Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2019
Bella Thorne published her private nude photos before a hacker that was threatening her

Bella Thorne is the last victim of a sextortion attack, in a case similar to the Fappening saga, a hacker threatened the actress to publish her private nude photos. The hacker first obtained nude photos of Bella Thorne then threatened her to leak online the picture, but she gave an unsettling answer. Bella Thorne published tweets […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2019
New Echobot Botnet targets Oracle, VMware Apps and includes 26 Exploits

Operators behind the Echobot botnet added new exploits to infect IoT devices, and also enterprise apps Oracle WebLogic and VMware SD-Wan. Recently a new botnet, tracked Echobot, appeared in the threat landscape its operators are adding new exploits to infect a broad range of systems, including IoT devices, enterprise apps Oracle WebLogic and VMware SD-Wan. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 218 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Critical RCE affects older Diebold Nixdorf ATMs Facebook is going to stop Huawei pre-installing apps on mobile devices Millions of Exim mail servers vulnerable to cyber attacks CIA sextortion […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 15, 2019
Crooks exploit exposed Docker APIs to build AESDDoS botnet

Cybercriminals are attempting to exploit an API misconfiguration in Docker containers to infiltrate them and run the Linux bot AESDDoS. Hackers are attempting to exploit an API misconfiguration in the open-source version of the popular DevOps tool Docker Engine-Community to infiltrate containers and run the Linux bot AESDDoS (Backdoor.Linux.DOFLOO.AA). Threat actors are actively scanning the Internet for exposed […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2019
FIN8 Hacking Group is back with an improved version of the ShellTea Backdoor

After two years of silence, FIN8 group is back and carried out a new campaign against the hotel-entertainment industry employing the ShellTea/PunchBuggy backdoor. Two years later after the last report, FIN8 group is back and carried out a new campaign against the hotel-entertainment industry using an improved version of the ShellTea/PunchBuggy backdoor. The last time […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2019
How Ursnif Evolves to Keep Threatening Italy

For months the Italian users have been targeted by waves of malspam delivering infamous Ursnif variants, Yoroi-Cybaze ZLab detailed its evolution. Introduction For months the Italian users have been targeted by waves of malspam delivering infamous Ursnif variants. Yoroi-Cybaze ZLab closely observed these campaigns and analyzed them to track the evolution of the techniques and […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2019
CVE-2019-2725 Oracle WebLogic flaw exploited in cryptojacking campaign

The CVE-2019-2725 vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic recently, addressed by the company, is being exploited in cryptojacking attacks, Trend Micro reports. Experts at Trend Micro reported that the recently patched CVE-2019-2725 vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic is being exploited in cryptojacking attacks. The flaw is a deserialization remote command execution zero-day vulnerability that affects the Oracle WebLogic wls9_async and wls–wsat components. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2019
CIA sextortion campaign, analysis of a well-organized scam

Crooks are posing as CIA agents in a sextortion campaign, they are sending emails to inform the victims of an investigation into online pedophilia rings. Crooks are posing as CIA agents in a new sextortion campaign, they are sending emails to inform potential victims of an ongoing investigation into online pedophilia rings. Fraudsters are offering […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2019
Retro video game website Emuparadise suffered a data breach

Retro video game website Emuparadise revealed to have suffered a data breach that exposed 1.1 Million accounts back in April 2018. Emuparadise is a website that offers tons of roms, isos and retro video games, users can download and play them with an emulator or play them with the web browser. The security breach occurred in […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2019
Spain extradites 94 Taiwanese to China phone and online fraud charges

Spanish authorities extradited 94 Taiwanese to China to face telephone and online fraud charges, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry expressed a strong regret. Spain extradited 94 Taiwanese to China to face telephone and online fraud charges, the indicted were transferred via plane by officials. “The suspects arrived Friday morning at Beijing airport on a chartered flight. Footage […]