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Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2015

BackStab Malware steals iOS and BlackBerry Backups

Security experts at Palo Alto Networks have uncovered a new strain of malware dubbed BackStab that steals local mobile data backups. Security experts at Palo Alto Networks have uncovered a new strain of malware dubbed BackStab that steals local mobile data backups and transfer it to the C&C server. The malware is not able to […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 05, 2015

Rekoobe a new malware targeting Linux users

Experts at Russian anti-virus firm Dr.Web discovered Rekoobe, a new malware that is targeting Linux systems. Rekoobe is a new malware that is targeting Linux systems, the discovery was made by experts at Russian anti-virus firm Dr.Web. Dr.Web discovered the Rekoobe Trojan in October, then its experts analyzed the threat in the following two months. The Rekoobe Trojan was initially developed […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2015

Ponmocup, never underestimate a botnet that infected 15 million PCs

Ponmocup is one of the oldest botnet that infected more than 15 million machines across the years, but many experts still ignore it. Ponmocup is one of the largest and oldest botnets in circulation, but many security experts still ignore it. According to the experts at Fox IT, the botnet is underestimated and infected across the years […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 03, 2015

Operation Black Atlas, PoS malware is flooding network worldwide

Trend Micro uncovered a large-scale operation dubbed Black Atlas operation, in reference to notorious BlackPOS PoS malware. It’s Christmas time also for crooks, in this period the number of credit card breaches and scams increases with alarming punctuality. In the US, we use to assist an increase of credit card breaches involving PoS malware, last victims in […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 01, 2015

Pro PoS, a new PoS malware available for sale in the underground

A new strain of PoS malware dubbed Pro PoS Solution is available for sale in the underground forums. It’s Christmas also for criminals who have found a new gift under the Christmas tree, a new powerful strain of PoS malware. According to the threat intelligence firm InfoArmor, the new PoS malware dubbed Pro PoS is available […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 30, 2015

Terror alert spam detected by Symantec in the wild

Cybercriminals impersonate law enforcement officials in Dubai, Bahrain, Turkey, and Canada to send terror alert spam and serve RATs. No Doubts, cyber criminals are jackals always ready to exploit any event in the headlines, even the most dramatic incidents. We have assisted in the past many cases in which crooks exploited the media attention on news […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 27, 2015

Crooks use the Nuclear Exploit Kit to serve CryptoWall 4.0

The popular Nuclear Exploit Kit has been used for the first time to serve the ransomware CryptoWall 4.0. The Nuclear exploit kit is one of the privileged weapon in the arsenal of cyber criminal groups, now the popular crimeware kit has been used to serve the ransomware CryptoWall 4.0. In the past, criminal crews used the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 25, 2015

GlassRAT, the threat that remained stealth for years

A new RAT dubbed GlassRAT was discovered by RSA, it targets mainly Chinese citizens working in multinational companies in and outside China. According to the experts at RSA a remote access Trojan (RAT) dubbed GlassRAT managed to avoid detection by most antivirus software for several years. The researchers explained that GlassRAT was used by threat actors in highly targeted attacks, the threat […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 24, 2015

ModPos, the most complex POS malware ever seen

ModPOS is new POS malware discovered in systems of US retailers after the rush of Thanksgiving and experts speculate it is the most complex POS malware ever seen. A new POS malware was discovered in US retailers, after the rush of Thanksgiving, and it looks like millions of US bank cards were affected. The new […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 24, 2015

Dell puts users at risk with dangerous eDellRoot root certificate

Dell is in the headlines for shipping PCs with a pre-installed trusted root certificate dubbed eDellRoot that opens users to a number of cyber attacks. Dell is in the headlines for shipping PCs with a pre-installed trusted root certificate that opens users to a number of cyber attacks. Hackers could exploit it to compromise the […]

Malware

BackStab Malware steals iOS and BlackBerry Backups

Rekoobe a new malware targeting Linux users

Ponmocup, never underestimate a botnet that infected 15 million PCs

Operation Black Atlas, PoS malware is flooding network worldwide

Pro PoS, a new PoS malware available for sale in the underground

Terror alert spam detected by Symantec in the wild

Crooks use the Nuclear Exploit Kit to serve CryptoWall 4.0

GlassRAT, the threat that remained stealth for years

ModPos, the most complex POS malware ever seen

Dell puts users at risk with dangerous eDellRoot root certificate

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