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Pierluigi Paganini January 20, 2021
Livecoin halted operations after the December attack

The Russian cryptocurrency exchange Livecoin has announced it is terminating its operation following the December cyberattack.  The Russian cryptocurrency exchange was hacked on Christmas Eve, it published a message on its website warning customers to stop using its services. “Dear clients, we ask you to stop using our service in all meanings: don’t deposit funds, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 19, 2021
FreakOut botnet target 3 recent flaws to compromise Linux devices

Security researchers uncovered a series of attacks conducted by the FreakOut botnet that leveraged recently discovered vulnerabilities. Security researchers from Check Point have uncovered a series of attacks associated with the FreakOut botnet that is targeting multiple unpatched flaws in applications running on top of Linux systems. The botnet appeared in the threat landscape in […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 12, 2021
Police took down DarkMarket, the world’s largest darknet marketplace

The world’s largest black marketplace on the dark web, DarkMarket, has been taken offline by law enforcement in an international operation.  DarkMarket, the world’s largest black marketplace on the dark web, has been taken offline as a result of an international operation conducted by law enforcement from Germany, Australia, Denmark, Moldova, Ukraine, the United Kingdom […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2021
Source code for malware that targets Qiui Cellmate device was leaked online

The source code for the ChastityLock ransomware that was used in attacks aimed at the users of the Qiui Cellmate adult toy is now publicly available. Recently a family of ransomware was observed targeting the users of the Bluetooth-controlled Qiui Cellmate chastity device.  Qiui Cellmate made the headlines in October when the researchers at Pen Test Partners […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2021
Ryuk ransomware operations already made over $150M

The Ryuk ransomware had a disruptive impact on multiple industries around the world, operators already earned more than $150 million. The Ryuk ransomware gang is one of the most prolific criminal operations that caused destruction in multiple industries around the world. According to a joint report published by security firms Advanced-intel and HYAS, Ryuk operators […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 05, 2021
New ElectroRAT employed in a wide-ranging operation targeting cryptocurrency users

Researchers uncovered a large scale operation targeting cryptocurrency users with a previously undetected multiplatform RAT named ElectroRAT. Security researchers from Intezer uncovered a large scale operation targeting cryptocurrency users with a previously undetected RAT named ElectroRAT. The campaign was uncovered in December, but according to the experts is active since at least January 2020. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 03, 2021
NCA arrested 21 customers of the WeLeakInfo service

NCA arrested 21 people in the UK as part of an operation targeting customers of WeLeakInfo service that advertised stolen personal credentials. 21 people have been arrested in the UK as part of an operation against customers of the WeLeakInfo[.]com service that had been previously selling access to data from data breaches. WeLeakInfo.com was a […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 25, 2020
The Russian cryptocurrency exchange Livecoin hacked on Christmas Eve

Russian cryptocurrency exchange Livecoin was compromised on Christmas Eve, hackers breached its network and gained control of some of its servers. The Russian cryptocurrency exchange was hacked on Christmas Eve, it published a message on its website warning customers to stop using its services. “Dear clients, we ask you to stop using our service in […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2020
Pay2Key hackers stole data from Intel’s Habana Labs

Pay2Key ransomware operators claim to have compromised the network of the Intel-owned chipmaker Habana Labs and have stolen data. ​Intel-owned AI chipmaker Habana Labs was hacked by Pay2key ransomware operators who claim to have stolen from the company. The group announced the hack on Twitter, they claim to have stolen sensitive data, including information about […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2020
Russian Alexander Vinnik sentenced in Paris to five years in prison for money laundering

Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik was sentenced in Paris to five years in prison for money laundering and ordered to pay 100,000 euros in fines. Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik was sentenced in Paris to five years in prison for money laundering and ordered to pay 100,000 euros in fines. The man went on trial in Paris for having […]