Cybercrime

Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2014
Once again criminals hacked ATMs with knowledge of default settings

Two individuals exploited knowledge of the default passcode to hack ATMs and steal more than $400,000 in 18 months from the targeted machines. Another story of ATM hacking is circulating on the web, once again criminals exploited the knowledge of the default configuration of the machine, factory-set passcodes. The hackers haven’t run a brute-force attack against […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2014
The millionaire business behind the use of Limitless and Predator Pain Keylogger/RATs in the criminal ecosystems

Trend Micro issued a research paper on operations behind Predator Pain and Limitless keyloggers, both of which are easily obtainable from underground. Cybercriminals ordinary use malicious code to steal money from victims, the number of malware available in the criminal ecosystem is continuously growing, their level of sophistication and cost are extremely variable. Thinking of banking […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2014
NHS Trusts fail to Extend Outdated Windows XP Security Support with Microsoft

Thousands of patient records in UK are vulnerable to cyber fraudsters after up to 20 trusts under the National Hospital Service failed to extend security support for outdated Windows XP with Microsoft. Trusts running on the outdated OS risks reversed engineered attacks from hackers exploiting vulnerabilities on the unsupported OS. Hundreds of Thousands of Patient […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 11, 2014
Happy BirthDay Security Affairs – three years together!

Happy BirthDay Security Affairs! Three years together, it all began the 11/11/2011, a dream that becomes more and more real every day with your loving support. And it is just the beginning! I’m very happy and proud to be here with you for the third year of SecurityAffairs. We are a growing community that has tens of […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2014
WireLurker malware is threatening Apple mobile devices

Security Experts at Palo Alto Networks have discovered a new variant of malware dubbed WireLurker that is infecting Apple mobile devices. A new strain of malware dubbed WireLurker  is threatening Apple users, the malicious code is able to infect Apple iPhone and iPad syphoning user’data. The malware was discovered for the first time by experts […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2014
Amazon phishing campaign aim to infect Holiday shoppers

Security experts at AppRiver firm uncovered Malicious Amazon phishing emails that aim to infect Holiday Shoppers in the U.S. and U.K. Researchers at AppRiver firm reported that cyber criminals are targeting holiday shoppers at Amazon UK with large a scale phishing campaign, which is spreading malicious emails. The emails sent by crooks include malicious Microsoft Word documents […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2014
Operation Onymous, the joint attack against dark markets in Tor

Operation Onymous – Law enforcement and judicial agencies around the globe conducted a joint action against dark markets on Tor networks. This morning I have reported the news of the seizure for the underground black market Silk Road 2.0 and the arrest of its alleged manager, Defcon” Benthall. In reality, the shutdown of Silk Road 2.0 is […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2014
FBI arrested Blake “Defcon” Benthall and seized Silk Road 2.0

Silk Road 2.0 shut down by the FBI that arrested Blake “Defcon” Benthall, alleged operator of the underground black market specialized in the sale of drugs. The FBI announced the arrest of Blake Benthall, also known as “Defcon,” the alleged owner and operator of black market Silk Road 2.0, Ars that is following the case […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2014
Facebook scams – Top 5 categories identified by a 2-year study

A two-year study conducted by researchers at Bitdefender analyzed more than 850000 Facebook scams identifying the most popular frauds. Experts at Bitdefender antivirus software provider have conducted a two-year study on the way crime exploit the popular social network Facebook, the analysis examines nearly 850,000 Facebook scams. The study on Facebook scams analyzed data from different […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2014
Can cybercrime use the services of the regular companies?

The attacks from humans against the humans as the preliminary phase of a bigger cyber attack will become harder to mitigate, let’s see how the cybercrime works. Standard incident response requires finding out the real extend of the incident. This is why we have all the monitoring tools where we can find any matching patterns. […]