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Pierluigi Paganini May 05, 2015

Law enforcement warns of Nepal Earthquake Scams

FBI and security researchers have uncovered fraudulent activity pertaining to relief efforts associated with the tragic Nepal earthquake. Cyber criminals have no scruples, they are always ready to exploit any tragedy to maximize their profits exploiting the interest of people in disastrous events. The last tragedy in order of time is the earthquake that hit […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2015

Australian 19 year-old who hacked Microsoft and US Army is fugitive

An Australian teenager who hacked Microsoft, Valve and the US Army has left the Australia. The Interpol is searching for him in Europe. An Australian teenager, who had allegedly hacked into Microsoft and the US Army websites left Australia to escape the capture. The Australian authorities have informed the Interpol, which is involved in the research […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 03, 2015

Trustwave discovered the first political malvertising campaign

Experts at Trustwave observed a group of cyber criminals helping spread pro-Russia propaganda by inflating video views with a malvertising campaign. Security experts at Trustwave have discovered a botnet, originally designed for malvertising purpose, used redirect unaware users to view some pro-Russian videos on the website DailyMotion. The event is very interesting due to the political motivation […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2015

Thousands Linux and FreeBSD servers infected with Mumblehard spamming malware

The sophisticated Mumblehard spamming malware infects thousands of Linux and FreeBSD servers going under the radar for at least five years. In the last seven months, several thousand Linux and FreeBSD machines have been infected with a sophisticated malware dubbed Mumblehard. The infected machines were part of a botnet used, in the last five years, to […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2015

Why hackers target background investigation databases

Foreign hackers are targeting background investigation databases to blackmail US government personnel or to try to bribe them. It is not a mystery that Chinese hackers continuously target US companies and government offices, the attackers usually backed by the Government of Bejing mainly run cyber espionage campaigns to steal intellectual property and any kind of information related to person […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 30, 2015

Unknown hackers have stolen €4.6m from Ryanair bank accounts

The Dublin’s Criminal Assets Bureau discovered that unknown hackers have stolen €4.6m from Ryanair bank accounts transferring them to a Chinese bank. Airline company Ryanair suffered a cyber attack that allowed hackers to steal millions of dollars from its business bank account. According to reports, the hackers have stolen €4.6 million (US $5 million), investigators discovered that the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 30, 2015

Canadian Woman arrested for Spying through webcams

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has arrested a Canadian woman accused of remotely taking over victims’ PCs and spying on them using webcams. Canadian Federal police has arrested a woman last week that was accused to have hacked several computers to take over their webcams. The suspect is a 27-year-old woman that is the allegedly administrator […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 28, 2015

Europol, Italian Police & FBI dismantled a cyber criminal gang

Italian police with the support of the Europol and the FBI arrested 10 members of a criminal gang that targeted many individuals and firms across the Europe. Italian law enforcement Guardia di Finanza with the support of the Europol and the FBI arrested ten members of a criminal organization operating in Italy and involved in Internet scams. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 28, 2015

Booby trapped! Malvertising campaign hit Adult Site xHamster

A New malvertising campaign hit adult website xHamster by abusing ad provider TrafficHaus and exploiting the Google’s URL shortener service. Malversting campaigns are becoming a serious problem for web users, cyber criminals are exploiting this practice to infect wide audience of users that visit most popular websites. In January security experts at Cyphort firm discovered a […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 28, 2015

Romanian law enforcement dismantled a cyber criminal gang that has stolen over $15 million from banks

Romanian law enforcement dismantled a cyber criminal gang operating worldwide that has stolen over $15 million from banks and financial institutions. Romanian law enforcement has discovered and arrested 25 people who are suspected of being members of an international criminal crew who was specialized in banking hacking and cloning of payment cards. According to the Romanian […]

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Law enforcement warns of Nepal Earthquake Scams

Australian 19 year-old who hacked Microsoft and US Army is fugitive

Trustwave discovered the first political malvertising campaign

Thousands Linux and FreeBSD servers infected with Mumblehard spamming malware

Why hackers target background investigation databases

Unknown hackers have stolen €4.6m from Ryanair bank accounts

Canadian Woman arrested for Spying through webcams

Europol, Italian Police & FBI dismantled a cyber criminal gang

Booby trapped! Malvertising campaign hit Adult Site xHamster

Romanian law enforcement dismantled a cyber criminal gang that has stolen over $15 million from banks

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