Pierluigi Paganini
September 05, 2019
Kenneth Currin Schuchman (21) from Vancouver, Washington pleaded guilty to creating and operating multiple DDoS IoT botnet, including Satori. Kenneth Currin Schuchman (21) from Vancouver, Washington, aka Nexus Zeta, pleaded guilty to creating and operating multiple DDoS IoT botnets. Court documents revealed that the man suffers from Asperger Syndrome and autism disorder. Schuchman compromised hundreds […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 03, 2019
Criminals have stolen more than €1.5 million from the German bank OLB by cloning customer debit cards and using them to cash out user funds across Brazil. ZDnet first reported that last week cyber criminals have stolen more than €1.5 million from the German bank Oldenburgische Landesbank (OLB) by cloning customer debit cards and using […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 18, 2019
Bluetana App allows detecting Bluetooth card skimmers installed at the gas pumps to steal customers’ credit and debit card information in just 3 seconds on average. Bluetooth card skimmers continue to be one of the favorite tools in the arsenal of crooks that attempt to steal credit and debit card information. In recent years, law […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 06, 2019
The FBI published a security advisory to warn of cyber actors using online dating sites to conduct confidence/romance scam and recruit money mules. The FBI published a security advisory to warn of confidence/romance scams turning victims into money mules. The advisory explains that victims are used as part of a money-laundering scheme and act as […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 05, 2019
StockX, the live marketplace for buying and selling limited edition sneakers, watches, handbags, and streetwear, announced a data breach. StockX is a live marketplace for buying and selling limited edition sneakers, watches, handbags, and streetwear, the company announced that the sneaker and streetwear buying platform had been hacked. An unauthorized user was able to access customer data, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 02, 2019
Data belonging to more than one million payment cards from South Korea surfaced in the dark web over the past two months. Experts noticed a spike in the number of stolen payment card details belonging to users from South Korea over the past two months. Card details from over one million payments cards from South […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 02, 2019
Group-IB discovered massive fraudulent campaigns carried out by Lotsy group involving the use of dozens of well-known brands aimed at Italian and Spanish-speaking customers. Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, which has recently opened Global HQ in Singapore, has discovered a new wave of massive fraudulent campaigns involving the use of dozens […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 29, 2019
One of the most active drug sellers on the Dark Web was charged by law authorities and ordered to forfeit over $4 million in cryptocurrency. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) charged Richard Castro (36) (aka “Chemsusa,” “Chems_usa,” and “Jagger109”) with participating in a conspiracy to distribute carfentanil, fentanyl, and a fentanyl analogue over the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2019
According to a report published by cyber security firm Sixgill data for over 23 million payment card were on offer in underground forums in the first half of 2019. A report published by cybersecurity firm Sixgill revealed that data for over 23 million payment card were offered for sale in the cybercrime underground. The report, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2019
Over the past three years, the website of No More Ransom was visited by 3 million users and allowed to save $108 million in ransom to the victims of 109 ransomware. After three years, No More Ransom confirms the success of the initiative that aims at helping victims of ransomware. The No More Ransom was […]
