Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini January 04, 2017
FBI website hacked by CyberZeist and data leaked online

The notorious black hat hacker CyberZeist (@cyberzeist2) has broken into the FBI website FBI.gov and leaked data on Pastebin. The notorious black hat hacker CyberZeist (@cyberzeist2) has broken into the FBI website FBI.gov  and leaked data on Pastebin. The hacker leaked the FBI.GOV accounts that he found in several backup files (acc_102016.bck, acc_112016.bck, old_acc16.bck, etc). […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 04, 2017
Hacker held open MongoDB databases for ransom

A mysterious hacker is breaking into unprotected MongoDB databases, stealing their content, and asking for a ransom to return the data. Co-founder of the GDI Foundation Victor Gevers is warning of poor security for MongoDB installations in the wild. The security expert has discovered 196 instances of MongoDB that were wiped by crooks and being held for […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2016
Sundown Exploit Kit now leverages on the steganography

A new variant of the Sundown exploit kit leverages on steganography to hide exploit code in harmless-looking image files. Security experts from Trend Micro have spotted a new version of the Sundown exploit kit that exploits steganography in order to hide malicious code in harmless-looking image files. The use of steganography was recently observed in the malvertising campaigns conducted […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 29, 2016
The OSCE organization was victim of a major cyber attack

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) confirmed to have suffered suffer a “major” cyber attack. Hackers targeted the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the news was confirmed on Wednesday by a spokeswoman for the organization. The OSCE is a security and human rights watchdog, clearly the attack is part of […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 29, 2016
InterContinental Hotels investigating a possible card breach

The company InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) confirmed an ongoing investigation of alleged card breach at some of its properties. The notorious investigators Brian Krebs was informed of a possible security breach at the hotel company InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). Krebs received the news of the alleged card breach by his sources in the financial industry. According […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 29, 2016
Dreaded KillDisk Malware now includes Ransomware abilities

Researchers at security firm CyberX have recently discovered a variant of the KillDisk malware that also implements ransomware features. KillDisk is a malware that has been used in attacks against industrial control systems (ICS), it was developed to wipe the hard drives of the infected machine in order to make it inoperable. The new variant is […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2016
Android Switcher Trojan targets routers changing DNS settings

Security experts from Kaspersky Lab have spotted a new Android Trojan, dubbed Switcher, that targets routers in order to change their DNS settings. Malware researchers at Kaspersky Lab have spotted a new Android Trojan, dubbed Switcher, that targets routers and changes their DNS settings in order to redirect traffic to malicious websites. The Switcher Trojan has been […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2016
The number of ICS Attacks continues to increase worldwide

According to data provided by IBM Managed Security Services, the number of ICS attacks in 2016 continues to increase worldwide. Industrial control systems (ICS) continues to be a privileged target of hackers. According to IBM Managed Security Services, the number of cyber attacks increased by 110 percent in 2016 compared to 2015. According to the researchers […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 27, 2016
Hacked Sony Music Entertainment account tweeted about Britney Spears’s Death

Hackers compromised the Sony Music Entertainment Twitter account and posted the messages on Britney Spears’s Death. Experts blame OurMine crew. Sony Music Entertainment’s Twitter account was compromised and hackers posted the news of the Britney Spears’s death. “RIP @britneyspears #RIPBritney 1981-2016” and “Britney spears is dead by accident! We will tell you more soon #RIPBritney.” states […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 25, 2016
Malware distribution tactics used in phishing campaign

Experts from Proofpoint discovered a new phishing campaign designed to steal banking data leveraging tactics associated with malware distribution. Security experts from Proofpoint have discovered a new phishing campaign that presents many similarities with campaigns used to spread the Cerber ransomware and the Ursnif banking Trojan. Cyber criminals adopted a technique that leverages on the distribution […]