […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 27, 2016
A new Locky Ransomware variant has been spotted by researchers at Cyren, it uses DLLs for distribution. The Locky Ransomware is one of the most popular threats since its first detection in the wild early 2016. The ransomware has evolved over the time, crooks have improved it adding new evasion detection features and changing the distribution methods. Security experts […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 26, 2016
Apple issued emergency iOS updates to patch three Zero-Days exploited by a government spyware in an high-sophisticated attack. Apple has released the iOS 9.3.5 update for its mobile devices (iPhones and iPads). The security updates address three zero-day vulnerabilities exploited by nation-state actors to spy on activists. Security experts have spotted a strain of spyware targeting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 26, 2016
The Australian newspaper published over 22,000 secret documents on six DCNS Scorpene submarines that are being built in India. According to The Australian, Indian authorities is investigating a security breach that affected the French Submarine Firm DCNS, which is 35 percent owned by Thales. The investigation started after more than 22,000 pages related to six DCNS Scorpene […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 25, 2016
Cisco has started releasing patches for its ASA software to address the Equation Group’s EXTRABACON exploit included in the NSA data dump leaked online. Security firms and IT giants are analyzing the huge archive leaked by the Shadow Brokers crew after the hack of the NSA-linked Equation Group. We reported that some of the exploits […]
