Pierluigi Paganini
October 18, 2017
Researchers at BAE Systems investigated the recent cyber-heist that targeted a bank in Taiwan and linked the action to the notorious Lazarus APT group. The activity of the Lazarus APT Group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks and experts that investigated on the crew consider it highly sophisticated. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 17, 2017
Even with the most advanced email protections in place and an entire government organization to support them, the bad actors were able to spoof Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) emails to spread a Java-based remote administration tool to unsuspecting UK recipients. In September 2017, Trustwave identified a scam campaign that pretended to come from HMRC. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 14, 2017
Crooks have developed a strain of Android ransomware dubbed Doublelocker that both encrypts user data and changes PIN Lock. DoubleLocker, the name says it all, is a new malware that not only encrypts the Android mobile devices but also changes PIN lock. The DoubleLocker ransomware was discovered by security researchers from cybersecurity firm ESET. DoubleLocker is the first-ever […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2017
The Hyatt Hotels Corporation notified customers that their credit card information may have been stolen by crooks, the second time in 2 years. The Hyatt Hotels Corporation made the headlines once again, the company notified customers that their credit card information may have been stolen by crooks. The data breach affects three hotels in the United States, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2017
Experts at Akamai have identified a running Fast Flux botnet composed of over 14,000 compromised systems used to spread malware. Experts at Akamai have identified a running botnet of over 14,000 compromised systems used to spread malware. The botmasters implemented a technique dubbed Fast Flux to make the infrastructure hard to take down. Treat actors […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 12, 2017
Equifax service set up for obtaining free and discounted credit reports had been redirecting users to websites offering a fake Flash Player installer. The independent security analyst Randy Abrams discovered an Equifax service set up for obtaining free and discounted credit reports had been redirecting users to websites offering a fake Flash Player installer. “As I […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 12, 2017
Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2017 – Banks, powerstations and cryptocyrrency exchanges are forecast to be the most likely targets for hacking in the near future Group-IB, one of the global leaders in preventing and investigating high-tech crimes and online fraud, presented its Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2017 report at CyberCrimeCon, In the next year, the main source of losses […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2017
Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab have discovered a new strain of ATM malware dubbed ATMii that could be used to empty an ATM. Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab have discovered a new strain of ATM malware dubbed ATMii. The ATMii malware was discovered in April this year, it implements an injector module (exe.exe) and the module to be injected (dll.dll). Crooks can […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2017
Crooks are spreading the FormBook malware to target aerospace firms, defense contractors and some manufacturing organizations in the US and South Korea. According to researchers at FireEye, FormBook was spotted in several high-volume distribution campaigns targeting aim at Aerospace, Defense Contractor, and Manufacturing industries. The phishing emails that targeted US entities contain PDF, DOC or […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2017
Security experts from Proofpoint have uncovered a malvertising actor named KovCoreG group that is spreading the Kovter malware via fake browser and Flash updates. Security researchers from Proofpoint have uncovered a malvertising group dubbed KovCoreG that is spreading the Kovter malware via fake browser and Flash updates. The Kovter malware is used in Ad fraud campaigns, victims were infected by simply clicking […]
