Pierluigi Paganini
April 25, 2015
How many infected Point-of-Sale terminals are infected worldwide and how is evolving the cyber threat? Here you are the opinion of the expert. Security experts at IntelCrawler threat intelligence firm are among the team of researchers more active against Point-of-Sale (PoS) malware. IntelCrawler The team conducted several investigations in the past and continuously monitor the evolution of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 24, 2015
The drop in the value of the Bitcoin is pushing cyber criminals to rapidly cash-out their ears with ransomware in order to monetize their efforts. The business made by exploiting Ransomware has seen better days, all because the value of Bitcoin is dropping, that means, to avoid losing more money crooks are laundering money. “They( criminals) […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2015
Security experts at Trend Micro have discovered Phasebot malware, which also has fileless infection as part of its routine, is being sold online. Phasebot is a strain of malware characterized by fileless infection that is being sold in the criminal underground. In August 2014, experts at GData discovered Poweliks, a persistent malware able to infect machines without installing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2015
Kaspersky Lab discovered another APT group dubbed CozyDuke which is believed to have hacked the US Department of State and the White House. Experts at Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a new advanced persistent threat (APT) dubbed CozyDuke that targeted several high-profile organizations in the second half of 2014. Kaspersky experts have published an interesting blog post that includes […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 22, 2015
Pushdo botnet continues to infect a large number of users worldwide, mainly in India, Indonesia, Turkey and Vietnam. Security experts at the Fidelis Cybersecurity firm have discovered a new variant of the Pushdo spamming botnet, which infected machines in more than 50 countries worldwide. The botnet is able to send out around 7.7 billion spam […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2015
Operation Pawn Storm allegedly run by hackers backed by the Russian Government still advancing their infrastructure a great deal, the group is believed to using advanced tactics to hit the targets. Trend Micro revealed that the group have introduced all new infrastructure and is “Zeroing in” onto the targets that include NATO (North Atlantic Treaty […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2015
The Interpol has recently announced the creation of its own cryptocurrency with the intent to understand the abuses and fight virtual currency crime. According to Dr. Madan Mohan Oberoi, Director of Cyber Innovation and Outreach in the INTERPOL Global Complex for innovation (IGCI) being set up in Singapore, the Interpol is working to design of a Cryptocurrency. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2015
During a recent investigation the experts at Trustwave encountered a new strain of POS malware dubbed Punkey which presents interesting features. Malware researchers at Trustwave have detected a new point of sale (PoS) malware dubbed Punkey that was used by criminal crews to compromise payment systems of some organisations. The experts discovered Punkey during a law […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2015
FireEye recently detected a new highly targeted attack run by APT28 exploiting two zero-day flaws to compromise an “international government entity”. Security experts at FireEye have recently detected a new cyber espionage campaign, dubbed “Operation RussianDoll,” operated by the Russian APT28 group. This time the hackers run highly targeted attack by exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities to target an “international […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 18, 2015
A new deep web marketplace dubbed TheRealDeal has appeared and it is offering a platform for both sellers and buyers of the zero-day exploits. The anonymity ensured by the Dark Web and black markets it hosts is an element of attractive for cyber criminal and intelligence agencies. Black markets offer a wide range of illegal products and services, despite normal people believes that drugs and […]
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