Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2015
SCADA systems available for sale in the Underground

Security experts have discovered the availability in underground forums of the credentials and other information related to SCADA systems. SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisitions) systems are the most important components for the control of processes inside a critical infrastructure. A recent report published by Dell revealed a 100 percent increase in the number of attacks on […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2015
Europol arrested members of a gang behind Zeus And SpyEye

The law enforcement agencies from six European countries coordinated by the Europol have arrested members of a Ukrainian ring behind Zeus and SpyEye botnets. The law enforcement agencies from six European countries have dealt a serious blow to the organized crime by taking down a Ukrainian ring suspected of developing managing the popular Zeus and […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2015
Magento payment card stealers are being used in the wild

The security researchers at Sucuri firm discovered a malicious code that could be used to steal payment card data from Magento platform. Security experts at Sucuri have uncovered a new method used by criminals to syphon payment card data from websites based on the Magento e-commerce Platform. Researchers explained that attackers can collect any data submitted […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2015
SEC investigates FIN4 hackers who target publicly traded firms

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating on the activities related to a FIN4 APT targeting executives at publicly traded firms. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched an investigation on the activities related to a hacking crew targeting executives at publicly traded firms. According to the Reuters, the SEC has contacted at least […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2015
Darknets in the Deep Web, the home of assassins and pedophiles

Security experts at Trend Micro published a report on the Deep Web and related illegal activities that exploit the darknets it contains. Experts at TrendMicro published an interesting report on the Deep Web focusing their analysis on the services and products available in the dark part of the internet that is not indexed by the principal search […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2015
The Winnti hacking crew is now targeting pharmaceutical and telecoms companies

Security experts at Kaspersky collected evidence that the Winniti APT is moving beyond the gaming industry targeting telecoms and big pharma companies. My most passionate readers, will remember for sure the Winnti group, a Chinese APT discovered by Kaspersky Lab in 2013 that targeted companies in the gaming industry. According to the experts, the Winnti gang has been active […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2015
Bad Actors behind the Dyre botnet operates like a business

Experts at Symantec observed a significant upsurge in activity over the past year for the Dyre financial Trojan used to target banking customers worldwide The operators behind the popular Dyre banking trojan appear very active in this period, according to security experts at Symantec they are working hard five-day a week to maintain some 285 command […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2015
Blackshades mastermind sentenced to almost five years in prison

Swedish Co-Creator Of Blackshades RAT was sentenced by the US authorities to 57 months in prison. Another success of the law enforcement against cybercrime. A New York federal court sentenced Alex YĂŒcel (a.k.a. “marjinz“), a Swedish man, who is the alleged mastermind behind the BlackShades Remote Access Tool (RAT). BlackShades is a popular RAT in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2015
ScryptCC hacked, large amount of Bitcoin stolen. DO NOT DEPOSIT!

Altcoin cloud mining hash power online marketplace ScryptCC has been hacked and a large amount of Bitcoin was stolen by the attacker. The news of another clamorous case of Bitcoin theft is circulating on the Internet, Altcoin cloud mining hash power online marketplace ScryptCC has been hacked. In time I’m writing it is not known […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2015
Cryptowall cost victims $18 Million since 2014 warns FBI

Between April 2014 and June 2015, the IC3 received 992 CryptoWall related complaints, with victims reporting losses totaling over $18 million. Cryptowall is one of the most nefarious ransomware in the wild, in twelve months the FBI has estimated that the overall losses were more than $18 million. Ransomware implements a classic extortion scheme typically demanding that victims pay ransom […]