Cybercrime

Pierluigi Paganini February 08, 2022
Data of +6K Puma employees stolen in December Kronos Ransomware attack

Data belonging to 6,632 Puma employees was stolen in a December 2021 ransomware attack that hit Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG). Data of 6,632 Puma employees was stolen in a ransomware attack that hit HR management platform Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG) in December. Potentially exposed data includes names, Social Security numbers, and other personal information. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 08, 2022
Russian police arrested six people involved in the theft and selling of stolen credit cards

Russian police arrested six people individuals, allegedly members of a crime ring involved in the theft and selling of stolen credit cards. Another success of Russian police that arrested six people allegedly members of a crime gang involved in the theft and selling of stolen credit cards. The arrests were ordered by the Ministry of […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 08, 2022
Roaming Mantis SMSishing campaign now targets Europe

The Roaming Mantis SMS phishing campaign is now targeting Android and iPhone users in Europe with malicious apps and phishing pages. Roaming Mantis surfaced in March 2018 when hacked routers in Japan redirecting users to compromised websites. Roaming Mantis is a credential theft and malware campaign that leverages smishing to distribute malicious Android apps in the format of […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 352

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. LockBit ransomware gang claims to have stolen data from PayBito crypto exchange FBI issued […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2022
LockBit ransomware gang claims to have stolen data from PayBito crypto exchange

LockBit ransomware gang claims to have stolen customers’ data from the PayBito crypto exchange. PayBito is a bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange for major cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin, Ethereum, HCX, Litecoin, Ethereum Classic. The exchange is operated by global blockchain and IT services company HashCash. LockBit ransomware operators claim to have stolen customers’ data from the PayBito crypto exchange, […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2022
Over 500,000 people were impacted by a ransomware attack that hit Morley

Business services firm Morley was hit by a ransomware attack that may have exposed data of +500,000 individuals. Business services company Morley was victim of a ransomware attack that may have resulted in a data breach impacting more than 500,000 individuals. Morley Companies is a United States corporation that provides business services to Fortune 500 and Global 100 clients; contact […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2022
Ransomware attack hit Swissport International causing delays in flights

Aviation services company Swissport International was hit by a ransomware attack that impacted its operations. Swissport International Ltd. is an aviation services company providing airport ground,lounge hospitality and cargo handling services owned by an international group of investors. The company handles around 282 million passengers and 4.8 million tonnes of cargo annually, on behalf of […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2022
Retail giant Target open sources Merry Maker e-skimmer detection tool

Retail giant Target is going to open-source an internal tool, dubbed Merry Maker, designed to detect e-skimming attacks. Retail giant Target announced the release in open-source of an internal tool, dubbed Merry Maker, designed to detect e-skimming attacks. Merry Maker is a tool designed by Target security developers Eric Brandel and Caleb Walch (@ebrandel and @cawalch) to […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 03, 2022
Exclusive interview with the Powerful Greek Army (PGA) hacker group

Six years ago the Powerful Greek Army (PGA) appeared in the threat landscape. After a long breach the hacker collective is back. I have interviewed them in exclusive … enjoy it! Tell me about your hacker team, which is the motivation behind the attacks? We have many motivations and reasons. First of all, we started […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 02, 2022
Sugar Ransomware, a new RaaS in the threat landscape

Cyber security team at retail giant Walmart dissected a new ransomware family dubbed Sugar, which implements a ransomware-as-a-service model. The cyber threat team at retail giant Walmart has analyzed a new ransomware family dubbed Sugar, which is offered through a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model. Unlike other ransomware operations, Sugar ransomware appears to primarily focus on individual […]