Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2015
Linux ransomware already infected at least tens of users

Researchers at Russian antivirus company Doctor Web have discovered a Linux ransomware that has already infected tens of users. Ransomware is a profitable instrument in the criminal ecosystem, security experts discover new variant on a weekly basis. This week the new variant of Cryptowall, the Cryptowall 4.0, appeared in the wild, meanwhile an offline ransomware is targeting […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2015
Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria site used for phishing scam

According to Netcraft, the website of Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria is used to serve a webmail phishing site from the legitim site of the agency. The website of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria was used by cyber criminals in a phishing scam. According to the experts at Netcraft, the website of Financial Reporting Council of […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2015
ProtonMail paid a $6000 Ransom to stop DDoS Attacks

ProtonMail has paid a $6000 Ransom to stop prolonged DDoS attacks that knocked its services offline since Tuesday. Unfortunately, the attacks are continuing. The popular encrypted email service ProtonMail has suffered a prolonged major DDoS attack that knocked it offline since Tuesday. It was an extortion attempt, the attackers requested a ransom in order to stop the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2015
OpKKK – Anonymous leaks data of 1000 KKK alleged members

The popular group of hacktivists Anonymous has released a list containing the identities of alleged Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members and sympathizers. A few days ago, the Anonymous hacking collective announced the imminent release of the identity of 1000 KKK members (Ku Klux Klan) under the operation #opKKK. The popular Anonymous group has declared war to the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2015
OmniRat RAT is currently being used by criminals in the wild

Researchers at Avast have published an analysis of OmniRAT, a multi-platform remote administration tool (RAT) that has been used by criminals in the wild. Researchers at Avast have conducted a brief analysis of OmniRAT, a multi-platform remote administration tool (RAT) that has been used for malicious purposes. The malware researchers at Avast have published an […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2015
Mabouia: The first ransomware in the world targeting MAC OS X

Rafael Salema Marques, a Brazilian researcher, published a PoC about the existence of Mabouia ransomware, the first ransomware that targets MAC OS X. Imagine this scenario: You received a ransom warning on your computer stating that all your personal files had been locked. In order to unlock the files, you  would have to pay $500. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2015
vBulletin security patches and zero-day exploit available online

Rumors on the Internet says that the hackers who breached vBulletin forum website exploited a zero-day flaw, the company issued emergency security patches. On Sunday, the vBulletin official website has been hacked, according to DataBreaches.net, vBulletin, Foxit Software forums have been hacked by Coldzer0 that has stolen hundreds of thousands of users’ records. The hacker published screenshots […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2015
Offline Ransomware is spreading among Russian users

Malware researchers at Check Point Technologies have discovered a new offline ransomware that is targeting mainly Russian users. Malware researchers at Check Point Technologies have spotted a new “offline” ransomware that is targeting Russian users. The principal characteristic of this strain of malware is that it doesn’t need to communicate with a command and control […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2015
Cracka hackers who doxed CIA Chief, now hit the FBI Deputy Director

Cracka, the crew of young hackers who doxed the CIA Director John Brennan now hit the FBI Deputy Director Mark Giuliano ’s wife by hacking her email account. I always say, give a keyboard and internet connection to a kid and he would destroy your company. It is not a joke, the effort needed to launch […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2015
Trojanized adware: already infected more than 20,000 Android Apps

Researchers at Lookout firm have come across a new malicious adware family distributed via trojanized versions of popular Android applications. Researchers at mobile security firm Lookout have come across a new malicious adware family distributed via trojanized versions of popular Android applications. Security experts at Lookout have discovered a new strain of adware dubbed Shuanet, which is distributed via […]