Reports

Pierluigi Paganini July 01, 2018
Security issues in the LTE standard expose billions on mobile users to attacks

Security issues in the LTE mobile device standard could be exploited by persistent attackers to spy on users’ cellular networks and hijack data traffic. A team of from Ruhr-Universität Bochum and New York University Abu Dhabi has discovered some security issues in the LTE mobile device standard that could be exploited by persistent attackers (i.e. intelligence […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2018
DHS, FBI published a join alert including technical details of Hidden Cobra-linked ‘Typeframe’ Malware

The US DHS and the FBI have published a new joint report that includes technical details of a piece of malware allegedly used by the Hidden Cobra APT. A new joint report published by US DHS and FBI made the headlines, past document details TTPs associated with North Korea-linked threat groups, tracked by the US government as […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2018
The Cobalt Hacking crew is still active even after the arrest of its leader

Group-IB has released a new report on Cobalt group’s attacks against banks and financial sector organizations worldwide after the arrest of its leader. Threat intelligence firm Group-IB published an interesting report titiled “Cobalt: Evolution and Joint Operations” on the joint operations of Cobalt and Anunak (Carbanak) groups after the arrest of the leader in March 2018. Researchers reported that […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2018
Reading the 2017 Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report

The FBI’s Internal Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released the FBI 2017 Internet Crime Report, a document that outlines cybercrime trends over the past year. Here we are to analyze the annual FBI 2017 Internet Crime Report, one of the most interesting documents on the crime trends in the last 12 months. The first figure that captures […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2018
New ZooPark APT targets Android users in Middle East since 2015

Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a new cyber-espionage APT group tracked ZooPark that targeted entities in the Middle East during the past three years. ZooPark APT has been active at least since 2015 and has shown a growing level of sophistication across the years. “ZooPark is a cyberespionage operation that has been focusing on Middle […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2018
CSE Malware ZLab – Malware Analysis Report: The Bandios malware suite

The researchers at CSE ZLab have spotted a new family of malware, tracked as Bandios malware spreading in the wild. The peculiarity of  Bandios malware is the fact that this malware is in a rapid and constant evolution and development. Experts observed several versions of the malware stored on the same websites, they represent the evolution of […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 18, 2018
ZLAB MALWARE ANALYSIS REPORT: RANSOMWARE-AS-A-SERVICE PLATFORMS

Security experts at CSE CybSec ZLab malware Lab have conducted an interesting analysis of the principal Ransomware-as-a-Service platforms available on the dark web. Over the years, the diffusion of darknets has created new illegal business models. Along with classic illegal goods such as drugs and payment card data, other services appeared in the criminal underground, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2018
Cyber Defense Magazine – March 2018 has arrived

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Pierluigi Paganini February 28, 2018
CSE Malware ZLab – Malware Analysis Report: A new variant of Mobef Ransomware

Malware researchers at CSE Cybsec – ZLab have analyzed a new variant of Mobef ransomware, a malware that in the past mainly targeted Italian users. Malware researchers at CSE Cybsec – ZLab have analyzed a new variant of Mobef ransomware, that was involved in past attacks against Italian users. I personally obtained the sample by […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 26, 2018
VISA – The adoption of chip-and-PIN card technology lead to 70% Drop in Counterfeit Fraud

VISA – The cases of counterfeit fraud had dropped by 70% in September 2017 compared to December 2015 thanks to the diffusion of the diffusion in the storefronts of payment systems for EMV cards. The introduction of chip-and-PIN card technology in the United States improved in a significant way the security of merchants and has […]