Pierluigi Paganini
September 25, 2015
The last threat discovered by security experts at Proofpoint is “GreenDispenser,” a malware that presents many similarities with the Tyupkin malware. The use of malicious code to hack ATM is even more common in the criminal ecosystem, in the past security experts have discovered several strain of malware that was designed with this intent. ATM […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 23, 2015
Security researchers at FireEye have uncovered a new malvertising campaign that exploited the popular Forbes.com news website. Security experts at FireEye have uncovered a new malvertising campaign that exploited the popular Forbes.com news website. The malvertising campaign was discovered earlier this month, according to the analysis published by FireEye, the attackers exploited the Forbes.com website […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 19, 2015
The popular group of hackers dubbed w0rm breached the hacking forum “Monopoly” offering for sale all data present in its database. This is the classic example of the lack of rules within underground communities, today we will speak about a group of hackers who targeted another group and is offering their data for sale at $500. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 18, 2015
Sucuri has noticed a spike in the number of compromised websites as part of a malware campaign which relies on thousands of compromised WordPress sites. According to security experts at Sucuri, threat actors have hijacked thousands of websites running the WordPress CMS to serve malware. The technique is not new, legitimate compromised websites host malicious […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 18, 2015
Security experts at Doctor Web have discovered a new PoS Trojan dubbed MWZLesson that borrows code from other popular malicious software. Security experts at Dr. Web have discovered a new PoS Trojan that was designed by mixing code from other malware. The new PoS Trojan, dubbed Trojan.MWZLesson, was designed reusing the code of other popular malware, including the Dexter PoS […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 15, 2015
Mandiant firm has spotted more than a dozen Cisco routers running malicious ROMMON firmware images that allow attackers to control targeted devices. A few weeks ago, CISCO issued an alert to warn enterprise customers about a spike in attacks in which hackers use valid admin credentials on IOS devices to install bogus ROMMON images, which is the bootstrap […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 15, 2015
According to a report recently published by the Allianz Global the cybercrime costs UK businesses about £2.8 billion annually. According to a report recently published by the Allianz Global the cyber criminal activities costs UK businesses about £2.8 billion annually, accounting for 16 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). Cybercrime impacts on the global economy with £289.6 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 15, 2015
Experts at Sucuri revealed that cybercriminals are abusing Google Search Console to hide their presence in compromised websites, administrators are advised! Security experts at Sucuri firm have discovered cyber criminals are increasingly abusing legitimate webmaster tools (Google Search Console) for black hat SEO and hide their presence on compromised websites. The operation for crooks is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 14, 2015
According to the malware researchers at FireEye Labs Suceful is the first multi-vendor ATM malware threatening the banking industry. Experts at FireEye have discovered a new strain of malware dubbed Suceful (Backdoor.ATM.Suceful) specifically designed to target ATMs. Malware designed to hack ATMs are not new, in the past security experts have already detected malicious codes used […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 13, 2015
Lockerpin is the first known Android lock-screen ransomware to set a phone’s PIN lock that is targeting mainly US mobile users. Once again here we are to discuss a new mobile ransomware, this time the malicious Android app dubbed Android/Lockerpin.A locks out victims by changing lock screen PIN until owners pay a $US500 ransom. Android/Lockerpin.A, the […]
