malware

Pierluigi Paganini November 08, 2014
Russian hackers infiltrated many US critical infrastructure

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed that Russian hackers have infiltrated several critical infrastructure in the United States. Government officials reported to the ABC News agency that hackers have compromised computing systems in many nation’s critical infrastructure. The attackers have infected the software that runs in the critical infrastructure with a malware, the circumstance creates a […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2014
Facebook scams – Top 5 categories identified by a 2-year study

A two-year study conducted by researchers at Bitdefender analyzed more than 850000 Facebook scams identifying the most popular frauds. Experts at Bitdefender antivirus software provider have conducted a two-year study on the way crime exploit the popular social network Facebook, the analysis examines nearly 850,000 Facebook scams. The study on Facebook scams analyzed data from different […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2014
ROM is the new improved strain of the Backoff PoS Malware

Security experts at Fortinet detected a new variant of Backoff malicious code dubbed ROM, which is an improved version of the popular POS malware. A new strain of the Backoff point of sale malware has been detected in the wild by security experts at Fortinet, the new variant dubbed ROM (W32/Backoff.B!tr.spy) appears more fine-tuned. Like Backoff, ROM […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2014
Bad actors are using Gmail Drafts to control their bots

Security company Shape Security discovered a new strain of malware which is exploiting Gmail service as a communication channel with control server. Security experts at Shape Security announced to have found a new strain of malware that implements a smart technique to communicate with command and control servers, the commands are hidden in unassuming Gmail drafts that are never even […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 29, 2014
Sony Xperia Smartphones send user data in China

Security experts have discovered that Sony Xperia Smartphones secretly send user Data to servers in China due to the presence of the Baidu spyware. Sony Xperia Devices secretly send user data to servers in China, this is the last news that is shocking the mobile industry and that was published on several forums. The problem relates to Sony […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2014
Backoff infections rise up to 57 percent increase in Q3

Security firm Damballa issued the ‘State of Infections Report Q3 2014’ that highlights a 57% increase in infections of the notorious Backoff POS malware. Security experts at Damballa security firm detected a 57% increase in infections of the popular Backoff malware in the third quarter, the number of infections was jumped high from August to September and […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2014
Russian Tor exit node patches with malware the files downloaded

The researcher Josh Pitts of Leviathan Security Group identified a Russian Tor exit node that is patching the binaries downloaded by the users with malware. Once again Tor network is under attack, the researcher Josh Pitts of Leviathan Security Group has identified a Tor exit node that was used to patch the binaries downloaded by the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2014
Koler Android Ransomware spread itself via SMS messages

The security firm AdaptiveMobile has discovered a new variant of Koler ransomware is capable of self-replication via SMS messages. A new strain of the Koler Android ransomware is threatening the mobile industry, the new variant spreads itself via SMSs and holds the victim’s device phone hostage until a ransom is paid. The Koler ransomware were detected by experts […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2014
Operation Pawn Storm is targeting military, government and media agencies

Trend Micro discovered a cyber-espionage operation dubbed  Operation Pawn Storm, which is targeting military, government and media entities worldwide. A new cyber espionage operation targeting military, government and media agencies on a global scale has been discovered by security experts at Trend Micro. Also in this case it seems that the threat actors behind the operation, dubbed […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2014
Drigo spyware exploits Google Drive in targeted attacks

Security experts at TrendMicro have discovered a cyber espionage campaign which used a malware dubbed Drigo to syphon data through Google Drive. Security experts at TrendMicro have uncovered a new wave of targeted attacks which were stolen information through Google Drive. The researcher detected a new strain of data stealer malware, dubbed Drigo, that is apparently used in hacking […]