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Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2015

APWG Global Phishing Survey – Registered malicious domains increased in H2 2014

The APWG Global Phishing Survey 2H2014 seeks to understand what the phishers are doing, and how, by quantifying the scope of the global phishing problem. The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has published the “Global Phishing Survey 2H2014“, a report that comes with some interesting numbers on phishing activities. The Global Phishing Survey 2H2014 report states […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2015

Compromised SSH keys used to access popular GitHub repositories

Security experts Ben Cox explained that the official Github repositories of the UK Government, Spotify, and Python were accessed using compromised SSH keys. Ben Cox, engineer at CloudFlare revealed that the official Github repositories of the UK Government, Spotify, and Python were accessed by using legitimate SSH keys. It seems that the keys were compromised […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 02, 2015

NjRat campaign coming from Saudi Arabia is using old FakeAv tactics

Security experts discovered a new njRat campaign using old tactics, making use of compromised websites as a third layer, communication proxy. A recent post published on http://blog.0x3a.com/ it was described a new njRat campaign using old tactics, making use of compromised websites as a third layer, communication proxy. Using FakeAV tactics was in vogue some years […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2015

Google blocks Chrome extensions out of the official Store

The use of malicious Chrome extensions in the criminal ecosystem, so Google decided to restrict the use of extensions not available on the Chrome Web Store. The use of malicious Chrome extensions in the criminal ecosystem, so Google decided to restrict the use of extensions not available on the Chrome Web Store. With new policies […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2015

US financial industry moves under a rising wave of Cyberattacks and Zero-Day threats on I.R.S Tax Returns

US financial industry is under persistent attacks, the number of incidents that compromised confidentiality, integrity and availability of data are increasing. Financial industry in US maintains symptoms of persistent cyber-attacks among surprising cyber incidents and large-scale data breaches that compromised confidentiality, integrity and availability of user’s information. Several advanced hacking methods and the exploitation of zero-day flaws […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 31, 2015

Popular Kim Dotcom’s domains, seized by the FBI, now in the hands of crooks

Two of the most popular domains of ever, that were seized by the FBI from Kim Dotcom three years ago, are now used for illegal activities. Former FBI web domains were used by crooks to serve porn or spread adware. Some of the sites that were abused by cyber criminals belong to a lot of domains that […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 31, 2015

Security Affairs newsletter Round 11 – Best of the week from best sources

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. The Phantom Menace, who targeted the oil tankers? Hi-tech car thieves use £30 jamming devices in car parks Researcher who exploits bug in Starbucks gift cards gets rebuke, not […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2015

Locker Ransomware Author Allegedly Releases Database Dump of Private Keys

Allegedly, the author of the “Locker” ransomware has uploaded a dump of the C2 server database, releasing private keys of infected hosts to the public. Allegedly, the author of the “Locker” ransomware has uploaded a dump of the C2 server database, releasing private keys of infected hosts worldwide to the public. The “author” claims that […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2015

The recently Patched Flash flaw exploited by Angler EK to serve malware

The authors of the popular Angler exploit kit integrated an exploit for a Flash Player flaw fixed by Adobe just a couple of weeks ago. The creators of the popular Angler exploit KIT are known for being quick in integrating and exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities, this time they added an exploit related with the Flash player, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 27, 2015

IRS breached, hackers access data of more 100,000 taxpayers

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was breached by hackers that “used an online service provided by the agency” to access data for more than 100,000 taxpayers. According to the Associated Press, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) suffered a data breach, hackers “used an online service provided by the agency” to access data for more than 100,000 taxpayers. The […]

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APWG Global Phishing Survey – Registered malicious domains increased in H2 2014

Compromised SSH keys used to access popular GitHub repositories

NjRat campaign coming from Saudi Arabia is using old FakeAv tactics

Google blocks Chrome extensions out of the official Store

US financial industry moves under a rising wave of Cyberattacks and Zero-Day threats on I.R.S Tax Returns

Popular Kim Dotcom’s domains, seized by the FBI, now in the hands of crooks

Security Affairs newsletter Round 11 – Best of the week from best sources

Locker Ransomware Author Allegedly Releases Database Dump of Private Keys

The recently Patched Flash flaw exploited by Angler EK to serve malware

IRS breached, hackers access data of more 100,000 taxpayers

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