Pierluigi Paganini
July 16, 2017
Did you receive a WhatsApp subscription ending email or text? Watch out! It is a scam to steal your payment and personal data. Researcher Graham Cluley is warning of bogus ‘WhatsApp subscription ending’ emails and texts. Internet users are receiving an email pretending to be from WhatsApp and warning them of the ending for an alleged WhatsApp […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 16, 2017
The number of cyber attacks against ATM involving so-called ‘insert skimmers’ is increasing. Bran Krebs wrote about recent attacks using infrared devices. The number of cyber attacks against ATM involving so-called ‘insert skimmers’ is increasing. Insert Skimmers are wafer-thin fraud devices designed to fit invisibly inside the ATM card slot. Insert Skimmers are able to capture card […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 16, 2017
The experts from Netskope Threat Research Labs discovered the Hackshit PhaaS platform, another interesting case of crimeware-as-a-service. A few days ago, we discussed the Katyusha scanner,a powerful and fully automated SQLi vulnerability scanner discovered by researchers at security firm Recorded Future that was available for $500 in the cyber crime underground. The Katyusha scanner is just one […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 15, 2017
Security experts at the SANS Institute discovered that that NemucodAES ransomware and Kovter trojan are being delivered together in spam campaigns. Security experts at the SANS Institute Internet Storm Center, discovered that that two malware families, NemucodAES and Kovter are being delivered together in .zip attachments delivered via active spam campaigns. Security Researcher Brad Duncan […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 14, 2017
The AlphaBay Market was shut down by the law enforcement, exactly like its predecessor Silk Road, and the alleged mastermind committed suicide in jail. AlphaBay Market was considered the largest marketplace on the Dark Web for drugs, guns, and other illegal goods competing against the likes of Abraxas, Dream, and Hansa. The AlphaBay Market went down last week on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 13, 2017
A newly discovered Point of Sale (PoS) malware dubbed LockPoS appeared in the wild and it is being delivered through the Flokibot botnet. A newly discovered Point of Sale (PoS) malware is being delivered via a dropper that is manually loaded and executed on the targeted systems, Arbor Networks Security researchers warn. Arbor Networks researchers discovered a new Point […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 11, 2017
Security experts at TrendMicro discovered that the notorious Adwind RAT has resurfaced targeting enterprises in the Aerospace industries worldwide. Crooks are even more opportunists, they continually innovate their TTPs to maximize their profits to target the largest number of victims. Security experts at TrendMicro have discovered that the notorious Adwind RAT has resurfaced and cyber criminals are using it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 10, 2017
Crooks behind the Operation Emmental hacking campaign have started targeting the Swiss banks using a variant of the DoK Mac OS X malware. In July 2014, malware researchers at Trend Micro published a report on the hacking campaign “Operation Emmental” that was targeting Swiss bank accounts whit a multi-faceted attack that allowed crooks to bypass two factor authentication implemented […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 10, 2017
US payment kiosk vendor Avanti Markets that installs its self-service payment devices in corporate breakrooms across America suffered a security breach. The US payment kiosk vendor Avanti Markets that installs its self-service payment devices in thousands of corporate breakrooms across America suffered a security breach. According to the popular investigator Brian Krebs who first reported the news, the systems of the company were infected […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 10, 2017
Data allegedly stolen from the Reliance Jio systems were available online, It should be the biggest breach of personal data ever in India. The week starts with the news of another clamorous data breach, personal details of some 120 Million customers of the Indian company Reliance Jio were exposed. If it will be confirmed, the incident is […]
