Pierluigi Paganini
February 23, 2017
A few days ago experts at antivirus firm ESET spotted a new MacOS ransomware, a rarity in the threat landscape, but it has a serious problem. Malware experts from antivirus vendor ESET have discovered a new file-encrypting ransomware, dubbed OSX/Filecoder.E, targeting MacOS that is being distributed through bittorrent websites.“Early last week, we have seen a new ransomware campaign for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 22, 2017
Researchers at ESET are monitoring the activity of a cybercrime group tracked as RTM that focuses its criminal operations on Remote Banking Systems. Experts at software firm ESET are monitoring the activity of a cybercrime group tracked as RTM that using a sophisticated malware written in Delphi language to target Remote Banking Systems (RBS). The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 21, 2017
At the RSA security conference in San Francisco, the experts at Google Research explained that Corporate email addresses are privileged targets for hackers. At the RSA security conference in San Francisco, the experts at the Google Research team at the Google Research team have shared the results of an interesting study on cyber attacks against emails accounts. Corporate […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 21, 2017
Security firm CyberX uncovered the Operation Bugdrop, a cyber espionage campaign that mostly targeted Ukrainian organizations. Researchers at Security firm CyberX have discovered a cyber espionage campaign that siphoned more than 600 gigabytes from about 70 targets in several industries, including critical infrastructure and news media. The list of targets includes: A company that designs […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 21, 2017
Security experts who analyzed the malware used in the attacks against the Polish banks discovered false flags in the Lazarus malicious code. A few weeks ago, security experts reported that the systems of several Polish banks were targeted by hackers. The systems were infected with a malware after their staff visited the site of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 20, 2017
Security experts from Heimdal Security discovered a new spam campaign over the weekend leveraging the TeamSpy malware to spy in victims. Security experts from Heimdal Security have uncovered a new spam campaign emerged over the weekend. The crooks used the notorious TeamSpy malware to gain full access to the target computers. It’s a long time we have no […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 20, 2017
The Ukrainian Cybercriminal who tried to get revenge on Brian Krebs for exposing him was sentenced to 41 months in prison in the US. The Ukrainian cybercriminal Sergey Vovnenko (31, aka âSergey Vovnencko,â âTomas Rimkis,â âFlycracker,â âFlyck,â âFly,â âCenturion,â âMUXACC1,â âStranierâ and âDarklife.â) who attempted to get revenge on the notorious cyber security investigator Brian […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 20, 2017
The security experts at Palo Alto Networks published a detailed analysis of the architecture used to spread the Ursnif banking Trojan worldwide. Malware researchers from Palo Alto Networks are monitoring the diffusion of the Ursnif banking Trojan worldwide and have identified the architecture used to spread it. The Ursnif Trojan is spread via spam emails that contain […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 19, 2017
The New York state announced that a set of cyber security regulations that will take effect on March 1st to tackle cyber threats. On Thursday, the New York state announced that a cyber security regulation will take effect on March 1st. The regulations will require financial institutions and insurers to meet minimum cyber security standards and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 19, 2017
A hacker exploited an implementation bug in the source code of the Zerocoin currency scheme to steal ZCoins worth $585,000. “Zerocoin is a project to fix a major weakness in Bitcoin: the lack of privacy guarantees we take for granted in using credit cards and cash.” reads the description on the project. Zerocoin cryptocurrency protocol […]
