Pierluigi Paganini
June 17, 2015
Security experts at Nettitude reported that VoIP (Voice over IP) infrastructures worldwide are targeted by a growing number of cyber attacks. A new wave of attacks against Voice over IP (VoIP) systems is targeting UK businesses, security experts believe that a surge was advantaged by the greater availability of hacking tools in the criminal underground. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 16, 2015
The cloud-based application, LastPass has been compromised but encrypted user vault data doesn’t look to have been accessed by hackers. The popular cloud-based password management service LasPass has been compromised, exposing user account email addresses, password reminders, server per use salts, and authenication hashes. It seems that encrypted user vault data haven’t been accessed. “We […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 15, 2015
DDOS attacks have become cheaper than one can think, just because of the era of DDOS-for-hire services. However, such attacks are easier to launch now and don’t cost much, but when it comes to the victim – it costs $40,000 per hour to them considering the loss. Incapsula revealed in its annual Report of DDoS […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 15, 2015
A security researcher said that a malvertising campaign could affect as many as 50M users, it affected some popular web sites like Facebook’s Bejewelled Blitz. According to a security researcher at malvertising attack can affect around 50 million users, and hit known social media websites like Facebook. “One of the main features about this attack was its […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 15, 2015
Government records stolen in the recent data breach at the US OPM (Office of Personnel Management) are surfacing from the Dark Web. While security experts speculate on the possible responsible for the recent data breach at US the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) the alleged data appeared in the dark web. I have personally found it on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 12, 2015
Users of the popular Agora Dark Market have been targeted by unknown crooks who sent them malicious java script exploit that tries to steal their Bitcoin. Users of the popular Agora Marketplace have been targeted by unknown crooks who sent them malicious messages trough their PM system. The messages contain a malicious java script exploit that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 12, 2015
A joint international operation led to the dismantling of a criminal gang who is behind the Operation Triangle phishing campaign. A joint effort of Law enforcement from six countries, including Italy, Spain, Poland,Belgium, the U.K., and Georgia, allowed the arrest of 49 suspects fraudsters. Twenty individuals were arrested in Italy, 10 in Spain, 18 in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 09, 2015
Security experts at Fortinet uncovered a new strain of the Vawtrak banking Trojan is implementing an obscuring mechanism based on the Tor2Web service. The authors of the banking Trojan Vawtrak are adopting a new tactic to hide the traffic to its servers, they are exploiting the Tor2Web service to masquerade malicious connections. In the past, criminal crews behind […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 08, 2015
Malware researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a news strain of the malumPoS used to target hospitality, food and beverage, and retail industries. Security experts at Trend Micro have discovered a new strain of the MalumPoS malware that was reconfigured to compromise PoS systems based on the Oracle® MICROS® platform. Trend Micro was the first […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 07, 2015
A quick tour in the Black Markets, the places on the web where it is possible to acquire or rent “malicious” services and illegal products. Black Markets are places on the web where it is possible to acquire or rent “malicious” services and products, these markets are growing fast and are becoming very popular in […]
