Pierluigi Paganini
January 18, 2016
The Las Vegas Casino firm Affinity Gaming sued Trustwave for allegedly failing a data breach investigation, but Trustwave denies any wrongdoing. Affinity Gaming, a casino operator operating five casinos in Nevada, and six in other locations in the US, has sued the It security company Trustwave for a “bad” investigation, after a network breach it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 15, 2016
The operators behind the MegalodonHTTP botnet have been arrested in an international joint effort of law enforcement and a private security firm. In December, Norway law enforcement arrested five people accused of running the MegalodonHTTPÂ Remote Access Trojan (RAT) as part of a joint operation between Norwayâs Kripos National Criminal Investigation Service and Europol, codenamed “OP […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 15, 2016
The Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced a total of 250 of its resorts were compromised last year in a malware-based attack that stole customer payment card information. Hyatt Hotels revealed that 250 of its resorts have been involved in the data breach suffered last year. In December the Hyatt Hotels Corporation issued an official announcement to inform its users that unknown hackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 14, 2016
Faulty ransomware derived from  an open source ransomware project makes files unrecoverable due to a serious coding error. The story I’m gong to tell you is incredible, a cyber criminal gang has developed a very singular ransomware called RANSOM_CRYPTEAR.B and now I’ll tell you why? According to the experts at TrendMicro, the Ransomware has built starting from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 13, 2016
The Europol announced the arrest of two individuals suspected of being tied to the DD4BC criminal group specialized in extortion activities. According to a press statement issued by the Europol, in December a joint operation of law enforcement from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, and the U.K. allowed the identification and the arrest of two […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 12, 2016
Security experts at Heimdal Security are warning a spike in cyber attacks leveraging the popular Neutrino and RIG exploit kit. Cyber criminals always exploit new opportunities and users’ bad habits, now crooks behind the recent campaigns relying on Neutrino and RIG exploit kits are ramping up attacks against users that haven’s patched their Adobe Flash software. “It […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 12, 2016
334 years in prison for identity theft and banking fraud, in turkey a man received the most severe sentence for committing a cyber crime. Named Onur Kopçak, the hacker was arrested in 2013 for operating a phishing website that impersonated bank site, tricking victims into providing their bank details including credit card information. A recent […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 11, 2016
Cybersecurity is one the worldâs largest growing concerns, which are the Online Security Threats to Watch for in 2016. Security Affairs has shown me the way to a more secure online life Not only do they post great tips regarding how to take care of your computer, they provide one with information as to what […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2016
The US law enforcement conducted an unprecedented hacking campaign leveraging on the  network investigative technique (NIT) to de-anonymize Tor users. In July, at least two individuals from New York have been charged with online child pornography crimes after visiting a hidden service on the Tor network. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had used a hacking […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 09, 2016
Experts at MalwareBytes discovered a clickjacking campaign that tricks users into clicking on what looks like a legitimate European cookie law notification. Cyber criminals always exploit any opportunity to make profits, news of the day is they are abusing of the legitimate European Cookie Law notices in clever clickjacking campaign. The clickjacking campaign recently discovered […]
