Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini October 03, 2014
FBI identified hackers which stolen intellectual property of Xbox One

A group of hackers was identified by the FBI while trying to sale a mockup of the XBox One for $5,000. A group of men was accused of running a hacking campaign that lasted at least three years and which hit the gaming industry to steal intellectual properties. Dylan Wheeler, 19, of Perth said in an interview […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2014
Ello Social Network knocked down by a cyber attack

Ello, the new social network which is considered the anti-Facebook, was knocked down on Sunday by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. In these days, many articles reported the born of Ello, a new social network considered as a possible antagonist of the giant Facebook. Ello creator considers it as a “tool for empowerment” […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2014
FBI opens its Malware Investigator portal to the private industry

The FBI Operational Technology Division which is responsible for malware analysis opens its Malware Investigator portal to the private industry. The FBI has opened its Malware Investigator portal to industry in order to information sharing on this type of cyber threat and to improve incident response in case  of attacks against. The FBI hopes to speed […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 30, 2014
Europol issued 2014 iOCTA report on evolution of cybercrime

The Europol issued 2014 Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (iOCTA) report to provide details about on-going developments in the cyber criminal ecosystem. The Europol European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) has issued the 2014 Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (iOCTA) which describes the evolution of cybercrime an the models of sales adopted in the criminal ecosystem. This ‘Crime-as-a-Service‘ business […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 29, 2014
iFrame-based redirection attacks used to monitor Chinese organizations

Security Experts at FireEye discovered a new malicious campaign which is targeting Chinese organizations with iFrame traffic redirection to serve RAT. Security experts at FireEye observed a new malicious campaign that is targeting non-profit organizations and non-governmental organizations by compromising legitimate website. The threat actors use to compromise legitimate websites to host iframes used to hijack visitors […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2014
The Fappening 3, other nude celebrity photos leaked

A new collection of photos belonging to the Fappening archives have been leaked online, it includes nudes of Jennifer Lawrence and other celebrities. The Fappening is now in its third episode and the celebrities are naked again. The Fappening seems to be never ending story, a new archive of nude celebrity photos has been leaked online. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2014
Spike botnet runs DDoS attacks from IoT devices

Experts at Akamai spotted a new malware kit named Spike which is used by bad actors to run DDoS attacks through desktops and Internet of Things devices. According to Akamai’s Prolexic Security Engineering & Response Team (PLXsert) a new malware kit dubbed Spike was used by bad actors to run DDoS attacks through routers, smart thermostats, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2014
Hackers target Bash Bug vulnerability in the wild

The critical vulnerability Bash Bug in common GNU shell could be exploited by botmaster to infect a huge number of machines on a large scale. The recently discovered Bash Bug vulnerability, coded as CVE-2014-6271 and known also as “Shellshock,” is worrying the security community due to its impact on a large-scale. The remotely exploitable critical flaw affects Linux, Unix and […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2014
AutoIT Malware infected thousands of computers worldwide

A Greek security researcher discovered a strain of malware which is a combination of AutoIT software and a commercial Keylogger named Limitless Keylogger. A few days ago security a database containing 5 million alleged Google login and password has been leaked online on a Russian cyber security internet forum. Google immediately started its investigation and discovered that huge archive […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2014
Jimmy John’s has confirmed breach of POS systems at 216 stores

In a statement issued by Jimmy John’s the company confirmed a data breach to its point-of-sale systems at 216 locations in the US. The US sandwich chain Jimmy John’s has confirmed a breach at its 216 stores. The news was reported by the KrebsonOnSecurity a few weeks after that Brian Krebs announced investigation on breach claims. Jimmy John’s company […]