Pierluigi Paganini
July 31, 2018
A new sophisticated version of the AZORult Spyware was spotted in the wild, it was involved in a large email campaign on July 18 Malware researchers at Proofpoint spotted a new version of the AZORult Spyware in the wild, it was involved in a large email campaign on July 18, just 24 hours it appeared […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2018
The source code of the Exobot Android banking trojan has been leaked online, researchers already verified its authenticity. The source code of the Exobot Android banking trojan has been leaked online and experts believe that we will soon assist at a new wave of attacks based on the malware. The Exobot Android banking trojan was first spotted at the end […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 11, 2018
The access to a system at a major international airport via RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) could be paid only $10 on the Dark Web. Experts at McAfee have discovered hackers offering RDP access to compromised machines worldwide while analyzing several black markets. The researchers discovered shops offering between 15 to more than 40,000 RDP connections for sale, the largest […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 11, 2018
Researchers at threat intelligence firm Recorded Future have reported that a hacker was trying to sell US Military Reaper drone documents for less than $200. The news is disconcerting, the hackers may have obtained the documents related to the Reaper drone by hacking into at least two computers belonging to U.S. military personnel. “Specifically, an English-speaking hacker claimed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 10, 2018
Security experts at Flashpoint confirmed the availability online for the source code of the TreasureHunter PoS malware since March. The researchers found evidence that the threat has been around since at least late 2014. TreasureHunt was first discovered by researchers at the SANS Institute who noticed the malware generating mutex names to evade detection. TreasureHunt enumerates the processes running on the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 18, 2018
Security experts at CSE CybSec ZLab malware Lab have conducted an interesting analysis of the principal Ransomware-as-a-Service platforms available on the dark web. Over the years, the diffusion of darknets has created new illegal business models. Along with classic illegal goods such as drugs and payment card data, other services appeared in the criminal underground, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 26, 2018
Recently Reddit decided to ban the biggest darknet subreddit, /r/darknetmarkets, used by crime communities to discuss producta and services in the most popular darknet markets. Darknet markets have a crucial role in the cybercrime underground, they are excellent places of aggregation for the demand and the offer of illegal products and services. Communities around principal Darknet markets […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 18, 2018
My new book, titled ‘Digging the Deep Web: Exploring the dark side of the web’ is available online, enjoy it. It’s a pleasure and an honor for me to announce the availability of my book “Digging the Deep Web: Exploring the dark side of the web“ Kindle Edition — Paper Copy What is the Deep Web and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 18, 2018
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! · Governments rely on Sandvine network gear to deliver spyware and miners · Hacking […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2018
The GandCrab ransomware decryptor has been released by the Romanian Police (IGPR) under the supervision of the General Prosecutor’s Office (DIICOT) and in collaboration with the internet security company Bitdefender and Europol. Bitdefender has teamed up with Europol, the Romanian Police, and the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) to release a free […]
