Pierluigi Paganini
January 22, 2015
The French security expert Kafeine has discovered an unpatched vulnerability (0day) in Flash Player is being exploited by Angler Exploit Kit. The Angler exploit kit is one of the most popular crimeware kit and according to the French security researcher Kafeine it was enriched with a fresh Adobe Flash zero-day vulnerability. Kafeine has discovered a new variant of the Angler […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 16, 2015
Experts at Sucury firm have analyzed a malvertising scheme that has hijacked at least two distinct Google AdWords advertising campaigns. Malvertising campaigns are one of privileged attack vector exploited by criminal crews, their efficiency depends on the ability of attackers to compromise large audience channels. In September 2014 Malwarebytes firm discovered a large scale malvertising campaign exploiting Google’s […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 15, 2015
Security Experts at Microsoft discovered a new variant of CryptoWall 3.0 ransomware that adopts I2P Anonymity Network for C&C Communications. A new version of CryptoWall ransomware has been detected in the wild by experts at Microsoft, just a week after I reported that Cisco’s Talos Security Intelligence and Research Group detected a new strain of the same […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 14, 2015
Dell SecureWorks detected the Skeleton Key malware, which modifies authentication process on Active Directory (AD) systems protected by only passwords. The experts at Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit(TM) (CTU) have recently discovered a malware dubbed Skeleton Key that bypasses single-factor authentication on Active Directory (AD) systems. The attackers can use to have total access to remote […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 13, 2015
The newborn Silk Road Reloaded black marketplace adopts I2P Anonymous Network and different virtual currency scheme to protect illegal business. The Operation Onymous conducted by law enforcement allowed the seizure of dozens of black markets on Tor Networks. While all the underground marketplaces in the DeepWeb, including Silk Road 2.0, went down due to the operation of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 12, 2015
Security Experts at ESET firm discovered that Windigo campaign is still active and that bad actors are changing their tactics to remain under the radar. Windigo is a sophisticated malware-based campaign uncovered by security Experts at ESET in March 2014, hackers behind the campaign that exploited the Linux/Ebury backdoor compromising more than 500,000 computers and 25,000 dedicated servers. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 11, 2015
The hackers of the Rex Mundi group have released online data stolen from The Banque Cantonale de Geneve that refused to pay 10000 EURO. Last week The Banque Cantonale de Geneve has been hacked by the criminal crew Rex Mundi that has tried to blackmail the financial institution. The group of Rex Mundi hackers threatened to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2015
Security expert Brian Krebs and a research team discovered that the Lizard Stresser DDoS tool relies on compromised Home Routers. Over the holidays the Lizard Squad team knocked out the networks of Sony PSN and Microsoft Xbox live service using a tool they have designed to run DDoS attacks. The tool is dubbed Lizard Stresser and according to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2015
Researchers at Cisco’s Talos group published an analysis of a new variant of Cryptowall ransomware that implements new features. CryptoWall ransomware is one of the most popular malware used in the cybercriminal ecosystem for extortions. Ransomware is a specific family of malicious code that lock victims’ resources and demands a ransom to unlock them. CryptoWall is considered […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 09, 2015
The Banque Cantonale de Geneve announced that Rex Mundi hackers had stolen the personal data of thousands of its clients and that it was being blackmailed. The Banque Cantonale de Geneve revealed that a criminal crew has tried to blackmail the financial institution, according a first report on the incident the data breach affected said several thousand […]
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