Pierluigi Paganini
July 19, 2014
A security researcher has detailed Critroni ransomware, a new sophisticated malware which is being sold in different underground forums. In 2013 ransomware were among the menaces that monopolized the threat landscape, malware such as Cryptolocker infected hundreds of thousand machines worldwide. Critroni (aka CTB-Locker) is the name of the last ransomware which captured the attention of security experts, the malware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 12, 2014
Experts from Malcovery Security have discovered that the Gameover Zeus botnet is reborn, a new improved version has emerged from the underground. A few weeks ago we have praised a multinational effort for the takeover of the Gameover Zeus botnet, one of the most long-lived and dangerous malicious infrastructure composed by a number of compromised computers ranging from 500,000 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 15, 2014
Experts at Kaspersky Lab are following the evolution of Svpeng Android malware, born as banking trojan and evolved in ransomware which hit US customers. The mobile malware Svpeng is evolving and recent versions were adapted to classic extortion scheme targeting Android devices in the US. Svpeng was detected for the first time one year ago […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 05, 2014
Malware analysts at Trendmicro have discovered a new Ransomware malware using feature of Windows PowerShell which targeted English language users. Ransomware is one of the cyber threats that has created major problems last year, with increasing frequency cyber criminals gangs have opted for an extortion scheme to immediately monetize their efforts. Security expert have observed a surge […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 05, 2014
Security experts at ESET discovered and analyzed the first Android File-Encrypting ransomware dubbed Simplocker with C&C hosted on TOR. Ransomware is not a prerogative of desktop computers, cyber criminals are targeting also mobile platforms, recently it has been discovered the first mobile trojan able to encrypt victim’s data on Android by ESET security firm. Cyber criminals […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 28, 2014
Cybercriminals have targeted a large number of Apple’s iCloud users with a sophisticated extortion scheme based on ransom request in Australia. The 2013 is considered the year of ransomware, the number of infections related to this kind of threat has reached levels never seen before. Cryptolocker is without doubts the most popular malware of this type, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2014
According principal security firms, extortion, ransom and blackmail are pillars of illicit activities, cyber criminals are adapting them to the cyber context. Extrotion is becoming a worrying inclination in the cyber criminal ecosystem, the number of targeted attacks that request money in change of a suspension of the hostilities and to give back to the victims […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 16, 2014
Hold Security reported it has discovered a list of credentials for close to 7,800 FTP servers being circulated in cybercrime forums in the Deep Web. FTP servers are considered a privileged target for cyber criminals, hackers can exploit them for example to spread malware infecting webservers that rely on FTP applications for updates. The Hold Security firm […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 08, 2014
Emsisoft has detected a new variant of malware dubbed Linkup (Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Linkup), it is ransomware that blocks Internet access and mines Bitcoin. Emsisoft has detected a new variant of malware dubbed Linkup (Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Linkup), it is ransomware presenting a singular behavior. Usually a ransomware locks victim’s computer or encrypts files requesting the payment of a ransom to unlock it, but […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2014
One of the largest communities of Eastern Europe cybercriminals “Verified” was hacked, more than 18,894 bad actors revealed after several hours. According to sources at IntelCrawler, cyberintelligence firm from Los Angeles, the largest community of Eastern Europe cybercriminals “Verified” was hacked several hours ago. The hackers hit the online community stealing member information and […]
