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Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2016

Pirate Bay visitors infected with Cerber ransomware via bad ads

Experts at MalwareBytes discovered that Pirate Bay users have been targeted by a malvertising campaign serving the Cerber crypto-ransomware. Recently the visitors of the Pirate Bay website were infected with crypto-ransomware. Threat actors launched a malvertising attack on Pirate Bay and leveraged on bad ads to serve a ransomware. According to the experts at Malwarebytes attackers used […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2016

Dogspectus ransomware campaign relies on Leaked Hacking Team Exploits and Towelroot

Blue Coat spotted a new ransomware-based campaign serving the Dogspectus malware. Crooks combined a Hacking Team exploit and the Towelroot exploit. Security experts at Blue Coat have spotted a new campaign spreading an Android Ransomware dubbed Dogspectus. The malicious code hijacks mobile advertisements to scam gift cards, it locks the device in a state that allows only […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2016

Several Top websites as BBC, New York Times AOL, MSN and others victims of malvertising

Security experts from various firms have discovered a malvertising campaign that has been placing malicious ads on very popular websites like BBC and NYT. As the title says, a number of popular websites, including The New York Times, BBC, The Hill, Newsweek, AOL, MSN, and several others, were victims of a malvertising campaign. The attack […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 27, 2015

The Ramnit Botnet is back after the law enforcement takedown

The Ramnit botnet that has been disrupted by European law enforcement in February is back and it’s targeting online banking worldwide. Security researchers at IBM Security have discovered a new variant of the popular Ramnit Trojan. This year law enforcement agencies from several European countries coordinated by the Europol have taken over the botnet composed […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 08, 2015

Malvertising attack hit The Economist, anti-ad blocking service PageFair hacked

PageFair, the anti-ad blocking analytics service used by The Economist’s was hacked on Halloween and the attackers used it to serve malware. On Halloween, hackers have compromised the anti-ad blocking service PageFair used by The Economist exposing readers to malware infections. PageFair allows publishers to measure how many visitors block their ads, users who visited The […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2015

Malvertising campaign targeted the Forbes Website, million users at risks

Security researchers at FireEye have uncovered a new malvertising campaign that exploited the popular Forbes.com news website. Security experts at FireEye have uncovered a new malvertising campaign that exploited the popular Forbes.com news website. The malvertising campaign was discovered earlier this month, according to the analysis published by FireEye, the attackers exploited the Forbes.com website […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2015

Google Chrome will freeze Flash content and ads from Sept 1st

Starting from September 1st, 2015, Google will disable Flash’s ability to auto-play in its Chrome browser. What will change for advertisers? Google is going to disable Flash’s ability to auto-play in Chrome, the change will be introduced starting from September 1, 2015. Since this date, non-important Flash files will need explicit user’active to play in the browser. […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2015

RIG Exploit Kit 3.0 infected over 1.3 Million PC worldwide

Version 3.0 of the RIG exploit kit has been released with new significant improvement. It has already infected more than 1.3 million PC worldwide. Early 2015, part of the source code for the 2.0 version of the RIG exploit kit was leaked online due to a dispute between the main developer and a reseller. According […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2015

Malvertising campaign hits 10 million users in 10 days

Security Firm Cyphort Labs reported that 10 million users may have been infected in ten days by a malvertising and exploit kit campaign. Nick Bilogorskiy, a security researcher at Cyphort revealed that 10 million users may have been infected in ten days due to a malvertising and exploit kit campaign. According to the expert threat actors […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 02, 2015

The FBI Most Wanted hackers. Law enforcement is willing to pay $4.2 million to get them

FBI has published the lists of most wanted hackers, the rewards for their capture reach $4.2 million. They have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars. Cybercrime represents one of the most serious threat to Governments and private industries worldwide, law enforcement hunt down this emerging class of criminals who are able to influence the social […]

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Pirate Bay visitors infected with Cerber ransomware via bad ads

Dogspectus ransomware campaign relies on Leaked Hacking Team Exploits and Towelroot

Several Top websites as BBC, New York Times AOL, MSN and others victims of malvertising

The Ramnit Botnet is back after the law enforcement takedown

Malvertising attack hit The Economist, anti-ad blocking service PageFair hacked

Malvertising campaign targeted the Forbes Website, million users at risks

Google Chrome will freeze Flash content and ads from Sept 1st

RIG Exploit Kit 3.0 infected over 1.3 Million PC worldwide

Malvertising campaign hits 10 million users in 10 days

The FBI Most Wanted hackers. Law enforcement is willing to pay $4.2 million to get them

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