Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini August 27, 2014
An automated DDoS reflection attack tool used in the wild

A group of hackers dubbed DERP has created a super tool to coordinate multi protocol DDoS reflection attacks as explained by Melbourne-based Micron21 firm. For the first time ever a hacking group coordinated a range of different DDoS reflection attacks against a data center of the firm Melbourne-based Micron21, the attack occurred on August 2nd. The experts […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2014
Compromised data of 27 million people South Korea. 70 percent of the population suffered a data breach.

Authorities confirmed that 27 million individuals in South Korea suffered a data breach, nearly 70 percent of  the population aged between 15 and 65 was hit. A new massive data breach hit more that 27 million people in South Korea, according to the authorities stolen data comes from the gaming industry. It isn’t the first time that […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 25, 2014
FBI warns healthcare industry on possible cyber attacks

FBI is warning businesses operating in the healthcare industry on possible cyber attacks. The FBI is alerting the healthcare industry companies on potential cyber attacks, the law enforcement are warning companies after the attack on U.S. hospital group Community Health Systems Inc that caused the theft of millions of patient records. “The FBI has observed malicious actors targeting healthcare related systems, […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 25, 2014
Sony PlayStation network brought down by a DDoS attack and President’s Plane diverted

The PlayStation Network and Sony Entertainment Network have been hit by a major DDoS Attack, hackers also claimed to have diverted SOE President’s Plane. A large scale DDoS attack is currently targeting the PlayStation Network which is experiencing mass outages for North American users. “Like other major networks around the world, the PlayStation Network and Sony […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2014
Hackers have stolen credit card data from 51 UPS stores in the US

Hackers have compromised with a malware the system at 51 UPS Stores across the United States, customers’ credit card data may have been exposed. UPS is the last clamorous victim of a gang of cybercriminals from Eastern Europe, the bad actors behind the cyber attack has compromised 51 UPS Stores across the United States. The investigators […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2014
Nuclear Regulatory Commission hit by foreign hackers

Nuclear Regulatory Commission systems were hacked three times in the last three years. According to investigators the bad actors are foreign hackers. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has been hit by cyber attacks three times during the past three years, bad actors behind the offensives have conducted spear phishing attacks to compromise the internal network […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2014
New malware based attacks hit opponents in Syria and all over the world

Security Experts at Kaspersky Global Research & Analysis Team have discovered several malware based attacks targeting opponents of the Regime in Syria. Malware is the most diffused cyber threat used by governments to track opponents and foreign governments, in the past security experts have already detected malicious codes targeting individuals oppose to the regime of Bashar al […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2014
Kaspersky revealed that Stuxnet Exploits is still used worldwide

Experts at Kaspersky discovered that Stuxnet exploits targeting a Windows Shell Vulnerability is still largely used in cyber attacks. Stuxnet has changed the history of malware development, it is considered the fist cyber weapon used by a government in an act of Information Warfare. As remarked by most popular security experts, the militarization of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2014
Grocery giants ALBERTSONS and SUPERVALU confirmed data breach

US Grocery giants ALBERTSONS and SUPERVALU have confirmed a data breach that could impact customers who acquired product in national stores. The Grocery giants Albertsons and SUPERVALU posted on Thursday a data breach notification related to an Incident Involving Payment Card Data Processing. Albertsons is the second largest grocery store chain in the US, meanwhile SUPERVALU is […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2014
Replica of the Tor website used to serve malware

A security researcher discovered the Torbundlebrowser.org,web site that is a replica of Tor Project site, but it is used to serve a malware. The increasing popularity of Tor network is attracting cyber criminals, recently the French security researcher Florent Daigniere discovered a website (torbundlebrowser.org) that is the replica of the original Tor Network but a […]