Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2016
Lurk cybercrime Gang developed, maintained and rent the Angler EK

Experts from Kaspersky Lab confirmed that the Lurk cybercrime Gang developed, maintained and rent the infamous Angler Exploit Kit. Security experts from Kaspersky Lab have confirmed that the Lurk cybercrime group are the author of the infamous Angler exploit kit. The members of the Lurk cybercrime crew were arrested by Russian law enforcement this summer, […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2016
The RIPPER malware linked to the recent ATM attacks in Thailand

Experts from FireEye  who analyzed the RIPPER malware believe it was used by crooks in the recent wave of cyber attacks against ATM in Thailand. Earlier this month a malware was used by a criminal organization to steal 12 million baht from ATMs in Thailand. According to FireEye, the malware was uploaded for the first time […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2016
Shad0wS3C group hacked the Paraguay Secretary of National Emergency

Shad0wS3C hacker group has hacked the Paraguay’s Secretary of National Emergency (SNE) and leaked online a dump from a PostgreSQL database. Not so long ago I interviewed Gh0s7, the leader of the Shad0wS3C hacker crew, now he contacted me to announce the hack of the Paraguay’s Secretary of National Emergency (SNE). “The reason for this data […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2016
DNC staffers are invited to use ‘Snowden-Approved’ App Signal in response to the hack

In the aftermath of the DNC hack the staffers were instructed in the use of the popular instant messaging Signal app, also called the “Snowden-approved” app. The need of privacy is pushing the IT industry in developing secure messaging systems that implement end-to-end encrypted to protect users from prying eyes. Signal is probably the most popular app […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2016
Hacker Interviews – New World Hackers

New World Hackers is one of the most popular groups of hackers, it conducted several hacking campaigns against multiple targets. Enjoy the interview! Did you conduct several hacking campaigns? Could you tell me more about you and your team? We have been dedicated to operations, such as taking down BBC, Donald Trump, NASA, and XBOX. […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2016
Megaupload seized by the FBI, once again serves adult content

KimDotcom’ Megaupload, the popular website seized by feds 5 years ago and currently managed by the FBI is serving adult content. Sometimes really bizarre things happen and it is difficult to explain them. Is it possible that the FBI hosts a porn website? The first thing that I have is that the FBI might run […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2016
Global cost of cybercrime will grow from $3 trillion in 2015 to $6 trillion annually by 2021

The cost of cybercrime could reach $6 trillion by 2021 (global annual cybercrime costs has been estimated $3 trillion in 2015). The global cost of cybercrime continues to increase, this isn’t a surprise due to the intensification of this kind of illegal practice. According to an analysis conducted by Cybersecurity Ventures, the cost of cybercrime […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 27, 2016
Opera warns Opera Sync users of possible security breach

The Norwegian company warned the users that the Opera Sync service of a possible security breach that might have exposed their data. On Friday, Opera, published a security alert to warn its users that the Opera Sync service might have been breached. In response to the alleged incident, Opera forced a password reset for all Sync […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 27, 2016
Mozilla launched the Observatory tool to test the security of websites

The Security Engineer April King from Mozilla has released the Observatory Tool, a free tool for the security assessment of websites. Mozilla has launched the ‘Observatory,’ a tool developed by the Security Engineer April King that allows administrators and developer to test their websites. “Observatory is a simple tool that allows site operators to quickly […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 27, 2016
New Locky Ransomware variant uses DLLs for distribution

A new Locky Ransomware variant has been spotted by researchers at Cyren, it uses DLLs for distribution. The Locky Ransomware is one of the most popular threats since its first detection in the wild early 2016. The ransomware has evolved over the time, crooks have improved it adding new evasion detection features and changing the distribution methods. Security experts […]