Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2014
AT&T suffered a data breach,users urge to change passcode

The American multinational giant AT&T confirmed to have suffered a data breach last April, personal data of an unknown number of users was exposed. The American multinational telecommunications corporation AT&T confirmed to have suffered a data breach last April, personal information of an unknown number of users was accessed by employees of one of its contractor. AT&T […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2014
Dyreza banking Trojan uses browser hooking to defeat SSL

Security experts at CSIS in Denmark have discovered a new piece of banking malware, dubbed Dyreza, which implements browser hooking to defeat SSL. Dyreza is the name of a new banking Trojan which is targeting numerous financial institutions, including Bank of America, Citibank, Natwest, RBS and Ulsterbank. Dyreza captured the attention of security researchers due the technique it […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2014
Fake Versions of World Cup 2014 Apps targeting Android users

Security Experts at Trend Micro have discovered different World Cup themed malicious application targeting Android mobile devices. The World Cup 2014 is an excellent occasion for cyber criminals to trick users with social engineering techniques into downloading any kind of malicious content. Of course mobile users are a privileged target for cyber criminals, different World Cup-themed […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 14, 2014
BKDR_VAWTRAK malware uses Windows feature to defend itself

The malware specialists at Trend Micro noticed that malicious agent BKDR_VAWTRAK is abusing a Windows feature SRP to prevent victims’ defense systems. Experts at Trend Micro have discovered that Japanese Internet users are being infected by a trojan, dubbed BKDR_VAWTRAK, which uses Windows to try to defeat security software on infected machines. Like many other […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 13, 2014
Zeus malware is hard to eradicate, the criminal ecosystem continues to innovate it

Prolexic security and engineering response team has issued a study on the possible uses of Zeus malware, remarking that its success is the versatility. Zeus malware never dies, it seems the title of a film, but the reality goes over the fiction, despite the recent success of law enforcement agencies in the takeover of Gameover […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2014
opHackingCup, Anonymous is targeting Brazil WorldCup

As promised the collective Anonymous has started the opHackingCup hacking campaign against the Brazilian Government agencies and many other organizations. The group of Anonymous hacktivists a few hours before the start of the Brazil World Cup have started its hacking campaign against Brazilian Government organizations’ websites and official World Cup website (www.worldcup2014.gov.br), many other organizations are suffering […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2014
Pandemiya is a written-from-scratch trojan being sold in the underground

RSA Security’s FraudAction team released a report on Pandemiya, a new banking Trojan being sold in hacker forums as an alternative to the popular Zeus. RSA Security’s FraudAction team issued a report on Pandemiya, a banking Trojan being proposed in the underground ecosystem as the most effective alternative to the Zeus banking Trojan. Pandemiya Trojan is being sold for as […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2014
McAfee report on the Global Cost of Cybercrime

McAfee firm has published a new study titled The Estimating the Global Cost of Cybercrime which provides an evaluation of costs for illicit activities. McAfee issued a new report estimating the global cost of cybercrime, a lucrative industry that despite partial data could be costing the world economy as much as $575 billion annually. The Estimating the Global Cost […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 08, 2014
FireEye detected Molerats attacks on a large scale based on Xtreme RAT

FireEye Labs recently identified several new Molerats attacks based on Xtreme RAT targeting US financial institutions and European government organizations. FireEye experts between 29 April and 27 May have identified several new Molerats attacks targeting organizations across the globe. European government organizations, at least one U.S. financial institution and other private entities were hit by cyber […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2014
TROJ_POSHCODER A ransomware uses Windows PowerShell features

Malware analysts at Trendmicro have discovered a new Ransomware malware using feature of Windows PowerShell which targeted English language users. Ransomware is one of the cyber threats that has created major problems last year, with increasing frequency cyber criminals gangs have opted for an extortion scheme to immediately monetize their efforts. Security expert have observed a surge […]