Malware

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2014
The millionaire business behind the use of Limitless and Predator Pain Keylogger/RATs in the criminal ecosystems

Trend Micro issued a research paper on operations behind Predator Pain and Limitless keyloggers, both of which are easily obtainable from underground. Cybercriminals ordinary use malicious code to steal money from victims, the number of malware available in the criminal ecosystem is continuously growing, their level of sophistication and cost are extremely variable. Thinking of banking […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2014
WireLurker malware is threatening Apple mobile devices

Security Experts at Palo Alto Networks have discovered a new variant of malware dubbed WireLurker that is infecting Apple mobile devices. A new strain of malware dubbed WireLurker  is threatening Apple users, the malicious code is able to infect Apple iPhone and iPad syphoning user’data. The malware was discovered for the first time by experts […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2014
ROM is the new improved strain of the Backoff PoS Malware

Security experts at Fortinet detected a new variant of Backoff malicious code dubbed ROM, which is an improved version of the popular POS malware. A new strain of the Backoff point of sale malware has been detected in the wild by security experts at Fortinet, the new variant dubbed ROM (W32/Backoff.B!tr.spy) appears more fine-tuned. Like Backoff, ROM […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2014
Bad actors are using Gmail Drafts to control their bots

Security company Shape Security discovered a new strain of malware which is exploiting Gmail service as a communication channel with control server. Security experts at Shape Security announced to have found a new strain of malware that implements a smart technique to communicate with command and control servers, the commands are hidden in unassuming Gmail drafts that are never even […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 29, 2014
Sony Xperia Smartphones send user data in China

Security experts have discovered that Sony Xperia Smartphones secretly send user Data to servers in China due to the presence of the Baidu spyware. Sony Xperia Devices secretly send user data to servers in China, this is the last news that is shocking the mobile industry and that was published on several forums. The problem relates to Sony […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2014
Backoff infections rise up to 57 percent increase in Q3

Security firm Damballa issued the ‘State of Infections Report Q3 2014’ that highlights a 57% increase in infections of the notorious Backoff POS malware. Security experts at Damballa security firm detected a 57% increase in infections of the popular Backoff malware in the third quarter, the number of infections was jumped high from August to September and […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2014
Koler Android Ransomware spread itself via SMS messages

The security firm AdaptiveMobile has discovered a new variant of Koler ransomware is capable of self-replication via SMS messages. A new strain of the Koler Android ransomware is threatening the mobile industry, the new variant spreads itself via SMSs and holds the victim’s device phone hostage until a ransom is paid. The Koler ransomware were detected by experts […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2014
Hacking air gapped networks by using lasers and drones

A group of Israeli researchers has demonstrated at the last Black Hat Conference how to hack air gapped networks by using lasers and drones. A lot of people believe that it is possible to secure a computer keeping it off, security specialists define a network separated by the Internet, or by any other unsecure networks, as “Air gapped […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2014
Operation Pawn Storm is targeting military, government and media agencies

Trend Micro discovered a cyber-espionage operation dubbed  Operation Pawn Storm, which is targeting military, government and media entities worldwide. A new cyber espionage operation targeting military, government and media agencies on a global scale has been discovered by security experts at Trend Micro. Also in this case it seems that the threat actors behind the operation, dubbed […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2014
Drigo spyware exploits Google Drive in targeted attacks

Security experts at TrendMicro have discovered a cyber espionage campaign which used a malware dubbed Drigo to syphon data through Google Drive. Security experts at TrendMicro have uncovered a new wave of targeted attacks which were stolen information through Google Drive. The researcher detected a new strain of data stealer malware, dubbed Drigo, that is apparently used in hacking […]