Pierluigi Paganini
September 01, 2015
Security experts at Sensecy have uncovered ORX-Locker, a Darknet Ransomware-as-a-service platform that could allow everyone to become a cyber criminal. It is becoming even easier to become a cyber-criminal thanks to the model of sale known as malware-as-a-service that offers off-the-shelf malware for rent or sale. Recently malware authors started to offer also Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 31, 2015
PaloAlto and with WeipTech have identified 92 samples of a new iOS malware family in the wild dubbed KeyRaider that compromised over 225,000 Apple accounts. Palo Alto networks announced recently that a new iOS malware called KeyRaider allowed crooks to take over more than 225.000 apple accounts on jailbroken iOS devices. KeyRaider allows the attackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 31, 2015
Corebot is a new data stealer discovered by the experts at IBM Security X-Force while they were analyzing some endpoints protected by their solutions. Corebot is the name of a new data stealer malware discovered by the experts at IBM Security X-Force while they were analyzing some endpoints protected by their product, the Trusteer Apex […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 30, 2015
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from the best sources free for you in your email box. Who are the Ashley Madison users? Hacking the Iridium network could be very easy Amazon to trash Flash, as browsers walk away Keyless Cars: A New Frontier For Bug […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 30, 2015
The experts at EFF organization speculate that Russian State-sponsored hackers belonging the APT 28 group have managed the last EFF Spear phishing Scam. Attackers, alleged to belong to a Russian state-sponsored APT registered a bogus Electronic Frontier Foundation domain earlier this month. The hackers used the name brand of popular privacy watchdog in an attempt to trick […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 30, 2015
According to a report published by the Citizen Lab Iranian hackers have elaborated a sophisticated phishing scheme to takeover Gmail accounts. According to a report published by the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs, Iranian hackers have elaborated a sophisticated phishing scheme to circumvent security measures that defend Gmail […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 30, 2015
In this post the author Scott Thompson explores the basics of Point-of-Sale Security analyzing threats and possible solutions. Basics of Point-of-Sale Security In late 2013, at the height of the holiday shopping season, Target Corporationâs point-of-sale payment network was breached, and over 70 million customers had their card payment information stolen, including this author, creating […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 28, 2015
The FBI published an alert on the significant increase of the Business Email Scams (BEC), the number of victims is growing such as the financial losses. Yesterday the FBI warned the world that Business Email Scams (BEC) victims are growing, making companies losing money. The law enforcement highlights that frauds use to start with crooks […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 28, 2015
Symantec revealed the existence of 49 new modules of the Regin espionage platform, a circumstance that suggests that its operators are still active. In November 2014, security experts at Symantec have uncovered the backdoor Regin, a highly advanced spying tool used in cyber espionage campaigns against governments and infrastructure operators. The Regin malware has been around […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 27, 2015
Nearly 37 million users of Ashley Madison have been impacted, the popular investigator Brian Krebs has collected clues on the alleged culprit. The popular investigator Brian Krebs sustains to know the culprit of the Ashley Madison hack, which publicly leaked 37 million accounts belonging to the users of the adultery website. Brian Krebs disclosed the Twitter account, […]
