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Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2013

Botnet authors use Evernote account as C&C Server

Botnet author are increasing complexity of the malicious code they use and at the same time security firms are adopting more sophisticated detection methods. Between principal concerns of botmaster the need to improve the capabilities of bot agents to operate silently and necessity to masquerade traffic from bots and Command & Control servers. Focusing on this […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2013

Rise of DIY, new botnet and keylogger generating tool in the wild

Not a day goes by that we’re talking about powerful cyber attacks and the sensational cyber espionage campaigns, the dangerous trend is also sustained by the increased offer of tools and services in the underground. Unfortunately the underground market is very dynamic and very difficult to monitor and to aggravate the situation is the leak […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2013

From largest DDoS of ever vs Spamhaus a menace to global internet

The news is circulating and this morning many colleagues called me to have more details on the event … what’s happening to the internet? All seems to be originated from a single DDoS attack against a unique company, but the event has reached unimaginable proportions with implications for the global network, in particular dragging down Internet […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2013

Exclusive -Details on Investigation of Group-IB on new age of POS malware

New age of POS malware – cash points are in the hackers’ interest, major US banks are compromised. UPDATE January 17th, 2014 I desire to reveal the identity of the person that has conducted the analysis on the BlackPos agent, giving me a significant support for the realization of the post. Andrey Komarov, IntelCrawler’s CEO, has arranged […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2013

Android Malware Seeds for Sale

One of the leading computer security companies of Russia, Group-IB and its CERT (CERT-GIB), found that Android malware is available for sale by cybercriminals. With explosion of mobile market and increase of Android users, more devices can be infected by malware downloaded through Android Market or Google Play or from 3d party WEB-sites. “Nowadays it is […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2013

Threat Intelligence Report by Solutionary, rise of cyber attacks

Continues my overview of the main security reports published by leading companies that produce interesting analysis on the analysis of cyber threats, today I desire to introduce the data proposed by Solutionary in the “2013 Global Threat Intelligence Report” (registration is required). The GTIR report provides insight into prevalent cyber threats identified in 2012 thanks […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2013

The offer of Russian underground for phishing campaigns

Russian underground is considered one of the most prolific black market, it provides various services that allow cybercriminals to arrange sophisticated scams and provide all necessary tools to arrange a cyber attack. To get an idea of the main dynamics of a market so organized I suggest you follow the investigations of principal security firms […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2013

My read of WebSense 2013 Threat Report

WebSense has just released 2013 Threat Report, an interesting analysis of cyber threats based on data collected by the Websense ThreatSeeker Network. The study confirmed the growth of cyber threats able to elude traditional defense mechanisms and that mainly targeted mobile platforms and social media. Internet is confirmed as primary vector for cyber menaces, web threats […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2013

Botnet organization, easy and cheap!

In recent weeks I wrote about an interesting article posted on Webroot by security expert Dancho Danchev, a careful observer of cyber criminal activities in the underground. The researcher described a new service offering access to thousands of malware-infected hosts, this time Danchev tried to estimate the cost to arrange a botnet composed of 10,000 […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 01, 2013

Is phishing really going down? No, it is only migrated to mobile

Recent studies of principal security firms revealed that phishing activities in the last years have increased exponentially, cybercrime is targeting every sector from industry to government institutions and of course private citizens. RSA’s October Online Fraud Report 2012 confirmed a large increase in phishing attacks, up 19% over the second half of 2011. The total loss […]

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Botnet authors use Evernote account as C&C Server

Rise of DIY, new botnet and keylogger generating tool in the wild

From largest DDoS of ever vs Spamhaus a menace to global internet

Exclusive -Details on Investigation of Group-IB on new age of POS malware

Android Malware Seeds for Sale

Threat Intelligence Report by Solutionary, rise of cyber attacks

The offer of Russian underground for phishing campaigns

My read of WebSense 2013 Threat Report

Botnet organization, easy and cheap!

Is phishing really going down? No, it is only migrated to mobile

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