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Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2016

How to bypass two-factor authentication with a text message

Is Two-factor authentication the solution for any kind of hacks? A text message could be used to take over your Google Account. Following the recent data breaches suffered by IT giants (e.g. MySpace, LinkedIn, Twitter) security experts are inviting users to avoid sharing login credentials on multiple websites and to enable two-factor authentication (2FA) when it […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2016

How to recover files encrypted by all Teslacrypt Ransomware variants

Experts from Cisco Talos team have improved their decryptor tool to allow the recovery of files encrypted by all the Teslacrypt Ransomware variants In May, criminals behind the TeslaCrypt ransomware leaked online the master encryption key that allowed security experts to develop a decryption tool for the last variant of the threat. “In surprising end to TeslaCrypt, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2016

Bolek Banking Trojan, a Carberp Successor is spreading in the wild

The Bolek banking Trojan is one of the successors of the notorious Carberp Trojan that targets both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows systems. When the source code of the Carberp Trojan was leaked online, numerous threat actors developed their own variants. This process allowed a significant evolution of the malware that increased its sophistication across the time. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2016

Twitter resets account login credentials for exposed accounts

Twitter investigated account login credentials recently offered for sale on the dark web, locked the accounts and reset their passwords. This week a Russian hacker offered for sale more than 32 million Twitter account credentials on the Dark Web. The alleged Russian hacker offered Twitter account credentials for 10 Bitcoins (over $5,800). In response to the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2016

Necurs Botnet, one of the world’s largest malicious architecture has vanished

The Necurs Botnet, one of the world’s largest malicious architecture, used to spread the dreaded threats appears to have vanished since June 1. In the last months, we have read a lot of news regarding the activities on one of the largest botnet in the wild that was used by crooks to deliver the Dridex […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2016

CRYPTXXX campaigns, threat actors switch to Neutrino EK

Security experts from the SANS observed that new CryptXXX ransomware campaigns are leveraging on the Neutrino Exploit Kit instead the Angler Exploit Kit. Crooks behind the CryptXXX ransomware have launched a new campaign leveraging on the Neutrino Exploit Kit instead the Angler Exploit Kit. It was a significant change in the attack chain that was discovered by the experts […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2016

32 Million Twitter account credentials offered for sale

A hacker is offering for sale more than 32 million Twitter account credentials with plans to sell the account details on the Dark Web. Recent news of massive data breaches suffered by IT giants LinkedIn, MySpace, Tumblr, and VK.com shocked the security industry. Millions of login credentials are available for sale in the principal black markets, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2016

China ready to launch the first hack proof quantum communication satellite

China is ready to launch its first hack proof quantum communication satellite, are we entering a new era of telecommunications. Satellites have a crucial role in our digital society, almost every industry is benefiting from their services for this reason their security is a pillar of the cyber security strategy of governments worldwide. Attackers are posing […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 08, 2016

Companies Are Stockpiling Bitcoin To Quickly Pay Off Ransomware Criminals

New research conducted by Citrix indicates that some businesses are stockpiling Bitcoins so they can pay cybercriminals fast in case of ransomware attacks. New research conducted by Citrix, a corporate networking company, indicates that some businesses are stockpiling Bitcoins so they can pay cybercriminals fast, if their data is held ransom by malicious software. Ransomware […]

Cyber Crime

How to bypass two-factor authentication with a text message

How to recover files encrypted by all Teslacrypt Ransomware variants

Bolek Banking Trojan, a Carberp Successor is spreading in the wild

More Fallout from the LinkedIn Breach in new Targeted Attacks on Banking

Twitter resets account login credentials for exposed accounts

Necurs Botnet, one of the world’s largest malicious architecture has vanished

CRYPTXXX campaigns, threat actors switch to Neutrino EK

32 Million Twitter account credentials offered for sale

China ready to launch the first hack proof quantum communication satellite

Companies Are Stockpiling Bitcoin To Quickly Pay Off Ransomware Criminals

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