malware

Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2015
KINS Malware Builder Leaked on numerous crime forums

Researchers at MalwareMustDie group have discovered a KINS Malware builder leaked online, it is easy to predict a rapid diffusion of the banking trojan. Security experts at the MalwareMustDie revealed that the source code of the popular KINS malware was leaked online. Early 2013, experts at RSA discovered traces the banking trojan named KINS by analyzing the offer for […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 04, 2015
Kovter trojan patches Flash Player, IE to close the door to other infections

Security researcher discovered a strain of the Kovter trojan that has been updating  Flash Player and Internet Explorer to prevent further infections. The French security expert Kafeine have discovered a new strain of the Kovter malware noticing that the instance of the malicious code he was analyzing was attempting to download the latest version of the Flash […]

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 01, 2015
Dino Malware that targeting Iran belong to Animal Farm’s arsenal

Researchers at ESET analyzed the Dino malware confirming that the sophisticated espionage platform belongs to the arsenal of the Animal Farm APT. Security experts at ESET have analyzed Dino, a sophisticated platform used by the Animal Farm ATP group. Earlier this year, security researchers discovered two powerful malware, dubbed Babar and Casper, likely developed by the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 28, 2015
US Healthcare companies are the most targeted by Stegoloader

The authors of the Stegoloader malware are exploiting digital steganography to target companies worldwide, mainly US Healthcare companies. A couple of weeks ago, the security researchers at Dell SecureWorks discovered a new strain of malware dubbed Stegoloader, that exploits steganography as an evasion technique. Once infected the victim’s machine, a specific loader module loads a PNG file that contains […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2015
Darknets in the Deep Web, the home of assassins and pedophiles

Security experts at Trend Micro published a report on the Deep Web and related illegal activities that exploit the darknets it contains. Experts at TrendMicro published an interesting report on the Deep Web focusing their analysis on the services and products available in the dark part of the internet that is not indexed by the principal search […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2015
The Winnti hacking crew is now targeting pharmaceutical and telecoms companies

Security experts at Kaspersky collected evidence that the Winniti APT is moving beyond the gaming industry targeting telecoms and big pharma companies. My most passionate readers, will remember for sure the Winnti group, a Chinese APT discovered by Kaspersky Lab in 2013 that targeted companies in the gaming industry. According to the experts, the Winnti gang has been active […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2015
Cryptowall cost victims $18 Million since 2014 warns FBI

Between April 2014 and June 2015, the IC3 received 992 CryptoWall related complaints, with victims reporting losses totaling over $18 million. Cryptowall is one of the most nefarious ransomware in the wild, in twelve months the FBI has estimated that the overall losses were more than $18 million. Ransomware implements a classic extortion scheme typically demanding that victims pay ransom […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2015
Cybercrime is paying with 1,425% return on investment

Trustwave firm published a report related to 2014 incidents that revealed cyber criminal activities are paying with 1,425% return on investment. Hackers are seeing a whopping 1,425% return on investment for these two kinds of attacks Security experts at Trustwave published an interesting report on the return on investment related to illegal activities online. The experts revealed that […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2015
Banking trojan used in a second round attack against Bundestag

Security researchers at the GData security firm discovered a second stage of the cyber attack on the German Bundestag that exploited a banking trojan to steal data. In the last weeks, I have reported the various news related to the cyber attack against the Bundestag and a possible involvement of Russian state-sponsored hackers. The media reported that […]