Pierluigi Paganini
November 07, 2019
A Trend Micro employee was spotted stealing consumer customer information and selling it to tech support scammers. TrendMicro confirmed that it has discovered one employee that was stealing consumer customer information and selling it to tech support scammers. In August 2019, the security firm was informed that some of their customers were receiving tech support […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2019
Business email compromise scam (BEC) continues to target organizations worldwide, crooks stole $742,000 from Ocala City in Florida. The City of Ocala in Florida is the last victim in order of time of a profitable business email compromise scam (BEC) attack, fraudsters redirected over $742,000 to a bank account under their control. Attackers’ emails posed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 25, 2019
Group-IB has discovered that the shutdown of Moonwalk CDN (Content Delivery Network) has likely led to the closure of HDGO and Kodik CDNs. Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, has discovered that the shutdown of Moonwalk CDN (Content Delivery Network), one of the biggest pirate-powered providers of video content to Russian-speaking viewers, has likely led to the closure of HDGO and Kodik CDNs– major […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 24, 2019
A Texas man found guilty of hacking the Los Angeles Superior Court (LASC) computer system and used it to send out phishing emails. A Texas man, Oriyomi Sadiq Aloba (33), was found guilty of hacking the Los Angeles Superior Court (LASC) computer system and abusing it to send out roughly 2 million phishing messages. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 19, 2019
Emsisoft firm has released a new free decryption tool the STOP (Djvu) ransomware, in the last months the research team helped victims of many other threats. STOP (Djvu) ransomware has 160 variants that infected more hundreds of thousands of victims worldwide. Experts estimated a total number of 460,000 victims, that makes this threat the most […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 28, 2019
German police have shut down a network hosting Darknet marketplaces focused on the trading of drugs, stolen data and child pornography. German police announced to have shut down a network hosting Darknet black marketplaces trading drugs, stolen data, and child pornography. The black marketplaces were also offering stolen data and fake documents, and other illegal […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 23, 2019
Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Gilette, Wyoming is facing service disruptions after a ransomware attack hit its computer systems on Friday. On Friday, the Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Gilette, Wyoming, suffered a ransomware attack that is still causing service disruptions. “Campbell County Health has been the victim of a ransomware attack. All CCH computer […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 23, 2019
An alleged Portuguese hacker faces 154 charges connected with the publication of internal documents in the Football Leaks case. An alleged Portuguese hacker, Rui Pinto, faces 154 charges connected with the publication of internal documents of top European clubs and soccer officials in the Football Leaks case. The attorney general’s office confirmed last week that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 21, 2019
US authorities have indicted two men for hacking the exchange EtherDelta in December 2017, one of them was also accused of TalkTalk hack. US authorities have indicted two men, Elliot Gunton and Anthony Tyler Nashatka, for hacking the cryptocurrency exchange EtherDelta in 2017. In December 2017, the popular cryptocurrency exchange EtherDelta was hacked, attackers conducted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 20, 2019
Trend Micro researchers reported that a Magecart group has hacked the websites of two hotel chains to inject scripts targeting Android and iOS users. Researchers discovered a series of incidents involving software credit card skimmer used by Magecart to hit the booking websites of hotel chains. In early September, the researchers discovered a JavaScript code onto two […]
