Pierluigi Paganini
July 18, 2018
Experts uncovered a money laundering ring that leverages fake Apple accounts and gaming profiles to make transactions with stolen payment cards. A money laundering ring leverages fake Apple accounts and gaming profiles to make transactions with stolen payment cards and then sells these game premiums on online forums and within gaming communities. The money laundering […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 17, 2018
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Pierluigi Paganini
July 15, 2018
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! · HNS Botnet evolves and targets cross-platform database […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 14, 2018
Security experts from Fortinet recently detected a new version of the GandCrab ransomware, ver 4.1, that is being distributed through compromised websites A few days ago, I wrote about the return of the GandCrab ransomware (v4), a new version appeared in the threat landscape and experts at BleepingComputer first reported it. GandCrab ransomware is a young threat, it first […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 13, 2018
Imperva observed a spambot targeting WordPress sites aimed at tricking victims into clicking on links to sites offering betting services on FIFA World Cup Security experts from Imperva recently observed a spike in spam activity directed at WordPress websites, attackers aimed at tricking victims into clicking on links to sites offering betting services on the 2018 FIFA […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 13, 2018
Ukraine ‘s SBU Security Service reportedly stopped VPNFilter attack at chlorine station, the malware infected the network equipment in the facility that supplies water treatment and sewage plants. According to the Interfax-Ukraine media outlet, the VPNFilter hit the LLC Aulska station in Auly (Dnipropetrovsk region), according to the experts the malware aimed at disrupting operations at the chlorine station. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 12, 2018
Timehop has recently announced to have suffered a data breach that affected 21 million user accounts. The company now shares additional details about the incident. Timehop service aims to help people in finding new ways to connect with each other by analyzing past activities, earlier this month, the company revealed that one or more malicious hackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 09, 2018
The hosting company Domainfactory has taken down its forums after hackers posted messages claiming to have breached into its infrastructure. While I was writing about the Timehope security breach, another incident is making the headlines, the victim is the German hosting company Domainfactory. The hosting company, that was owned by GoDaddy since 2016, has taken […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 09, 2018
An expert found evidences that demonstrate the current distributed LokiBot malware samples were “hijacked” by a third actor. According to the researcher who goes online by the Twitter handle “d00rt,” samples of the LokiBot malware samples being distributed in the wild are modified versions of the original sample. I just released an article where are […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 08, 2018
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! · Data Broker Exactis data breach, one of […]
