Pierluigi Paganini
February 25, 2019
The recently discovered B0r0nt0K ransomware infects both Linux and Windows servers and demands $75,000 ransom to the victims. A new piece of ransomware called B0r0nt0K appeared in the threat landscape, it is targeting web sites and demanding a 20 bitcoin ransom to the victims (roughly $75,000). This B0r0nt0K ransomware infects both Linux and Windows servers. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 24, 2019
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Facebook login phishing campaign can deceive tech-savvy users […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2019
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Adiantum will bring encryption on Android devices without […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2019
Metro Bank has become the first major bank to disclose SS7 attacks against its customers, but experts believe it isn’t an isolated case. A new type of cyber attack was used for the first time against the Metro Bank, threat actors are leveraging known flaws in the SS7 signaling protocol to intercept the codes sent via […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2019
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Using steganography to obfuscate PDF exploits Aztarna – […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2019
A sextortion scam campaign attempts to trick victims into believing that the adult site Xvideos.com was hacked and that crooks recorded its visitors. The creativity of cybercriminals is inexhaustible, a new variant of sextortion scam appeared in the threat landscape. A new sextortion scam campaign attempts to trick victims into believing that the popular adult […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 02, 2019
Researchers at the CenturyLink Threat Research Labs discovered that the operators of the TheMoon IoT botnet are offering it as a service. Experts at the CenturyLink Threat Research Labs observed a new evolution for the TheMoon IoT botnet, operators added a previously undocumented module that allows them to offer it with a malware-as-a-service model. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 28, 2019
The Cobalt cybercrime gang has been using Google App Engine to distribute malware through PDF decoy documents. The Cobalt hacking group has been using Google App Engine to distribute malware through PDF decoy documents. The group targeted more than 20 other government and financial institutions worldwide. Cobalt crime gang is a Russian hacking crew that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 25, 2019
Security experts from Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab investigated two malicious spam campaigns delivering Java RAT that show some similarities. Introduction During the last weeks, the Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab researchers identified infection attempts aimed to install RAT malware directed to the naval industry sector. The malicious email messages contained a particular Adwind/JRat variant delivered via several methods tailored to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 20, 2019
Bulgaria has extradited a Russian hacker that was indicted by a US court for mounting a sophisticated hacking scheme to the United States. According to the Russian embassy in Washington, the Russian hacker Alexander Zhukov was extradited on January 18. The Russian embassy has chosen to disclose the news on the VK social network, the […]
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