Pierluigi Paganini
March 28, 2018
A recently discovered Microsoft Office document exploit builder kit dubbed ThreadKit has been used to spread a variety of malware, including RATs and banking Trojans. Security experts at Proofpoint recently discovered a Microsoft Office document exploit builder kit dubbed ThreadKit that has been used to spread a variety of malware, including banking Trojans and RATs (i.e. Trickbot, Chthonic, FormBook and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 26, 2018
The head of the crime ring behind the Carbanak gang that since 2013 targeted banks worldwide has been arrested in Spain. The mastermind suspected of stealing about £870m (€1bn) in a bank cyber heist has been arrested in Spain. The man is suspected to be the kingpin of the crime ring behind the Carbanak gang that since 2013 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 26, 2018
Recently Reddit decided to ban the biggest darknet subreddit, /r/darknetmarkets, used by crime communities to discuss producta and services in the most popular darknet markets. Darknet markets have a crucial role in the cybercrime underground, they are excellent places of aggregation for the demand and the offer of illegal products and services. Communities around principal Darknet markets […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 25, 2018
According to the lawsuit filed by San Diego city attorney Mara Elliott the Experian credit agency never notified the 2013 security breach to the affected consumers as required under California law. The City of San Diego, California is suing the Experian credit agency for the security breach that the company suffered in 2013. “San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott has filed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 23, 2018
Computer systems in the City of Atlanta were infected by ransomware, the cyber attack was confirmed by the City officials. The city learned of the attack at around 5:40 am local time on Thursday. On Thursday, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced on Thursday that a malware has taken in hostage some internal systems, city’s data were encrypted. Mayor @KeishaBottoms holds […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 20, 2018
On Friday, Frost Bank announced that it has suffered a data breach that exposed check images, crooks could use them to forge checks. Frost Bank announced on Friday that it has suffered a data breach that exposed check images. The bank is a subsidiary of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc., its staff discovered an unauthorized access to its […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 18, 2018
My new book, titled ‘Digging the Deep Web: Exploring the dark side of the web’ is available online, enjoy it. It’s a pleasure and an honor for me to announce the availability of my book “Digging the Deep Web: Exploring the dark side of the web“ Kindle Edition — Paper Copy What is the Deep Web and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 15, 2018
RottenSys – A Chinese crime ring is building a huge botnet that is already composed of nearly 5 million Android device. Researchers at Check Point discovered attackers infecting the device with a strain of malware dubbed RottenSys that aggressively display ads on victims’ devices. “The Check Point Mobile Security Team has discovered a new widespread malware family […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 15, 2018
Researchers presented findings on a new strain of point-of-sale malware, dubbed PinkKite, that was spotted by security experts at Kroll Cyber Security. A new strain of point-of-sale malware, dubbed PinkKite, was spotted by security experts at Kroll Cyber Security. PinkKite was first discovered in 2017 while the experts were instigating into a large POS malware campaign. PinkKite […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2018
In just one night a Russian crime gang stole 3.8 million slopes (860,000 euros) from 32 ATMs belonging to the Raiffeisen Romania bank. Cybercriminals stole 3.8 million slopes (860,000 euros) from 32 ATMs belonging to the Raiffeisen Romania bank using an infected RTF document. The criminal organization led by Dmitriy Kvasov operated in Romania, the gang stole […]
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