Pierluigi Paganini
April 07, 2015
The organization Linux Australia revealed that one of its servers was hacked. The personal data of conference attendees might have been exposed. Linux Australia revealed a data breach occurred on March 22, according to the organization attackers may have accessed personal details of conference attendees. Linux Australia is an organization that represents nearly 5,000 Australian users […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 06, 2015
British law enforcement is in difficulty facing the cybercrime, just one computer hacker a month convicted of cyber crime out of 100,000 incidents a year. Cybercrime is becoming very attractive for ordinary crime, high earnings, limited risks than other criminal activities and poor perception of crime are among the elements that are facilitating the rapid spread of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 06, 2015
A new phishing scam is targeting Yahoo users worldwide, this campaign could be ineffective if we share awareness about bad actors’ TTPs. A new large-scale scam is trying to deceive Yahoo users that are receiving a phishing email that asks for “Yahoo Account Confirmation.” The phishing email claims to be sent by Yahoo, it requests […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 03, 2015
Security experts from IBM discovered a very sophisticated malware campaign based on the Dyre Trojan to hack Corporate Bank Accounts. IBM has uncovered an important cyber criminal operation dubbed The Dyre Wolf due to the name of the popular Dyre malware used crooks. The Dyre malware was discovered in the wild by several security firms, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 03, 2015
Researchers at Trend Micro spotted a 64-bit variant of NewPosThings PoS malware designed to steal payment card and other sensitive data. Researchers at Trend Micro have identified a new strain of the NewPosThings point-of-sale (PoS) malware. The new variant of NewPosThings malware is a 64-bit version of NewPosThings, a point-of-sale (PoS) malware discovered by experts at Arbor Networks in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 30, 2015
Security experts at Symantec security firm have uncovered a persistent diet spam operation on Twitter that presents interesting aspects. In July 2014, experts at Symantec have uncovered a spam campaign offering the Green Coffee Bean Extract, a diet supplement, a few months later the experts discovered that the same operators behind campaign is continuing its activities […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 30, 2015
Thomas JiĹikovskĂ˝ suspected of owning the black marketplace Sheep Marketplace, an alternative for Silk Road, was arrested while trying to buy a luxury house. The Operation Onymous and the seizure of the popular Silkroad black market have deeply influenced the underground ecosystem. The closure of Silkroad advantaged other black markets like Evolution and Sheep Marketplace. The Evolution […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 29, 2015
British Airways Executive Club member accounts were hacked, it isn’t a data breach but hackers used credentials available in the underground. The popular security expert Graham Cluley reported that Members of British Airways Executive Club are noticing suspicious activities for their accounts. The Members of British Airways Executive Club observed that their accounts were mysteriously emptied of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 29, 2015
Security experts have discovered al least two different vendors offering stolen Uber customer logins in a black market on the Dark Web. ArsTechnica has discovered that two vendors on a marketplace in the underground are offering active Uber credential. During the weekend the vendors “Courvoisier” “ThinkingForward” are claiming to sell valid Uber logins respectively for $1 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 29, 2015
Cybercriminals have been leveraging a vulnerability in a popular WordPress plugin to redirect the visitors of thousands of websites to exploit kits, a researcher has warned. Security experts at Germanyâs Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-Bund) and Yonathan Klijnsma reveals that at least 3,000 websites have been compromised by attackers exploiting a known vulnerability in the […]
