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Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2015
Damballa revealed the secrets behind the Destover malware that infected the Sony Pictures

Security researchers at Damballa Willis McDonald and Loucif Kharouni have conducted a deep analysis of the Destover malware used in the Sony Pictures attack. Security researchers at Damballa Willis McDonald and Loucif Kharouni have conducted a deep analysis of the wiper used by threat actors in the Sony Pictures hack. The experts discovered that attackers used a highly sophisticated disk-cleaning […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2015
New Studies Proving Non Immediate Reaction of Antivirus Tools to Threats

It has been outlined that most antivirus software do not detect all the malware and other threats that they should, leaving room for infection and motivating companies to look deeper for more effective solutions to the problem of online security. The safety of an internet user against a threat of a virus infection is analogous […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2014
Backoff infections rise up to 57 percent increase in Q3

Security firm Damballa issued the ‘State of Infections Report Q3 2014’ that highlights a 57% increase in infections of the notorious Backoff POS malware. Security experts at Damballa security firm detected a 57% increase in infections of the popular Backoff malware in the third quarter, the number of infections was jumped high from August to September and […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2013
Attacks-as-a-Service, MaaS, FaaS different terms same success history

Attacks-as-a-Service, Malware-as-a-Service and Fraud-as-a-Service, are all terms used to better qualify the complex evolution of cybercrime offer. Attacks-as-a-Service , Malware-as-a-Service and Fraud-as-a-Service are all terms commonly used for providing of illegal activities by cyber criminals. These models of sale represent the natural evolution of the offer in the underground that responds to a demand in constant growth. In the past we have discussed […]