fraud Archives - Page 6 of 9 - Security Affairs

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2014

Soraya PoS Malware, a new start in criminal ecosystem

Security experts at Arbor Networks have discovered a new type of PoS malware called Soraya that implements memory scraping and Web forms grabbing. During 2013 security experts have discovered numerous malware targeting point-of-sale systems, BlackPOS, Dexter and vSkymmer are just some example of malicious code detected in the last 12 months. Researchers at Arbor Networks have discovered a […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 18, 2014

US retailer Michaels Stores confirms card data breach

After Target and Neiman Marcus, also US retailer Michaels Stores confirms card data breach occurred early this year, the second one in the company hystory. Early this year was spread the news that Michaels Stores Inc, the biggest U.S. arts and crafts retailer, was the victim of a severe data breach. Michaels Stores Inc. retailer was […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2014

Reading the Global Threat Intelligence Report (GTIR)

The Global Threat Intelligence Report (GTIR) addresses the security challenges of organizations globally analyzing 3 billion worldwide attacks occurred in 2013. The NTT Innovation Institute has released the new Global Threat Intelligence Report (GTIR), a document structured to raise awareness of the rapidly evolving global threat landscape. The GTIR was based on threat intelligence and attack data from […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 17, 2014

Bitcoin stealer malware disguised as application to access MtGox DB

The MtGox data leaked by the popular exchange was invented by hackers to infect a large audience with a Bitcoin stealer malware. Last month the biggest MtGox exchange filed for bankruptcy after it lost nearly 850,000 Bitcoins, it is a fraud, according an unknown hacker who breached into the personal blog and Reddit account of MtGox CEO, Mark Karpeles. As usual […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2014

Anonymous hackers hacked MtGox CEO publishing evidence of fraud

A group of anonymous hackers violated the personal blog and Reddit account of the MtGox CEO Mark Karpeles on Sunday. They claim to publish evidence of fraud. Bitcoin community was shocked by recent MtGox data breach, the Bitcoin exchange shuts down after it had announced to have suffered technical issues that forced the exchange to suspend […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2014

Tor network is increasingly attractive for cybercrime

Cyber criminals are abusing even more Tor Network for illegal activities, from botnet management to money laundering, the number of services is increasing. Tor network is even more used by cyber criminals to cover their illegal activities, the Tor community has observed, for example an alarming increase in the number of malware that abuse of […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2014

The crowd-funding site Kickstarter has been Hacked

The crowd-funding site Kickstarter has been Hacked! The company suggested to its users to change their password. The popular crowd funding website Kickstarter is the last victim of a data breach, all the users are invited to change their passwords to avoid further problems. The news has been confirmed by the CEO of Kickstarter, Yancey Strickler, that revealed the company has […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2014

Malicious apps spread via Google Store packaged with premium SMS scam

PandaLabs has found at least four free apps in the official Google Play store that are packaged with a premium SMS scam. Already 300000 mobile infected. PandaLabs security firm has identified malicious Android apps available on Google Play that can sign up users for premium SMS subscription services without user knowledge. The malware has infected at least 300,000 Android devices, although the number of […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 15, 2014

TESCO thousands shopping account credentials leaked online

Thousands of Tesco.com shopping accounts were suspended after hackers have leaked users details including credentials and Tesco Clubcard vouchers. Tesco has recently confirmed to have suffered a data breach, the cybercriminals have hit the company on Valentine’s Day compromising the account of thousands of online clients. “We take the security of our customers’ data extremely seriously and […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 12, 2014

JackPOS malware presented as a Java Update Scheduler

JackPOS was detected by security experts at IntelCrawler firm several days ago and it seemed based on code from “Alina”. Attacks on POS are on the rise. A new strain of Point-of-Sale malware named “JackPOS” was discovered by IntelCrawler, a cyber intelligence firm from Los Angeles, confirming the growing trend of Point-of-Sales malware after the Target data breach. JackPOS was detected several days ago […]

fraud

Soraya PoS Malware, a new start in criminal ecosystem

US retailer Michaels Stores confirms card data breach

Reading the Global Threat Intelligence Report (GTIR)

Bitcoin stealer malware disguised as application to access MtGox DB

Anonymous hackers hacked MtGox CEO publishing evidence of fraud

Tor network is increasingly attractive for cybercrime

The crowd-funding site Kickstarter has been Hacked

Malicious apps spread via Google Store packaged with premium SMS scam

TESCO thousands shopping account credentials leaked online

JackPOS malware presented as a Java Update Scheduler

newsletter

Subscribe to my email list and stay
up-to-date!

recent articles

Microsoft unveils Project Ire: AI that autonomously detects malware

CERT-UA warns of UAC-0099 phishing attacks targeting Ukraine’s defense sector

Over 100 Dell models exposed to critical ControlVault3 firmware bugs

How CTEM Boosts Visibility and Shrinks Attack Surfaces in Hybrid and Cloud Environments

WhatsApp cracks down on 6.8M scam accounts in global takedown

QUICK LINKS

fraud

newsletter

Subscribe to my email list and stay up-to-date!

recent articles

Subscribe to my email list and stay
up-to-date!