Pierluigi Paganini
January 29, 2017
The Romantik Seehotel Jäegerwirt 4-Star Superior Luxury Hotel was hit by a ransomware attack that locked guests in and out of the rooms. Another singular incident involved a ransomware, the victims are hundreds of guests of a luxurious hotel in Austria, the Romantik Seehotel Jäegerwirt 4-Star Superior Hotel. The guests were locked in or out of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 29, 2017
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission revealed some brokerage websites have been hit by DDoS attacks and blackmailed by crooks. The Hong Kong’s SFC (Securities and Futures Commission) confirmed several brokers in the city has suffered DDoS attacks and were blackmailed by hackers. “We are alerted by the Police that some securities brokers have […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 28, 2017
Five members of an international cybercrime gang have been arrested as a result of an investigation coordinated by the Europol. A joint operation conducted by the Europol and the Asian law enforcement allowed to arrest five members of an international organised cybercrime gang focused on cyber attacks on ATMs, three of them have been convicted. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 27, 2017
The security researchers at security firm Sixgill discovered a new malware dubbed Nuke HTTP bot offered for sale on a forum in the Dark Web. Darknets are the right places where to find illegal product and services, it is quite easy to find malicious code and also botnets of any type. On December 16th, a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 26, 2017
LeakedSource is down! According to a message appeared in the OGF forum, the popular data breach notification website has apparently been raided by feds. The Data breach notification website LeakedSource has apparently been raided by feds. The service is one of the most important available online, it reported some of the largest data breaches last year and now […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 26, 2017
According to the security firm Dr. Web , thousands of Linux-based devices have already been infected with the Linux.Proxy.10 Trojan. A new Trojan dubbed Linux.Proxy.10 is targeting Linux-based devices transforming them into proxy servers that are used by attackers to protect their anonymity while launching cyber attacks from the hacked systems. Linux.Proxy.10 was first discovered by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 25, 2017
Russian authorities arrested Ruslan Stoyanov the head of the investigation unit at the Kaspersky Lab in ‘Treason Probe’. A sad news is shocking the IT security industry, the Russian authorities arrested Ruslan Stoyanov, one of the most important cybercrime investigators working for the Kaspersky Lab. Ruslan Stoyanov is the head of the investigation unit at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 25, 2017
Last year, the HummingBad Android malware infected as many as 85 million devices, now it has returned under the new name of HummingWhale. CERT-EU and other sources corroborated Check Point researchers’ findings which recently confirmed a new variant of the ad-fraud-big-money-making, HummingBad, is spreading rapidly on the Android marketplace Google Play. HummingBad was first seen […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 23, 2017
Antivirus firm Dr. Web spotted a new Android malware dubbed BankBot that is based on a source code that was leaked on an underground forum. Bad news for Android users, researchers from the Russian antivirus maker Dr. Web have reported that the source code for another Android banking malware has been leaked on an underground hacking […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 23, 2017
The money transfer leader company Western Union has agreed to forfeit $586 million to settle fraud charges and admitted it facilitated scammers. Money transfer leader company Western Union has admitted to facilitating wire fraud and it has agreed to pay $586 million to settle fraud charges from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice. The services […]
