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Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2014

A major cyber attack hits Nasdaq systems to destroy US Finance

Russian hackers hit Nasdaq critical systems with with a malware-based attack with the primary intent to sabotage the U.S. financial world. It was October 2010 when the FBI started an investigation on alleged malware-based cyber attacks against on Nasdaq, probably related to the operation of a state-sponsored group of hackers. After more than 12 months in which […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2014

SSL Blacklist a new weapon to fight malware and botnet

A Security Researcher at Abuse.ch has started SSL blacklist project to create an archive of all the digital certificates used for illicit activities. In recent years security experts have discovered many cases in which bad actors have abused of digital certificates for illicit activities, from malware distribution to Internet surveillance. Botmasters are exploiting new techniques to avoid detection by security experts and […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2014

Kronos, the new banking trojan from Russian underground

Experts at Trusteer have recently discovered an adv on the Russian underground market regarding a new financial Trojan dubbed Kronos. Russian underground is probably the most prolific market for sale of banking malware, malicious code like Citadel, Zeus, Gozi have infected millions computers worldwide dominating the malware threat landscape. The huge demand for banking trojan is creating the conditions […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2014

Feds issue advisory on keylogger in hotel business centers

US Secret Service and the NCCIC have alerted hoteliers about a potential presence of keyloggers in the machines provided to guests in hotel business centers. US Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) have issued a non-public security advisory in the hospitality industry to warn on the activities of cyber […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2014

Chinese Executive charged of hacking on Boeing and other defense contractors

Chinese Executive charged of Hacking on Boeing and other defense contractors to steal military data and advanced technologic projects. According to a US criminal complaint, computers of Boeing and other military contractors have been hacked to steal intellectual property and trade secrets on transport aircraft. The initial attacks against Boeing probably occurred between Jan 14th and […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2014

Pitty Tiger – small ATPs scare private companies

Security researchers at AIRBUS have uncovered a new APT, named Pitty Tiger, involved in a cyber espionage campaign which targeted mainly private companies. Security experts at AIRBUS Defence & Space – CyberSecurity unit have recently disclosed the results of their investigation on a new APT dubbed Pitty Tiger involved in a cyber espionage campaign which targeted mainly private companies. Also in […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2014

NightHunter extensive data theft campaign has been active since 2009

Experts from Cyphort Labs have discovered an extensive data theft campaign named Nighthunter that has been active since 2009 stealing victim’s credentials. Security experts at Cyphort firm have recently uncovered a five-year-old attack campaign dubbed NightHunter arranged to steal user credentials for Dropbox, Facebook, and other web services. The malicious campaign is cross sector, every industry […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2014

GameOver Zeus Reloaded – a new improved version in the wild

Experts from Malcovery Security have discovered that the Gameover Zeus botnet is reborn, a new improved version has emerged from the underground. A few weeks ago we have praised a multinational effort for the takeover of the Gameover Zeus botnet, one of the most long-lived and dangerous malicious infrastructure composed by a number of compromised computers ranging from 500,000 […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2014

Source code of Tinba banking malware leaked

Security Experts at Danish CSIS Security Group have discovered that source code of Tinba banking trojan was published on an underground forum. The source code for Tinba banking trojan, aka Tinybanker, has been leaked in the cybercrime ecosystem, the malware is recognized as the smallest banking malicious code in the wild and it is available on an underground forum. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2014

The Internet of Things and Cybercrime – what risks?

Analysis of the compliance measures to be put in place in order to face data protection issues affecting the Internet of Things. The Internet of Things is expected to lead to 50 billion connected devices by 2020 collecting and exchanging personal data about their users, their lives, their preferences and tastes. This will lead not […]

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A major cyber attack hits Nasdaq systems to destroy US Finance

SSL Blacklist a new weapon to fight malware and botnet

Kronos, the new banking trojan from Russian underground

Feds issue advisory on keylogger in hotel business centers

Chinese Executive charged of hacking on Boeing and other defense contractors

Pitty Tiger – small ATPs scare private companies

NightHunter extensive data theft campaign has been active since 2009

GameOver Zeus Reloaded – a new improved version in the wild

Source code of Tinba banking malware leaked

The Internet of Things and Cybercrime – what risks?

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