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Pierluigi Paganini April 23, 2015

Phasebot, the fileless malware sold in the underground

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

The CozyDuke, the last Russian APT group

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 spamming botnet still active in the wild

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 on Continued Marathon, Attacking Targets Now with Advance Infrastructure

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 designs its own virtual currency scheme, for crime prevention

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

Punkey, a new POS Malware in the criminal ecosystem

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

APT28 Russian hackers exploited two zero-day flaws in the wild

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

TheRealDeal black Marketplace Offers Zero-Day Exploits

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2015

Wikileaks released documents from Sony hack, the company condemned it

WikiLeaks on Thursday published a searchable database of more than 30,000 documents that were obtained by hackers in the cyber attack on Sony Pictures. WikiLeaks organization has leaked online a collection of documents stolen in the Sony Pictures data breach, more than 30,000 files showing the inner workings of a “secretive” firm. WikiLeaks published the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2015

MS15-034 flaw leaves over 70 million sites vulnerable to cyber attacks

Security experts worldwide have discovered that threat actors are exploiting the Microsoft Zero-Day vulnerability MS15-034 in cyber attacks. Security researchers at SANS Internet Storm Center revealed that the critical remote code execution vulnerability MS15-034 affecting the Windows HTTP protocol stack is being actively exploited in the wild. The experts explained that the MS15-034 flaw affects […]

Cyber Crime

Phasebot, the fileless malware sold in the underground

The CozyDuke, the last Russian APT group

Pushdo spamming botnet still active in the wild

Operation Pawn Storm on Continued Marathon, Attacking Targets Now with Advance Infrastructure

The Interpol designs its own virtual currency scheme, for crime prevention

Punkey, a new POS Malware in the criminal ecosystem

APT28 Russian hackers exploited two zero-day flaws in the wild

TheRealDeal black Marketplace Offers Zero-Day Exploits

Wikileaks released documents from Sony hack, the company condemned it

MS15-034 flaw leaves over 70 million sites vulnerable to cyber attacks

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