Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2015
New Spy Banker Trojan Telax exploits Google Cloud Servers

Security firm Zscaler discovered a malicious campaign based on a new strain of the Spy Banker banking malware. Security experts at Zscaler discovered a malware-based campaign relying on a new strain of Spy Banker banking malware. Spy Banker is an old threat, it was first detected in 2009, the new variant spreads over social media, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2015
The FBI continues its crusade against the encryption

Recent Paris attacks have raised the debate around encryption, US authorities sustain that the encryption interferes with their investigation. Recent Paris attacks have raised the debate around encryption, law enforcement and intelligence agencies sustain that the encryption is defeating them to prevent terrorist activities. Of course the question is instrumentalized by politicians and media, at […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2015
NCA launched #CyberChoice campaign, to prevent youngsters become cyber criminals

The Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has launched this week #CyberChoices campaign that targets parents of youngsters aged 12-15 to explain them how it is easy to be involved in cyber criminal activities. Are script kiddies a real threat? The Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) thinks so and launched a campaign to discourage teens from hacking activities […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2015
Internet root servers flooded with 5 million queries a second

Two anomalous DDoS attacks have flooded the Internet root servers that received more than 5 million queries a second. Early last week, anomalous DDoS attacks have threatened the Internet root servers that received more than 5 million queries a second. “The authoritative name servers that serve the DNS root zone, commonly known as the “root servers”, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2015
The North American cyber-criminal underground it’s easy to access!

According to a new report published by Trend Micro, the North American cyber criminal underground is very easy to access. The new report released by Trend Micro reveals that the cyber criminal underground market in North America isn’t so hidden like in other countries. “It doesn’t exist in the dark web as much as other […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2015
Cadelle and Chafer, Iranian hackers are tracking dissidents and activists

Symantec has uncovered Cadelle and Chafer groups, two Iran-based hacking teams that are tracking dissidents and activists. According to a new report published by Symantec. Iranian hackers have been using malware to track individuals, including Iranian activists and dissidents. The researchers have identified two groups of Iran-based hackers, dubbed Cadelle and Chafer, which were distributing data stealer malware […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2015
Nemesis, a bootkit used to steal payment card data

Nemesis is a new strain of malware, very hard to detect and remove, designed to steal payment card data and implementing bootkit functionalities. Experts at FireEye have discovered a new strain of malware designed to steal payment card data. Nothing new, you are probably saying, but this malware dubbed Nemesis is very difficult to detect […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2015
BackStab Malware steals iOS and BlackBerry Backups

Security experts at Palo Alto Networks have uncovered a new strain of malware dubbed BackStab that steals local mobile data backups. Security experts at Palo Alto Networks have uncovered a new strain of malware dubbed BackStab that steals local mobile data backups and transfer it to the C&C server. The malware is not able to […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 06, 2015
Cyber spies of the Sofacy APT increased its operations tenfold

According to a new report published by the Kaspersky Lab, the Sofacy APT has recently increased its activities. According to a new report published by the Kaspersky Lab, the Advanced persistent threat group Sofacy (also known as APT28 , Fancy Bear, Sednit, and STRONTIUM) has increased its activity. The Sofacy group has been active since 2008, targeting mostly military […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 06, 2015
Hacker Buba is asking UAE bank for $3 million ransom

A criminal named Hacker Buba after asking UAE bank for $3 million ransom started leaking customer data online. Last week a hacker, who named itself as ‘Hacker Buba,’ breached a United Arab Emirates Bank, then he start tweeting customers’ information announcing the disclosure of tens of thousands of customer files online if a $3 million […]