Cybercrime

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2015
Hacking Team Zero-Day tied to attacks In Korea and Japan

Security experts at Trend Micro revealed that one of the exploits discovered in the Hacking Team package tied to Attacks In Korea and Japan. Following the recent hack of the popular surveillance firm Hacking Team, the experts started the analysis of the material leaked online by the attackers. The package leaked online include also a number […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2015
Hacking Team Flash Zero-Day exploits are being used in the wild

Security experts confirmed that Adobe Flash vulnerability revealed in the recent attack against the Hacking Team is being used in the wild. Every IT security website is publishing information related to the recent hack of the Hacking Team and consequent exfiltration of more than 400 GB of sensitive data. The most scaring scenario is already […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 07, 2015
Adobe Zero-Day Exploits leaked in Hacking Team hack

Researchers discovered several exploits in the data stolen from the Hacking Team, including ones for zero-day vulnerabilities. The recent hack of the Hacking Team firm has caused the exposure of 400GB of corporate data which includes source code (GitHub repository), emails and other sensitive documents belonging to the surveillance software firm. According to security experts at Trend Micro, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2015
KINS Malware Builder Leaked on numerous crime forums

Researchers at MalwareMustDie group have discovered a KINS Malware builder leaked online, it is easy to predict a rapid diffusion of the banking trojan. Security experts at the MalwareMustDie revealed that the source code of the popular KINS malware was leaked online. Early 2013, experts at RSA discovered traces the banking trojan named KINS by analyzing the offer for […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2015
New Zealand approves Harmful Digital Communications Bill against cyberbullying

The New Zealand’s Government passed the Harmful Digital Communications Bill, which declares war to cyberbullying and other abuses of Digital Communications. The Government of New Zealand has passed the Harmful Digital Communications Bill that would implement the Government’s decisions on addressing harmful digital communications. The Bill establishes serious penalties against cyberbullying considering it as a serious criminal offense. The Bill states that any […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 04, 2015
Lordfenix: 20-year-old Brazilian has written 100 banking trojan

Trend Micro has identified Lordfenix, a student that created more than 100 different banking Trojans and other malicious tools, since April 2013. Security experts at Trend Micro have identified a 20-year-old Brazilian student which has developed and distributed more than 100 Banking malware. The young cyber criminal, which used the pseudonym of ‘Lordfenix’, ‘Hacker’s Son’ and […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 04, 2015
Kovter trojan patches Flash Player, IE to close the door to other infections

Security researcher discovered a strain of the Kovter trojan that has been updating  Flash Player and Internet Explorer to prevent further infections. The French security expert Kafeine have discovered a new strain of the Kovter malware noticing that the instance of the malicious code he was analyzing was attempting to download the latest version of the Flash […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 02, 2015
The FBI Most Wanted hackers. Law enforcement is willing to pay $4.2 million to get them

FBI has published the lists of most wanted hackers, the rewards for their capture reach $4.2 million. They have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars. Cybercrime represents one of the most serious threat to Governments and private industries worldwide, law enforcement hunt down this emerging class of criminals who are able to influence the social […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2015
OPM suspends e-QIP to patch a severe security flaw

The OPM announced that it has temporarily suspended its Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing (e-QIP) system to fix a security flaw. According the results of a security audit conducted after the hack at the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) the systems of the US Department are affected by a serious vulnerability. The vulnerable system is […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 29, 2015
Experts found Government Credentials on the Open Web too easily

Recorded Future discovered that credentials stolen in a number of breaches and belonging to government agencies are available online on several paste sites. According to analysts at Recorded Future, the credentials stolen in several data breached related to 100 US government domains are available online on a number of paste sites and on other websites. […]