Pierluigi Paganini
February 16, 2015
Law enforcement investigating on terrorism and speculate that terrorists including ISIS members already use Bitcoin and other virtual currencies. The ISIS continues to threaten the world, the group is growing in popularity and its operations are increasingly bloody. ISIS has an efficient organizational capability, its strategy of terror is allowing to broaden its reach, and news of the last […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 16, 2015
Gemalto has issued the 2014 Breach Level Index based on data gathered from publicly-available information about data breaches throughout the world. A new research published by Gemalto security firms reveals that more than 1 billion data records were stolen in more than 1,500 different data breaches last year. The company highlighted the significant increase in both corporate breaches and data […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 15, 2015
Kaspersky discovered that a multinational gang of hackers dubbed Carbanak cybergang has stolen at least $300 million from 100 financial institutions. A group of cybercriminals used a malware to steal at least $300 million from banks and other financial institutions worldwide, according to a report published Saturday by The New York Times. The hackers have named […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 15, 2015
Experts at Check Point security firm analyzed the recent data breach suffered by Anthem, the nationâs second-largest health insurer. The attack on Anthem, the second-largest health insurer in the U.S., which exposed identifiable personal data of tens of millions of people, was probably not a smash-and-grab raid but instead a sustained, low-key siphoning information over […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 14, 2015
A Group of hackers has stolen money from Standard Chartered Bank Accounts by hacking the ATMs of the organization in Pakistan. Recently Pakistan customers of the Standard Chartered Bank have received transaction alerts via email and SMS that alerted them about alleged withdrawals of Rs.50, 000 ($500) cash from their bank accounts. The problem is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 12, 2015
Which is the cost of personal data in the criminal underground? How cyber criminals steal personal data? Which is the cashout process? What is the underground economy? Put simply, the underground economy is a collection of forums, chat rooms and custom-made websites that are all designed to facilitate, streamline and industrialize cybercrime. Itâs within these […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 12, 2015
Security experts at Invincea and iSIGHT Partners uncovered a hacking campaign that used two distinct zero-day flaws to compromise Forbes.com website. Security experts at Invincea and iSIGHT Partners in a joint investigation tried to profile a Chinese APT group that used two distinct zero-day flaws to compromise Forbes.com website. The intent of the group was to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 12, 2015
In recent months Brazilian criminal crews have started using DNS poisoning technique to target Brazilian Boletos. Security experts at RSA reported that DNS poisoning attacks are being used by cybercriminals to target Brazilian Boletos. What is Boleto? People in Brazil use popular payment method known as âBoletoâ to purchase services and products by using vouchers instead […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 11, 2015
The Netherlands’ ANP news agency revealed that the outage of Dutch Government websites, lasted for most of Tuesday, was caused by a major cyber attack. According to the Netherlands’ ANP news agency, the outage that brought down several Dutch Government websites for most of Tuesday was caused by a major cyber attack. The outage began […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 11, 2015
Researchers from Trend Micro discovered that unknown hackers have compromised  Gas Pump Monitoring Systems in the US … it’s security emergency. Researchers at Trend Micro and many other security firms have observed a significant increase in the number of cyber attacks against systems in oil and energy industries. Another worrying trend observed by the experts is […]
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