Pierluigi Paganini
December 13, 2015
According to a new study conducted by researchers at Digital Citizens Alliance and RiskIQ almost one-third of the 800 torrent websites served malware. People believe that the best way to see a film or get a software is downloading from one of the numerous torrent websites online. Probably there is something that you should know. According […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 25, 2015
A new RAT dubbed GlassRAT was discovered by RSA, it targets mainly Chinese citizens working in multinational companies in and outside China. According to the experts at RSA a remote access Trojan (RAT) dubbed GlassRAT managed to avoid detection by most antivirus software for several years. The researchers explained that GlassRAT was used by threat actors in highly targeted attacks, the threat […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 06, 2015
Researchers at Avast have published an analysis of OmniRAT, a multi-platform remote administration tool (RAT) that has been used by criminals in the wild. Researchers at Avast have conducted a brief analysis of OmniRAT, a multi-platform remote administration tool (RAT) that has been used for malicious purposes. The malware researchers at Avast have published an […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2015
Security Experts at InfoArmor discovered GovRAT, a malware-signing-as-a-service platform that is offered to APT groups in the underground. In the past, I have explained why digital certificates are so attractive for crooks and intelligence agencies, one of the most interesting uses is the signature of malware code in order to fool antivirus. Naturally, digital certificates […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 29, 2015
A research published by RecordedFuture demonstrates that the interest in Android RATs of Iranian Hackers is rising, DroidJack and AndroRAT are most popular. According to the threat researcher Rodrigo Bijou (@rodrigobijou), Iranian malware authors are focusing their efforts on mobile RATs, in particular, malicious codes designed to compromise Android devices. The security experts confirmed that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 06, 2015
The CSIS Security Group has spotted a new version of the notorious Carbanak Trojan in the wild targeting financial organizations in Europe and US. Do you remember the Carbanak gang? In February, researchers from Kaspersky discovered that a multinational gang of hackers dubbed Carbanak that swiped 1 Billion dollars from 100 financial institutions across 30 countries, most of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 26, 2015
Security experts at Cisco have uncovered a targeted attack leveraging on AutoIt to serve a RAT and other malware by evading detection. Security experts at Cisco uncovered a targeted hacking campaign that leveraged AutoIt to spread RAT and other malware via Word documents. The RATs were used to compromise computer of a small number of organizations. “AutoIt […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2015
FireEye published a report on the operations of a group of 419 scammers located in Nigeria, which is using malware as a component of their fraud scams. Security firm FireEye has published a new report on a new group of 419 scammers that is using keyloggers and other malware to implement its fraud scheme. According to the investigators, the fraudsters diverted potentially millions […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 16, 2015
A former intern at FireEye firm has been arrested for developing and distributing the sophisticated Android malware dubbed Dendroid. A former intern at FireEye firm has been arrested for developing and distributing the sophisticated Android malware dubbed Dendroid.  Experts at Symantec in March 2014 discovered a new HTTP Android Remote administration tool, named Dendroid, available on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 25, 2015
Swedish Co-Creator Of Blackshades RAT was sentenced by the US authorities to 57 months in prison. Another success of the law enforcement against cybercrime. A New York federal court sentenced Alex YĂĽcel (a.k.a. “marjinz“), a Swedish man, who is the alleged mastermind behind the BlackShades Remote Access Tool (RAT). BlackShades is a popular RAT in the […]
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