Pierluigi Paganini
March 13, 2016
Experts at Trustwave observed a new massive spam campaign that was sending a JavaScript attachment that downloads Locky ransomware. Ransomware continues to be among most insidious threats in this first part of the year, security researcher have recently observed a spike in the number of Locky ransomware infections. The experts from Trustwave security firm highlighted the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 10, 2016
Kaspersky Lab recently spotted a new Android malware dubbed Triads Trojan, which they say is the most advanced mobile malware seen to date. Malware researchers at Kaspersky Lab have discovered a new strain of malware, dubbed Triada (Backdoor.AndroidOS.Triada), targeting Android devices, which they consider the most advanced mobile threat seen to date. The range of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2016
Coder in the Brazilian Cyber Criminal underground are Pioneering Cross-platform malware relying on Java archive (JAR) Files. Recently security experts at PaloAlto Networks uncovered a new family of ransomware dubbed KeRanger that targets Mac OS X users, a circumstance that demonstrates that every OS is potentially at risk. Now researchers at Kaspersky Lab have discovered new families […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 07, 2016
Over the weekend Apple customers who were looking for the latest version of Transmission were infected by KeRanger MAC OS X ransomware. Bad news for Apple customers, their systems were targeted for the first time over the weekend by a ransomware campaign. The experts at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 who discovered the malicious campaign reported that Apple […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 06, 2016
ProofPoint uncovered a new cyber espionage campaign dubbed Operation Transparent Tribe targeting Indian diplomatic and military entities. A new cyber espionage campaign dubbed Operation Transparent Tribe is targeting diplomats and military personnel in India. The researchers at Proofpoint who have uncovered the hacking campaign confirmed that threat actors used a number of hacking techniques to hit the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 02, 2016
The DarkHotel APT group is back and it is targeting executives at telecommunications companies in China and North Korea. According to threat intelligence start-up ThreatBook, the DarkHotel APT group is targeting executives at telecommunications companies in China and North Korea. The Darkhotel espionage campaign was first uncovered by security experts at Kaspersky Lab in November 2014. The experts […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2016
A new OS X sample of the Hacking Team RCS has been detected in the wild, who is managing it? Is the HackingTeam back? A group of malware researchers has discovered a new strain of Mac malware undetected my most security firm, but more  intriguing is the speculation that the malicious code may have been […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 29, 2016
The threat actors behind the FighterPOS PoS malware have added worm capabilities to their malicious code that is now targeting systems in the United States. PoS malware represents a serious threat to several industries, from retail to the hotel industry. During the last twelve months, security experts have discovered a significant number of payment card frauds involving […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 28, 2016
The German Interior Ministry has approved the use of a federal Trojan developed by the German Federal Criminal Police. The German Interior Ministry has approved the use a spyware developed by the German Federal Criminal Police, aka the ‘federal Trojan’ or Bundestrojaner, for the investigative purpose. “Soon the state could re-enter the computer of suspicious […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 27, 2016
New ransomware infections hit Germany hospitals, at least two structures were infected by the dreaded malware. New ransomware infections hit hospitals in Germany, at least two of them were infected by the dreaded malware. According to local reports, the systems at two German hospitals were infected by a ransomware, in a similar way occurred recently at the US Hollywood […]
