Pierluigi Paganini
June 22, 2020
New Zealand police had frozen NZ$140 million (US$90 million) in assets linked to a Russian cyber criminal. New Zealand police announced that they had frozen NZ$140 million (US$90 million) in assets linked to the Russian nation Alexander Vinnik. Alexander Vinnik is currently in France to face a charge of money laundering for organised crime using […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 20, 2020
US authorities this week announced sanctions against six Nigerian nationals for their involvement in business email compromise (BEC) and romance fraud schemes. The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Department of Justice announced sanctions against six Nigerians for their involvement in business email compromise (BEC) and romance […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 17, 2020
AWS announced it has mitigated a 2.3 Tbps DDoS attack, the largest ever, which surpassed the previous record of 1.7 Tbps that took place in March 2018. Amazon announced it has mitigated the largest ever DDoS attack of 2.3 Tbps, the news is surprising if we consider that the previous record was of 1.7 Tbps […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 17, 2020
U.S. system-on-chip maker MaxLinear disclosed a security incident, Maze ransomware operators infected some of its computing systems in May. U.S. system-on-chip maker MaxLinear is the last victim of the Maze ransomware operators, the company revealed that the systems were infected last month, but the threat actors first compromised the company on April 15. MaxLinear is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 14, 2020
Systems at Australian beverages company Lion were infected with a ransomware that disrupted to manufacturing processes and customer service. Systems at Australian beverages company Lion were infected with a ransomware, the security breach caused the disruption of manufacturing processes and customer service. Lion is a beverage and food company that operates in Australia and New Zealand, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 14, 2020
Maze ransomware operators hit Threadstone Advisors LLP, a US corporate advisory firm specialising in mergers ‘n’ acquisitions. Threadstone Advisors LLP, a corporate advisory firm specialising in mergers ‘n’ acquisitions, is the last victim of the Maze ransomware operators. MAZE ransomware operators have stolen the data of the company before encrypting its systems and threaten to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 03, 2020
REvil /Sodinokibi ransomware operators launch an auction site to sell data stolen from victims that have chosen to not pay the ransom. Sodinokibi ransomware operators are very active in this period, a few days after the gang has leaked the files allegedly stolen from the UK power grid middleman Elexon it has announced to launch […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 31, 2020
This post includes the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from May 24 to May 30, 2020. Threat actors exploit the interest in the Coronavirus outbreak while infections increase worldwide, experts are observing new campaigns on a daily bases. Below a list of attacks detected this week. May 26 – Hangzhou could permanently adopt COVID-19 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 23, 2020
Experts reported the existence of a botnet, tracked as Silent Night based on the Zeus banking Trojan that is available for sale in several underground forums. This week researchers from Malwarebytes and HYAS published a report that included technical details on a recently discovered botnet, tracked as Silent Night, being distributed via the RIG exploit kit and COVID-19 malspam […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 20, 2020
The Ukrainian Secret Service (SSU) has arrested a hacker known as Sanix, who was selling billions of stolen credentials on hacking forums and Telegram channels. The popular hacker Sanix has been arrested by the Ukrainian Secret Service (SSU). The man is known in the cybercrime underground for selling billions of stolen credentials. The officials did […]
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