Pierluigi Paganini
May 09, 2017
Maintainers of the HandBrake video transcoder are warning Mac users who recently downloaded the software that they may have been infected with malware. Maintainers of the open-source HandBrake video transcoder are warning Mac users who recently downloaded the application that they may have been infected with malware.Mac users who downloaded and installed the program from May […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 08, 2017
Researchers at Technische Universitat Braunschweig published a study on 200+ Android mobile apps that are listening to your life through ultrasonic beacons. Researchers at Technische Universitat Braunschweig in Germany recently published a finding that over 200 Android mobile applications are listening to your life through ultrasonic beacons. Like digital electronic vampire bats, these apps are checking […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 08, 2017
Microsoft has recently uncovered an attack dubbed Operation WilySupply that leveraged the update mechanism of an unnamed software editing tool to compromise targets. The attackers mostly targeted organizations in the finance and payment industries. “An unknown attacker was taking advantage of a silent yet effective attack vector: the compromised update mechanism or software supply chain for a third-party […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 08, 2017
Recently discovered Fatboy ransomware implements a dynamic method of setting the ransom amount based on the geographic location of the victims. Ransomware continues to monopolize the threat landscape, recently security experts have observed numerous evolution of this specific family of malware. A newly discovered ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), dubbed Fatboy, implements a dynamic method of setting the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 07, 2017
Europol supported the Slovak NAKA crime unit in an operation that resulted in the seizure of the Bloomsfield darknet marketplace. Another success of the European police, last week Europol supported the Slovak NAKA crime unit in the arrest of a Slovak national believed to operate the Bloomsfield darknet marketplace dealing in drugs and arms. “Bloomsfield started its marketplace […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 07, 2017
The Federal Bureau of Investigation report reveals that Business email compromise scams caused losses to businesses for 5 billion dollars over four years. Business email compromise (BEC) continues to be a profitable attack technique for crooks and a serious threat to businesses. The FBI has published data related to this specific criminal practice, and financial […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 06, 2017
The new Bondnet botnet “Bond007.01” recently discovered coming out of China and it has infected an estimated 15,000 Windows server computers world-wide. There’s a new botnet in town and it’s named after the spy with a license to kill – James Bond. The new Bondnet botnet “Bond007.01” was discovered coming out of China by researchers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2017
The company O2-Telefonica in Germany has confirmed to Süddeutsche Zeitung agency that some of its customers suffered cyber heists exploiting the SS7 flaws. Security experts have been warning for years about security vulnerabilities affecting the SS7 protocol widely adopted in mobile communications. SS7, aka Signalling System No. 7, is a set of protocols used in telecommunications ever since the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2017
The notorious cyber crime gang Carbanak is back and it is continuing to refine its techniques and tactics and developed new tools for its attacks. The cyber crime gang Carbanak continues to refine its techniques and tactics. According to a new analysis conducted by the security firm Trustwave, the group has refined its intrusion strategy and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2017
Don’t click Google Docs link! A Google Docs phishing scheme is quickly spreading across the Internet targeting a large number of users. Did you receive an unsolicited Google Doc from someone? First, do not click on that Google Doc link embedded in the email you have received and delete the message, even if it’s from […]
