Pierluigi Paganini
March 30, 2016
PayPal has just fixed a security vulnerability that could have been exploited to send malicious emails to users via its platform. Researchers at security firm Vulnerability Lab have discovered a filter bypass and an application-side input validation vulnerability that allowed attackers to inject malicious code into emails sent by the PayPal platform. “A persistent input validation & mail […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 28, 2016
Security experts and government agencies confirm that IRS Tax Fraud And Phishing campaigns are increasing thanks to new techniques and tools. Internal Revenue Service tax fraud has reached a peak in the last year, crooks are intensifying their activity adopting new techniques to monetize their efforts. According to security experts that are monitoring the phenomena, Tax-related […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 07, 2016
TrendMicro published an interesting analysis of the principal cyber criminal underground communities in the Deep Web worldwide. A new interesting report published by the experts at TrendMicro highlights the differences between the principal underground ecosystems worldwide. Thinking of a unique “global” underground ecosystem is an error, every community has its own characteristics, the criminal crews that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 23, 2016
It is a nightmare for taxpayers according to an IRS bulletin there is a 400 percent surge in tax-related phishing and malware incidents. This year the IRS already reported 1,026 malware and phishing incidents, compared to 254 this time last year. The IRS is warning taxpayers of newer forms of attacks aiming victims into disclosing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 12, 2016
Fraudsters operating on the AlphaBay darknet market have deployed a replica of the popular marketplace to steal login credentials from peers. Paul Mutton, security experts at Netcraft, discovered a fake version of the Alphabay Market (pwoah7foa6au2pul.onion), one of the most popular black markets hosted in the dark web. Paul Mutton speculates that fraudsters have deployed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 20, 2016
Trend Micro has published a new report on the Brazilian Cybercriminal Underground, a criminal ecosystem that is becoming one of the most important in the world. Trend Micro has published a new report on the Brazilian Cybercriminal Underground, a criminal ecosystem that is becoming one of the most important in the world. A first study […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 12, 2016
A security researchers reported a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that may have exposed users of the eBay website to phishing attacks. An independent security researcher, using the nickname MLT, reported last month a simple flaw affecting the eBay website exposed its customers to phishing attacks. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to host a bogus phishing page on the eBay website attempting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 08, 2016
The TV cable and Internet service provider Time Warner Cable is warning customers their emails and passwords may have been exposed. Nearly 320,000 of the TV cable and Internet service provider Time Warner Cable customers urge to change their passwords for the email account. The measure has been requested by the company in response to alleged unauthorized […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 14, 2015
A security loophole in the official Gmail Android app opens the email spoofing attacks allowing anyone to change the sender email name. The independent security researcher Yan Zhu has discovered a serious security issue in the Gmail Android app allows ill-intentioned to send an email pretending to be someone else. Clearly a similar loophole could represent a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 06, 2015
According to Netcraft, the website of Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria is used to serve a webmail phishing site from the legitim site of the agency. The website of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria was used by cyber criminals in a phishing scam. According to the experts at Netcraft, the website of Financial Reporting Council of […]
