Cybercrime

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2014
APWG Q2 2014 report, phishing is even more dangerous

The APWG Report Q2 2014 states that phishing activities continue to increase, phishers are targeting Crypto Currency, Payment Services and Retail Sites. The APWG has published its new report related to phishing activities in the period April – June 2014, the document titled “Phishing Activity Trends Report, 2nd Quarter 2014” states that online payment services […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2014
Malvertising campaign hit high profile websites including java_com

A new malvertising campaign has been spotted by experts at Fox-IT, the researchers discovered malicious ads on high-profile websites including Java.com. Experts at Fox-IT revealed in a blog post the Internet firm AppNexus is the origin of a new “malvertising” campaign, which is based on the Angler Exploit Kit to redirect visitors to malicious websites serving the Asprox malware. AppNexus provides a platform […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2014
Oil and energy industry in Norway is under attack

According to a government agencies around 300 oil and energy companies in Norway have been targeted by one of the biggest hacking campaign. Nearly 300 oil and energy companies in Norway have been targeted by one of the biggest cyber attacks ever to happen in the country, a government source reported last week. The identities of the firms […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2014
Bifrose malware leveraging on Tor caught in a targeted attack on a device manufacturer

Security experts at TrendMicro have detected a new variant of the BIFROSE malware leveraging on the Tor network in a targeted attack. Security experts at TrendMicro have been investigating a targeted attack against a device manufacturer when they discovered that BIFROSE malware, a well-known backdoor, has infected the systems of the company.  BIFROSE has been around for many […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2014
Major cyber attacks hit 5 US banks including JPMorgan

US law enforcement and private security firms are investigating on a series of cyber attacks which hit JPMorgan and other financial institutions. The FBI announced that the Bureau is investigating media reports of cyber attacks on US banks and financial firms, but law enforcement hasn’t provided further information on the incidents neither on the affected companies. […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2014
470 million sites are One Day Wonders, one in five is malicious

A study conducted by Blue Coat on 660 million unique hostnames reports that 470 Million websites are One Day Wonders and 22 Percent are malicious. A recent research conducted by security experts at Blue Coat revealed that 470 million websites exist only for one day and nearly one on five is malicious. Blue Coat experts over a […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2014
Russian Hackers disguise Kelihos bot as Anti-Government Software

Russian Hackers are spreading the Kelihos Trojan leading victims into believing that it is a software to hit Western Governments. Kelihos botnet is still active and exploited by the cybercrime ecosystem to monetize its effort as discovered by security experts at Bitdefender. Cyber criminals have a single purpose, to earn money by any means, for this reason it is […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2014
Hackers have stolen credit card data from 51 UPS stores in the US

Hackers have compromised with a malware the system at 51 UPS Stores across the United States, customers’ credit card data may have been exposed. UPS is the last clamorous victim of a gang of cybercriminals from Eastern Europe, the bad actors behind the cyber attack has compromised 51 UPS Stores across the United States. The investigators […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2014
Malware is threatening virtual machines

Malware is the primary threats for enterprise virtual machines according to report a recent report issued by Symantec Symantec recently issued the “Threats to virtual environments” report to analyze principal menace for virtualized environments. The report is very actually and considers the rapid diffusion of the virtualization paradigm within enterprises. According to Forrester Research more than 70 […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2014
Grocery giants ALBERTSONS and SUPERVALU confirmed data breach

US Grocery giants ALBERTSONS and SUPERVALU have confirmed a data breach that could impact customers who acquired product in national stores. The Grocery giants Albertsons and SUPERVALU posted on Thursday a data breach notification related to an Incident Involving Payment Card Data Processing. Albertsons is the second largest grocery store chain in the US, meanwhile SUPERVALU is […]