Pierluigi Paganini
December 22, 2015
A security researcher discovered a new variant of the Angler exploit kit that includes the exploit code for a recently patched Adobe Flash Player flaw. The French security researcher “Kafeine” has discovered a new variant of the popular Angler exploit kit that includes the exploit code for a recently patched Adobe Flash Player vulnerability (CVE-2015-8446). Kafeine reported […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 13, 2015
According to a new study conducted by researchers at Digital Citizens Alliance and RiskIQ almost one-third of the 800 torrent websites served malware. People believe that the best way to see a film or get a software is downloading from one of the numerous torrent websites online. Probably there is something that you should know. According […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 13, 2015
Experts at FireEye have discovered a stealthy botnet relying on a backdoor called LATENTBOT has compromised companies around. Experts at FireEye have discovered a stealthy botnet relying on a backdoor called LATENTBOT has compromised companies around. According to FireEye the LATENTBOT remained undetected since 2013 infecting computers in US, UK, South Korea, Brazil, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Canada, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 11, 2015
Security firm Zscaler discovered a malicious campaign based on a new strain of the Spy Banker banking malware. Security experts at Zscaler discovered a malware-based campaign relying on a new strain of Spy Banker banking malware. Spy Banker is an old threat, it was first detected in 2009, the new variant spreads over social media, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 09, 2015
According to a new report published by Trend Micro, the North American cyber criminal underground is very easy to access. The new report released by Trend Micro reveals that the cyber criminal underground market in North America isn’t so hidden like in other countries. “It doesn’t exist in the dark web as much as other […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 09, 2015
Symantec has uncovered Cadelle and Chafer groups, two Iran-based hacking teams that are tracking dissidents and activists. According to a new report published by Symantec. Iranian hackers have been using malware to track individuals, including Iranian activists and dissidents. The researchers have identified two groups of Iran-based hackers, dubbed Cadelle and Chafer, which were distributing data stealer malware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 08, 2015
Nemesis is a new strain of malware, very hard to detect and remove, designed to steal payment card data and implementing bootkit functionalities. Experts at FireEye have discovered a new strain of malware designed to steal payment card data. Nothing new, you are probably saying, but this malware dubbed Nemesis is very difficult to detect […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 08, 2015
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
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 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 […]
