Pierluigi Paganini
January 30, 2018
Cybercriminals are targeting ATM machines in the US forcing them to spit out hundreds of dollars with ‘jackpotting‘ attacks. According to a senior US Secret Service official, the organization has managed to steal more than $1m from ATM machines using this technique. Once crooks gain physical access to the ATM, they will infect it with a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 29, 2018
Security researchers from ESET have tied another family of ransomware, dubbed FriedEx (aka BitPaymer), to the authors of the Dridex Trojan. The Dridex banking Trojan that has been around since 2014, it was involved in numerous campaigns against financial institutions over the years and crooks have continuously improved it. In April 2017, millions of people were targeted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 29, 2018
A new report from MALWAREBYTES titled “Malwarebytes Annual State of Malware Report” reveals a rise of 90% on ransomware detection in business. The report brings to light new trends on hackers activities and threats especially the rise of ransomware as a tool of choice. Researchers from MALWAREBYTES had gathered an enormous amount of data from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 25, 2018
The shipping giant Maersk chair Jim Hagemann Snabe revealed its company reinstalled 45,000 PCs and 4,000 Servers after NotPetya the attack. The shipping giant Maersk was one of the companies that suffered the NotPetya massive attack, in August 2017 the company announced that it would incur hundreds of millions in U.S. dollar losses due to the ransomware massive […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 24, 2018
Bell Canada is notifying customers about a data breach that exposed personal data of roughly 100,000 individuals, this is the second security breach in a few months. Bell Canada is notifying customers about a data breach that exposed personal data of roughly 100,000 individuals, including names, phone numbers, email addresses, usernames and account numbers. “The protection […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 24, 2018
Masuta botnet targets routers using default credentials, one of the versions analyzed dubbed “PureMasuta” relies on the old network administration EDB 38722 D-Link exploit. Security experts at NewSky’s believe the operators of the recently discovered Satori botnet are launching a new massive hacking campaign against routers to infect and recruit them in the botnet. “We analyzed two variants of an IoT botnet […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 22, 2018
Authorities discovered a fraudulent scheme involving dozens of gas-station employees who installed malicious programs on electronic gas pumps to cheat customers Russian law enforcement investigated fraudulent activities involving gas-station payment systems. Authorities discovered a fraudulent scheme involving dozens of gas-station employees who installed malicious programs on electronic gas pumps to trick customers into paying for more […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 21, 2018
The Samsam Ransomware made the headlines in the first days of 2018, the malicious code infected systems of some high-profile targets, including a hospital that paid a $55,000 ransom. The SamSam ransomware is an old threat, attacks were observed in 2015 and the list of victims is long, many of them belong to the healthcare industry. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 18, 2018
Security experts from FireEye have spotted a new strain of the Zyklon malware that has been delivered by using new vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. Researchers at FireEye reported the malware was used in attacks against organizations in the telecommunications, financial, and insurance sectors. Zyklon has been spotted for the first time in 2016, it is a publicly available […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 18, 2018
The Briton Goncalo Esteves (24), also known as KillaMuvz, has pleaded guilty to charges related to creating and running malware services. The Briton Goncalo Esteves (24) has pleaded guilty to charges related to creating and running malware services. Such kind of platforms allows crooks to improve the development of their malicious codes. The malware created with […]
