Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2016
According to Google, Google is a ‘partially dangerous’ website because some pages on google.com contain deceptive content. According to Google’s online transparency report, Google’s main search engine is a “partially dangerous” website. The company has advised that people should exercise caution when using it. The search engine could attempt to steal the personal information of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2016
FireEye has discovered a new strain of POS malware dubbed Multigrain that steals card data from point-of-sale systems and exfiltrates it over DNS. Security experts at FireEye have spotted a new strain of the NewPosThings PoS malware, dubbed Multigrain, that steals payment card data from point-of-sale (PoS) systems and exfiltrate it via DNS to avoid detection. The technique is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 17, 2016
US prosecutors confirmed on Thursday that an American firm lost nearly $100 million in a BEC (business email compromise) scam. The Reuters Agency reported that an unidentified American company was the victim of a clamorous email fraud, scammers have stolen from the firm nearly $100 million. According to the US authorities, fraudsters used a fake […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 15, 2016
The security experts from the IBM X-Force Research spotted a new threat dubbed GozNym Trojan that combines Gozi ISFB and Nymaim malware abilities. What happens when two threats join their capabilities? Two dangerous Trojans, the Nymaim and Gozi ISFB malware, have been merged to create a new banking Trojan called GozNym. The GozNym Trojan is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 14, 2016
Experts at BAE Systems revealed that the Qbot malware is back with new evasion techniques and very effective polymorphic capabilities. Security experts at BAE Systems revealed that the Qbot malware is back, they discovered 54,517 infected machines most of them located in the United States (85%). Qbot first appeared in 2009 when was detected by Symantec, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 12, 2016
Security Researchers have developed a decryption tool to restore the files encrypted by the Petya ransomware with a key generated in less than 10 seconds. Security researchers have analyzed the code of Petya ransomware in order to devise a method to allow victims to restore encrypted files. The experts have been able to develop a decryption tool […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2016
Beware, even things on Amazon come with embedded malware… this is the disconcerting discovery made by the expert Mark Olsen. The security expert Mike Olsen warned about the presence of malware in products sold through the Amazon service. Olsen was searching for outdoor surveillance cameras on Amazon for a friend’s home. He has found an interesting offer […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2016
Researchers and law enforcement in a joint effort shut down the Mumblehard botnet composed of more than 4000 Linux machines. Security experts have shut down a spam botnet, known as Mumblehard, composed of more than 4,00o Linux machines. In May 2015, researchers from ESET revealed the sophisticated Mumblehard spamming malware infected thousands of Linux and FreeBSD servers going […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 07, 2016
A threat actor named TA530 group, has been targeting executives in an attempt to infect their machine with various malware, including ransomware. Ransomware continues to represent one of the greatest threat for the Internet users, the FBI recently issued a confidential urgent “Flash” message to the businesses and organizations about the Samsam Ransomware. Security firms […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 04, 2016
The FBI issued a confidential urgent “Flash” message to the businesses and organizations about the Samsam Ransomware, why it is so dangerous? It is emergency, every week security experts launch an alert on a new ransomware, the extortion practice is becoming a profitable business for criminal gangs worldwide. Recently the US and Canada issued a joint warning about the recent […]
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