Pierluigi Paganini
June 05, 2014
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 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 04, 2014
Security experts at Arbor Networks have discovered a new type of PoS malware called Soraya that implements memory scraping and Web forms grabbing. During 2013 security experts have discovered numerous malware targeting point-of-sale systems, BlackPOS, Dexter and vSkymmer are just some example of malicious code detected in the last 12 months. Researchers at Arbor Networks have discovered a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 03, 2014
The DoJ and the FBI announced a multinational effort to disrupt the GameOver Zeus botnet responsible for the theft of millions of dollars worldwide. The U.S. DoJ in collaboration with FBI and foreign law enforcement agencies revealed early this week a joint effort to disrupt Gameover Zeus, one of the most long-lived and dangerous botnet composed by a number […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 31, 2014
Symantec has released a security advisory on the increment of phishing activities for Apple ID login credentials. The Symantec security firm has published an interesting blog post to warn Apple Mobile users on the increment of phishing campaigns to steal Apple ID credentials. Cybercriminals are adopting new techniques to trick users into disclose their personal information […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 29, 2014
Security experts at Kaspersky Lab have discovered a new banking trojan, dubbed Banker.AndroidOS.Basti.a, hidden in a fake WeChat application. Cyber criminals are abusing of the brand WeChat, the popular mobile application designed by Chinese company Tencent, to arrange a malware campaign which hit Chinese users. Experts at Kaspersky Lab have discovered that cybercriminals are using an […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 28, 2014
Cybercriminals have targeted a large number of Apple’s iCloud users with a sophisticated extortion scheme based on ransom request in Australia. The 2013 is considered the year of ransomware, the number of infections related to this kind of threat has reached levels never seen before. Cryptolocker is without doubts the most popular malware of this type, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 27, 2014
CYBERPOL the International Cyber-Security Organization (ICSO) is looking into the ID theft of personalities on social websites online that offers very little, if any protection of your identity being used by third parties. This comes after a fake Ban Ki Moon ID profile was discovered by CYBERPOL on LinkedIn on Sunday past. During the examination, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 26, 2014
US Government was working on taking down Bitcoin, this is the theme of a new spam campaign via Twitter to spread malicious links. Security Experts at Malwarebytes have discovered a malicious scam spreading malicious links via Twitter. The cyber criminals behind the spam campaign are spreading malware through rogue tweets by a number of bogus Twitter accounts, they […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 25, 2014
Experts at Mandiant have corroborated the DOJ’s data by releasing additional evidence not included in the original APT1 report. One of the news most important shared on the internet this week it the one related to the indictment announced by US Department of Justice (DOJ) on five members of PLA Unit 61398. One year ago Mandiant experts deeply analyzed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 24, 2014
Security Experts at Fidelis Cyber Security firm have recently discovered a new phishing campaign using the Unrecom RAT (remote access trojan). Fidelis Cyber Security firm has recently issued the Fidelis Threat Advisory #1013 to detail a phishing campaign using the Unrecom RAT (remote access trojan). Experts at Fidelis during the last two weeks have observed an increase […]
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