phishing

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2015
Experts discovered a new Google Drive phishing campaign

Experts discovered a new Google Drive phishing campaign in which the threat actors deployed phishing web pages on Google Drive. Once again phishers exploited Google’s reputation running a phishing campaign aimed to steal user Google credentials and access to the multitude services offered by the company. The new phishing campaign was discovered by the security […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2015
Phishing campaigns target US government agencies exploiting Hacking Team flaw CVE-2015-5119

A recent FBI memo warns phishing attacks targeted government agencies trying to exploit the CVE-2015-5119 vulnerability linked to Hacking Team data breach. According to an FBI warning, hackers have targeted US Government agencies using a recently patched Adobe Flash vulnerability (CVE-2015-5119). The Adobe Flash vulnerability was one of the flaws discovered by analyzing the 400Gb archive […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 28, 2015
Popular travel websites warn Customers of Phishing scam

The customers of popular travel websites are targeted by phishing scam in an attempt to lure them into disclosing personal information. The users of popular travel websites are targeted by phishing campaigns in an attempt to lure them into disclosing personal information. The travel websites have issued an alert to inform their customers of fraudulent […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2015
Apple iOS flaw exploitable to steal user password with a phishing email

A security expert demonstrated how to exploit a vulnerability in Apple IOS system to steal user password with a phishing email. A new vulnerability that affects Apple’s iOS could be exploited by hackers to collect user passwords by using a single email. Jan Soucek (@jansoucek) , a forensic expert at Ernst and Young has developed […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2015
CryptoWall 3.0 Still Actively Being Spread as a New Campaign is Discovered in-the-wild

A new malicious phishing campaign is spreading CryptoWall ransomware in the wild, the expert Michael Fratello has analyzed it for us. Just a reminder to all — CryptoWall 3.0 is still very much active, with phish tactics that I think are less effective, but who knows; maybe they’re seeing great success with this method.  Personally, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2015
A new Facebook scam in the wild aims to steal sensitive data

A new Facebook scam in the wild that aim to steal sensitive data proposing a “Facebook Recovery” Accounts that share malicious links. It’s not new that Facebook it’s the perfect place to try to get precious information and financial gain since it aggregates many people, crossing all generations. The popular social network is very attractive […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2015
APWG Global Phishing Survey – Registered malicious domains increased in H2 2014

The APWG Global Phishing Survey 2H2014 seeks to understand what the phishers are doing, and how, by quantifying the scope of the global phishing problem. The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has published the “Global Phishing Survey 2H2014“, a report that comes with some interesting numbers on phishing activities. The Global Phishing Survey 2H2014 report states […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 31, 2015
The Importance of Operational Security and User Education

An overview of the principal issues related to the 3 general categories that security controls fall under; physical, technical, and operational controls. What is Layer 8? Layer 8 is a term utilized by information security professionals and techies in general that represents the weakest link of every organization: the users.  While an organization may be […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2015
eBay promptly fixed a reflected file download vulnerability

EBay has recently fixed a reflected file download vulnerability discovered by the security researcher David Sopas at WebSegura. Ebay is among the web services most targeted by cyber criminals and phishers, over the years, security experts have spotted an impressive amount of attack exploiting techniques more or less sophisticated. Almost every attack relies on social engineering, attackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2015
A severe URL Spoofing flaw affects the Apple Safari Browser

A URL Spoofing flaw affects the Apple Safari browser. It could trick users into visiting malicious websites despite they are accessing to legitimate URLs. A serious security vulnerability affects the Apple Safari browser, the flaw could be exploited by attackers to trick Safari users into visiting malicious websites while are trying to surf on legitimate websites. […]