Cybercrime

Pierluigi Paganini March 26, 2017
How much costs a DDoS attack service? Which factors influence the final price?

How much costs a DDoS attack service? Kaspersky Lab published an analysis on the cost of a DDoS attack and services available in the black markets. The DDoS attacks continue to be a profitable business in the cyber criminal underground. Powering a DDoS attack against an organization is even cheaper, running an attack can cost […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2017
US blames North Korea for the $81 million Bangladesh cyber heist

US federal prosecutors speculate the involvement of North Korea in the cyber heist of $81 million from Bangladesh’s account at the New York Federal Reserve Bank. The news was reported by The Wall Street Journal, prosecutors suspect the involvement of Chinese middlemen who helped the Government of Pyongyang to organize the cyber theft. In February 2016, unknown hackers transferred […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2017
Data breach – Are you an Android Forums user? Resets your passwords now.

Android Forums notified a data breach, according to the moderators at the site roughly 2.5 percent of users have been affected. Android Forums is the last victim of a data breach, roughly 2.5 percent of users have been affected. The moderators at the Android Forums confirmed they’ve been able to identify the alleged compromised accounts, in response […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2017
Turkish Crime Family group will remotely wipe hundreds of millions of iPhones unless Apple pays ransom

Hackers belonging to the Turkish Crime Family group threaten to remotely wipe hundreds of millions of iPhones unless Apple pays a ransom. Crooks are claiming to have over 627 millions of iCloud credentials and intend to wipe date from iPhones, iPads and Macs if the Apple does not pay $150,000 within two weeks. Members of […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2017
Rogue Cellphone towers used to spread the Android Swearing Trojan

Chinese scammers are deploying rogue cellphone towers to spread the Android Swearing Trojan via malicious URL in SMS messages. Chinese scammers are deploying fake mobile base stations to spread the Android Swearing Trojan in text messages. The attackers have improved the well-known Smishing attack using rogue cell phone towers as the attack vector and distribute the Android […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2017
Kirk ransomware – A Star Trek Themed Ransomware that requests Monero payments

The researchers have discovered a new piece of ransomware featuring a Star Trek theme, dubbed Kirk ransomware, the first one accepting Monero payments. Ransomware continues to be one of the most profitable cyber threats, for this reason, every week we see new strains of malware in the wild. The researchers have discovered a new piece […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 18, 2017
Symantec blames North Korean Lazarus APT group for recent attacks on banks

Further investigation on the attacks against Polish banks allowed Symantec to determine that North Korean Lazarus APT group was behind recent attacks on banks. According to malware researchers at Symantec, the North Korean APT group Lazarus was likely behind a recent string of cyber attacks against organizations in 31 countries. According to Symantec, the Lazarus […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 17, 2017
Global DDoS Threat Landscape Q4 2016 – US, UK and Netherlands top attacked countries

Imperva published the Global DDoS Threat Landscape Q4 2016, according to the experts the US, the UK and Netherlands are top attacked countries. Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks continue to represent a serious threat to organizations worldwide. The attacks are growing in size and level of sophistication according to the new report ‘Global DDoS Threat […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2017
Mac users enjoy, FindZip macOS Ransomware decryption tool is available online for free

Great news for macOS users who were infected by the FindZip macOS ransomware, Avast released a decryption tool for free. Good news for macOS users who were infected by the FindZip ransomware, now a decryption tool was released online for free. The FindZip macOS ransomware was spotted last month by researchers at ESET, it is […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2017
PetrWrap, a Petya-based ransomware, was used in targeted attacks

Threat actors in the wild have found the way to hijack the Petya ransomware on the fly and use it in targeted attacks, say welcome to PetrWrap ransomware. The Petya ransomware was first spotted by experts at TrendMicro one year ago, it overwrites MBR to lock users out of the infected machines. The Petya ransomware causes a blue […]