Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2015
Security expert Brian Krebs and a research team discovered that the Lizard Stresser DDoS tool relies on compromised Home Routers. Over the holidays the Lizard Squad team knocked out the networks of Sony PSN and Microsoft Xbox live service using a tool they have designed to run DDoS attacks. The tool is dubbed Lizard Stresser and according to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2015
Researchers at Cisco’s Talos group published an analysis of a new variant of Cryptowall ransomware that implements new features. CryptoWall ransomware is one of the most popular malware used in the cybercriminal ecosystem for extortions. Ransomware is a specific family of malicious code that lock victims’ resources and demands a ransom to unlock them. CryptoWall is considered […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 09, 2015
The Banque Cantonale de Geneve announced that Rex Mundi hackers had stolen the personal data of thousands of its clients and that it was being blackmailed. The Banque Cantonale de Geneve revealed that a criminal crew has tried to blackmail the financial institution, according a first report on the incident the data breach affected said several thousand […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 09, 2015
Security experts at Avast have analyzed a new strain of DDoS trojan targeting Linux operating system dubbed XOR.DDoS which embeds a RootKit component. Security experts at Avast have identified a new strain of Linux DDoS Trojan with a built-in rootkit. Researchers suspect that a threat actor is recruiting a large number bots that could be […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 08, 2015
The director of the FBI has provided further details of the cyber attack on Sony Pictures, which claim that North Korea was responsible. The unique certainty on the cyber attack on the Sony Pictures is the name of the hacking team that has managed the offensive, the Guardians of Peace (GOP). The FBI linked the GoP […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 08, 2015
The popular copy and paste website Pastebin has been leveraged by hackers to serve a backdoor to millions of users by exploiting flaws in a WordPress plugin. Malware authors have demonstrated a great inventiveness using any kind of platform and technique to control their malicious code. Security experts have detected botnet controlled via Gmail drafts, Evernote or […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 08, 2015
Security experts at Microsoft detected a new variant in the Win32/Emotet family which is targeting German users with a new spam email campaign. Researchers from Microsoft have uncovered a new criminal campaign is targeting German users with a new variant of a sophisticated banking malware, Trojan:Win32/Emotet.C. The attackers are running Spam email campaign in Germany to serve a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 08, 2015
Hackers hit ATM systems forcing them to dispense the cash stored in their money cases relying on certain commands sent through a smartphone. Cybercriminals can hack ATM systems and force it to dispense the cash using a smartphone, in the specific case a Samsung Galaxy 4 phone. The model of smartphone is not important, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 07, 2015
Security company Cyphort has discovered a malvertising campaign that targeted several websites via AOL Ad-Network, including the Huffington Post. Security experts at Cyphort firm discovered a new malvertising campaign that hit numerous websites, including the Huffington Post and LA Weekly. The attackers exploited the AOL ad network to run the malicious campaign, Cyphort detected the attacks for the first […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 06, 2015
The UK-based Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp has temporarily suspended its service in the wake of a major cyber attack against company online systems. The UK-based Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp has temporarily suspended its service in wake of compromise. Bitstamp announced that its systems suffered a major cyber attack, which lead to the theft of “less than 19,000 BTC”. “We have […]
