Pierluigi Paganini
July 07, 2016
A newly emerging strain of malware dubbed Satana, which was first spotted last week, appears to be basing itself on crypto-lockers Petya and Mischa. Experts from Malwarebytes Labs have described the malicious software to be in the stage of âmalware-in-developmentâ with expected growth and evolution to occur over the coming weeks as its popularity and use […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 07, 2016
Researchers devised a method to unmask malware’s use of TLS without decrypting the data flow. The technique relies on analysis of observable data features. A team of security experts from Cisco demonstrated that it is possible to detect a malware in TLS connections without decrypting the traffic and block it. The researchers Blake Anderson, Subharthi Paul […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 07, 2016
New threat dubbed Zepto Ransomware is spreading out with a new email spam campaign. It is a variant of the recent Locky Ransomware. The news was recently reported in a blog post by the Cisco Talos team: âWe are watching Zepto very carefully. Itâs closely tied to Locky, sharing many of the same attributes,â said Craig Williams, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 07, 2016
A malicious application named EasyDoc Converter.app delivers a sophisticated malware dubbed Eleanor malware that opens a Tor backdoor on the victim’s machine. Experts from security firm Bitdefender have spotted a new malware, dubbed Eleanor malware (Backdoor.MAC.Eleanor), that once compromised Macs set up a backdoor through Tor network. The malicious application, dubbed EasyDoc Converter.app, pretend to be a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 06, 2016
Chinese Ad company Yingmob âs developers are allegedly responsible for the infection of approximately 10 million Android devices. Chinese Ad company Yingmobâs developers are allegedly responsible for the infection of approximately 10 million Android devices which is reportedly generating an income of around $300,000 USD per month. CheckPoint, the security company famous for their network […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 06, 2016
Cifas, a leading group in fraud protection, recently released its report on the fraud landscape for 2016 and the numbers are staggering. The first lesson taught to anyone working with classified data is that if someone can get all the little pieces of the picture, theyâll eventually have the whole picture. Unfortunately, many users of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 06, 2016
ESET security firm has uncovered an espionage toolkit dubbed SBDH that was used in espionage campaigns targeting government organizations in Europe. Security experts from ESET security firm have spotted an espionage toolkit dubbed SBDHÂ that was used by threat actors in hacking operations targeting government organizations in Europe. The research observed infections in many countries, including […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 05, 2016
Experts from security firm Heimdal Security have detected a malicious spam campaign delivering attachments laced with the Adwind RAT. Experts from cyber security firm Heimdal Security has spotted a spam campaign delivering the Adwind RAT (Remote Access Trojan). The threat is a privileged weapon in the arsenal of criminal organizations, the Adwind RAT is a cross-platform malware that can […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 05, 2016
The United Nationâs Office on Drugs and Crime published its annual report and placed special emphasis on curbing the illicit trade on the Dark Web. The United Nationâs Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) published its annual report on Thursday and placed special emphasis on curbing the illicit trade on the Dark Web. According to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 03, 2016
The Federal Investigation Agency in Pakistan is investigating a Chinese organization that is specialized in attacking ATM machines by using skimmer devices. A few days ago I reported the story of the security expert Benjamin Tedesco that has spotted an ATM skimmer during his vacation in Vienna. The ATM skimmer was quite impossible to detect to common people and […]
