Pierluigi Paganini
May 27, 2017
Security experts at Recorded Future tracked a German hacker for the propagation of the Houdini worm through Pastebin sites. A German hacker that goes online with the moniker Vicswors Baghdad is the responsible for the propagation of the Houdini malware on Pastebin sites. According to the expert at Recorded Future, the same threat actor appears to be […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 27, 2017
The Fast-food chain Chipotle notified users a security breach, hackers compromised its point of sale terminals to steal payment card data. The Mexican Grill Fast-food chain Chipotle notified users a data breach, hackers infected its point of sale terminals to steal payment card data. The malicious code infected systems in 47 states and Washington earlier […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 25, 2017
Researchers at ESET security firm have discovered that someone has released 200 master keys for the latest variants of the prominent Crysis ransomware. While security experts continue to investigate the WannaCry attack, someone has released 200 master keys for the latest variants of the prominent Crysis ransomware. The file encrypted by this version have the .wallet and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 24, 2017
Target, the US retail giant, has entered a settlement with the US Attorneys General and it has agreed to pay $18.5 million over the 2013 data breach. Target, the US retail giant, has entered a settlement with the Attorneys General of 47 states and it has agreed to pay $18.5 million over the data breach […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 24, 2017
Russian authorities with the support of the security firm Group-IB dismantled the operations of the Cron gang that infected more than 1 million smartphones. Russian authorities dismantled a major criminal ring that was targeting bank accounts by using an Android malware, dubbed ‘Cron,’ that compromised more than one million Android smartphones. According to the Russian Interior […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 22, 2017
27 people have been arrested by the Europol for jackpotting attacks on ATM across many countries in Europe. Europol has arrested 27 people accused of being involved in a series of successful black box attacks against ATMs across Europe. Since 2016, these attacks have resulted in more than €45 million in losses.“The efforts of a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 22, 2017
At least 3 different groups have been leveraging the NSA EternalBlue exploit weeks before the WannaCry attacks, here’s the evidence. In the last days, security experts discovered numerous attacks that have been leveraging the same EternalBlue exploit used by the notorious WannaCry ransomware. The Shadow Brokers hacker group revealed the exploit for the SMB vulnerability in April, but […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 22, 2017
Experts from Talos Team discovered changes made to the Terror exploit kit (EK) that allow it to fingerprint victims and target specific vulnerabilities. Recent changes made to the Terror exploit kit (EK) allow it to fingerprint victims and target specific vulnerabilities instead of carpet bombing the victims with many exploits at the same time, Talos […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 20, 2017
The Stegano exploit kit, also known as Astrum, continues to evolve, recently its authors adopted the Diffie-Hellman algorithm to hinder analysis. The Stegano exploit kit made was associated in the past with a massive AdGholas malvertising campaign that delivered malware, mostly Gozi and RAMNIT trojans. Experts at TrendMicro also observed the exploit kit in the Seamless malvertising campaign. “Astrum’s […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 20, 2017
Security experts discovered a new ransomware family, dubbed UIWIX, that uses the NSA-linked EternalBlue exploit for distribution The effects of the militarization of the cyberspace are dangerous and unpredictable. A malicious code developed by a government could create serious problems for the Internet users, the recent WannaCry massive attack demonstrates it that used the EternalBlue Exploit to […]
