Pierluigi Paganini
May 13, 2015
Several dozen Imperva Incapsula customers were targeted by a DDoS botnet comprised of tens of thousands of hijacked SOHO routers. Security experts at Incapsula firm spotted a DDoS botnet composed of tens of thousands of malware-infected Small Office / Home Office SOHO routers engaged in application layer HTTP flood attacks. The SOHO routers were infected with a strain […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 12, 2015
British Law enforcement has published a collection of pictures showing the use of pinhole cameras and iPods to steal card details at ATM machines. Law enforcement has shared a collection of images showing a last trend in the criminal underground, the use of pinhole cameras and iPods to steal card details at ATM machines. These […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 12, 2015
Quantum computing in credit cards introduces a new type of encryption (quantum cryptography) that will make magnetic strips and EVS solutions obsolete. Nowadays getting credit card credentials it’s not difficult and you donât need to have technical skills, you can just buy them in the dark web, but thatâs may change in the future thanks […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 09, 2015
Law enforcement identifies and located suspects members of a criminal organization that used gas pump skimmers, by using the GPS technology. The number of attacks against ATMs located in supermarkets and Gas pumps is constantly increasing, the crooks use credit and debit card skimmers that use different technologies to steal card data and steal them. Today […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 08, 2015
A Google study on Ad injection activities revealed that more than 5% of unique IPs visiting Google-owned websites had at least one ad injector installed. According to a new report published by Google 5.5% of unique daily IP addresses visiting google-owned websites have at least on ad injector installed, superfish.com is the most popular, being […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 07, 2015
According to data provided by British law enforcement, at least a 25 percent of organised criminals in the country is converting themselves to cybercrime. Cybercrime is becoming even more attractive to traditional crooks, including violent offenders. According to data provided by British law enforcement traditional crimes were continuing to fall while the number of online crimes […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 07, 2015
AlphaCrypt ransomware is a new type of ransomware has been detected by security expert in the wild. The malware is delivered via Angler Exploit kit. Ransomware is among most popular malware families in the criminal underground, recently security firms have discovered numerous variant targeting desktop and mobile platforms. Recently a new strain of ransomware dubbed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 05, 2015
Criminals, activists, and whistleblowers have a new weapon dubbed USBKill in their arsenal to shut down laptops before they police start examining them. The best way to protect data from prying eyes is to destroy them, this is the thought of criminals when law enforcement is investigating on them. The best option for crooks it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 05, 2015
FBI and security researchers have uncovered fraudulent activity pertaining to relief efforts associated with the tragic Nepal earthquake. Cyber criminals have no scruples, they are always ready to exploit any tragedy to maximize their profits exploiting the interest of people in disastrous events. The last tragedy in order of time is the earthquake that hit […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2015
An Australian teenager who hacked Microsoft, Valve and the US Army has left the Australia. The Interpol is searching for him in Europe. An Australian teenager, who had allegedly hacked into Microsoft and the US Army websites left Australia to escape the capture. The Australian authorities have informed the Interpol, which is involved in the research […]
