Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2016
Roughly 43 Million Last.fm accounts were stolen in a 2012 security breach

According to the breach notification service LeakedSource roughly 43 million Last.fm accounts were compromised in a 2012 incident. In June 2012, the online music service Last.fm was compromised by hackers, in response the company notified the incident to its users inviting them to change their passwords. Some experts speculated the security breach took place several […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2016
SWIFT discloses more cyber attacks on its bank members and urges more security

SWIFT discloses more attacks against banks worldwide, pressures banks on security and urged member banks to implement the new SWIFT software by November 19. In the last months, a worrisome string of attacks against banks worldwide through the SWIFT system has alarmed the banking industry. The so-called “SWIFT hackers” have conducted multiple cyber attacks against […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2016
Dropbox Data Breach, more than 68 Million account details leaked online

A DropBox data breach occurred in 2012 is forcing the company to reset login passwords for users included in a data dump leaked online. Another clamorous data breach is in the headlines, a data dump containing more than 68 Million account credentials for online cloud storage platform Dropbox was leaked online. Earlier this week, Dropbox […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2016
Saudi government facilities hit by cyber attacks, Saudi cyber experts convened

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
Lurk cybercrime Gang developed, maintained and rent the Angler EK

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
The RIPPER malware linked to the recent ATM attacks in Thailand

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
The son of a Russian lawmaker could face up to 40 years in the jail for hacking

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
Megaupload seized by the FBI, once again serves adult content

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
Global cost of cybercrime will grow from $3 trillion in 2015 to $6 trillion annually by 2021

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
New Locky Ransomware variant uses DLLs for distribution

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 […]