Pierluigi Paganini
October 14, 2015
FireEye has uncovered a new hacking group dubbed FIN5 hacked payment systems of an un-named Casino and it has stolen nearly 150,000 credit cards. The fact that the game can create problems is not a novelty, news of the day is that an un-named Casino has lost 150,000 credit cards. The cause of the data […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 14, 2015
Check Point discovered a series of malware-based attacks on Israeli public sector organizations that were infected by the Zeus Trojan via RTF files. Security experts at Check Point have detected a series of attacks on high-profile companies, victims were targeted by a malicious spam campaign that relies on bogus RTF file. The campaign targeted several individuals […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2015
Americaâs Thrift Stores announced on Friday that payment information of a part of its customers might have been stolen by hackers which used a PoS malware. Americaâs Thrift Stores has announced in an official statement that it has suffered a malware-based attack that caused a data breach. According to the company, the threat actors are […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2015
Researchers at Trend Micro have issued a new report on the Japanese Cybercrime Underground, a growing criminal community with his characteristics. Cybercrime underground is a growing and prolific industry that knows no crisis as demonstrated by the numerous reports issued by principal security companies and law enforcement. In the past we have analyzed criminal most […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2015
The CENTRAL MEANS OF PAYMENT ANTIFRAUD OFFICE (UCAMP) of the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance released the annual report on Payment card frauds. This year I’m among the experts who worked on the MEF – Annual Report on Payment Card Frauds No. 5/2015, it has been an honor and a pleasure to be able […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2015
For the first time, hackers have been arrested in China by law enforcement at the behest of the US government. Is it true cooperation? It is probably the first time that Chinese authorities have arrested hackers in China following a request of the US Government. Two weeks, before the visit of the Chinese President Xi Jinping in the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2015
Cyber Threat Summit 2015 – Study on criminal activities in the dark web.  “The Dark web – Why the hidden part of the web is even more dangerous?” Also, this year I have participated as a speaker to the Cyber Threat Summit 2015 held in Dublid, an event aimed at senior CISO level delegates and senior executives […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2015
The Dow Jones firm confirmed to have suffered a data breach, payment card and contact info for less than 3,500 users have been exposed. At the end of the last week, the CEO of Dow Jones & Co disclosed a data breach affecting 3,500 people in a letter to customers. Dow Jones is a media company owned […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2015
Security experts at Sucuri have uncovered threat actors abusing an XML-RPC method to run Brute-Force amplification attacks on WordPress websites. According to the experts at security firm Sucuri, threat actors are exploiting the XML-RPC protocol implemented by WordPress and other popular content management systems to run brute-force amplification attacks. The XML-RPC protocol allows users to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2015
Experts at Volexity discovered a hacking campaign targeting the CISCO WebVPN VPN product, attackers aim to steal corporate login credentials. A virtual private network (VPN) allows to extend a private network across a public connection, they are mainly used to protect users’ privacy and improve security for data in transit. Virtual Private Networks are commonly used many companies and organizations […]
