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Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2016
Resume files locked by Linux Encoder with Bitdefender decryption tool

Bitdefender has discovered for the third time a flaw in Linux Encryption Ransomware Linux Encoder that exposes the decryption Key used to lock the files. In November  2015, the Russian antivirus firm Doctor Web reported the discovery of a new Linux ransomware dubbed Linux Encoder that was specifically designed to infect Linux systems. The Linux.Encoder1 ransomware encrypts files present […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 05, 2016
Hackers cause power outage with malware in Ukraine. Is it an Information warfare act?

Hackers cause power outage with the BlackEnergy malware in Ukraine. Is it an Information warfare act? Cyber security of ICS e SCADA systems in the critical infrastructure is essential, these components are a privileged target of cyber criminals and state sponsor hackers. The most popular SCADA attack in the history is the one conducted against control systems […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 03, 2016
Analyzing Ransom32, the first JavaScript ransomware variant

Ransom32 is a new crypto-ransomware variant recently reported, it is the first ransomware variant that has been developed in the JavaScript. Ransom32 is a new crypto-ransomware variant that was first reported on December 29th, 2015, by an infected user on the Bleeping Computer forums. It is the first ransomware variant that has been developed in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2015
Are Russian hackers infecting critical infrastructure in Ukraine?

The Ukrainian Government is blaming Russians state-sponsored hackers for a number of electricity cut-offs occurred in Western Ukraine. The Ukrainian Government is suffering a series of power outages in the Western region of the country likely caused by cyber attacks. The Ukrainian Government believes that the power outages are caused by operations conducted by Russian […]

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 December 24, 2015
Someone wants infect millions of Raspberry Pi computers

Liz Upton from the Raspberry Pi Foundation made a shocking revelation, someone has offered cash to install a malware into its tiny computers. The Raspberry Pi Foundation made a shocking revelation, someone has offered cash to install a malware into its tiny computers. Yes, the news is unbelievable, but Liz Upton, the Foundation’s director of communications, disclosed the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 24, 2015
Roaming Tiger Hackers targets Russian organizations for espionage

Security researchers from ESET uncovered the Roaming Tiger hacking campaign, bad actors in the wild are targeting Russian organizations. Roaming Tiger is the name of a cyber espionage campaign targeting high profile organizations in Russia and former Soviet Union countries, including Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. The Roaming Tiger campaign was discovered by experts at […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 23, 2015
Aethra botnet made up of 12000 Italian devices threatens businesses

Earlier this year experts at VoidSec discovered the Aethra botnet made up of 12000 Italian devices targeting businesses in various industries. Earlier February, experts at VoidSec where performing ordinary maintenance on their personal website when noticed something of strange in the logs. It was a “strange” recurring pattern, revealing a brute force attack against the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 22, 2015
Angler exploit kit includes the code of a recent Flash flaw

A security researcher discovered a new variant of the Angler exploit kit that includes the exploit code for a recently patched Adobe Flash Player flaw. The French security researcher “Kafeine” has discovered a new variant of the popular Angler exploit kit that includes the exploit code for a recently patched Adobe Flash Player vulnerability (CVE-2015-8446). Kafeine reported […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2015
Inside the German cybercriminal underground

Trend Micro investigated on German crime forums and concluded that Germany possesses the most advanced cybercrime ecosystem in the European Union. We have reported several times the news related to various criminal cybercriminal underground underground communities in the wild, such as American underground, the Russian underground, the Brazil underground, the Chinese underground and also the […]