Cybercrime

Pierluigi Paganini October 13, 2017
Akamai shared a detailed analysis of a Fast Flux Botnet composed of 14K IPs

Experts at Akamai have identified a running Fast Flux botnet composed of over 14,000 compromised systems used to spread malware. Experts at Akamai have identified a running botnet of over 14,000 compromised systems used to spread malware. The botmasters implemented a technique dubbed Fast Flux to make the infrastructure hard to take down. Treat actors […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 12, 2017
Results and forecasts: Group-IB presented Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2017 report

Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2017 – Banks, powerstations and cryptocyrrency exchanges are forecast to be the most likely targets for hacking in the near future Group-IB, one of the global leaders in preventing and investigating high-tech crimes and online fraud, presented its Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2017  report at CyberCrimeCon, In the next year, the main source of losses […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 11, 2017
Kaspersky spotted ATMii, a new strain of ATM malware

Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab have discovered a new strain of ATM malware dubbed ATMii that could be used to empty an ATM. Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab have discovered a new strain of ATM malware dubbed ATMii. The ATMii malware was discovered in April this year, it implements an injector module (exe.exe) and the module to be injected (dll.dll). Crooks can […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 10, 2017
FIN7 hacking group is switched to new techniques to evade detection

The financially-motivated FIN7 APT group (also known as Carbanak or Anunak) recently changed attack technique again to evade detection. The financially-motivated FIN7 APT group (also known as Carbanak or Anunak) recently changed attack technique again and has been implementing a new malware obfuscation method. The group that has been active since late 2015, it was highly active since the beginning of 2017. Fin7 was spotted early […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 09, 2017
Credit agency Experian is using scare tactics to sell a service for tracking traded user data on the dark web

Credit agency Experian is using scare tactics to sell a service for tracking traded user data on the dark web, let’s give a close look at the user agreement In the dark web, it is quite easy to find a lot of identities of unaware individuals and any other data that could expose companies to frauds. […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 09, 2017
Sri Lanka police arrest two men over cyber theft at the Taiwan Bank

The Sri Lanka authorities have arrested two men allegedly involved in cyber heist at an unnamed Taiwan bank that occurred last week. The Sri Lanka police have arrested two men allegedly involved in the Taiwan cyberheist, the suspects are accused to have hacked into computers at a Taiwan bank and stole millions of dollars last week. According to an official, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 07, 2017
British teenager admits trying to hack CIA Chief and other top US officials

A British teenager admitted in a British court to have attempted to hack into the computers of top US officials, including former CIA chief John Brennan. On Friday, the British teenager Kane Gamble (18) from Coalville, Leicester, admitted in a British court to have attempted to hack into the computers of top US officials, including former CIA chief John Brennan. Kane […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 05, 2017
Experts discovered a SYSCON Backdoor using FTP Server as C&C

Security researchers with Trend Micro discovered a backdoor dubbed SYSCON that uses an FTP server for command and control (C&C) purposes. The SYSCON backdoor is spreading through tainted documents that refer North Korea and target individuals connected to the Red Cross and the World Health Organization. The use of an FTP server as C&C is uncommon for […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 04, 2017
Yahoo hack – All 3 Billion Yahoo accounts were hacked in 2013 attack

The Yahoo hack occurred in 2013 is bigger than originally stated, Verizon confirmed that all 3 Billion Yahoo accounts were hacked in the attack. The Yahoo hack occurred in 2013, the biggest known data breach suffered by a tech company, is bigger than originally stated. Verizon Communications, which acquired Yahoo for $4.48 billion in June, […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 04, 2017
A new Ethereum ICO was hacked, the victim is Etherparty

The Etherparty website is the last victim in order of time of a cyber attack involving an Ethereum ICO (Initial Coin Offering). Another hack involving an Ethereum ICO (Initial Coin Offering) made the headlines, the victim is the Etherparty website that sells tokens for a blockchain-based smart contract tool. The attackers replaced the legitimate address for sending funds to […]