Cybercrime

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2020
REvil ransomware operators are recruiting new affiliates

REvil Ransomware (Sodinokibi) operators deposited $1 million in Bitcoins on a Russian-speaking hacker forum to demonstrate their willingness to involve new affiliates. The REvil Ransomware (Sodinokibi) operators have deposited $1 million in bitcoins on a Russian-speaking hacker forum to prove to potential affiliates that they mean business. Some hacker forum allows members to deposit funds that can […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2020
Security Affairs newsletter Round 283

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. IPG Photonics high-performance laser developer hit with ransomware Mozi Botnet is responsible for most of the IoT Traffic Alleged Activision hack, 500,000 Call Of Duty players impacted DHS CISA orders […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2020
Polish police shut down major group of hackers in the country

Polish police dismantled a major group of hackers that was behind several criminal activities, including ransomware attacks, and banking fraud. Polish authorities have dismantled a major hacker group that was involved in multiple cybercrime activities, including ransomware attacks, malware distribution, SIM swapping, banking fraud, running rogue online stores, and even making bomb threats at the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2020
Operation DisrupTor: police arrested 179 vendors engaged in the sale of illicit good

A global police sting dubbed Operation DisrupTor targeted vendors and buyers of illicit goods on the dark web, Europol announced. A coordinated operation conducted by law enforcement agencies across the world, dubbed Operation DisrupTor, targeted vendors and buyers of illicit goods on the dark web. The operation, led by the German federal criminal police, saw […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 13, 2020
Fairfax County Public Schools hit by Maze ransomware

Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), one of the largest school divisions in the US, was hit by Maze ransomware operators. Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) was victim of an attack carried out by the Maze ransomware operators. FCPS is one of the largest school districts in the US with an approved budget of $3.2 billion […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2020
France national cyber-security agency warns of a surge in Emotet attacks

The French national cyber-security agency warns of a surge in Emotet attacks targeting the private sector and public administration entities. The French national cyber-security agency published an alert to warn of a significant increase of Emotet attacks targeting the private sector and public administration entities in France. The Emotet banking trojan has been active at least […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2020
Chilean bank BancoEstado hit by REVil ransomware

Chilean bank BancoEstado, one of the country’s biggest banks, was forced to shut down all branches following a ransomware attack. Chilean bank BancoEstado, one of the country’s biggest banks, was hit with a ransomware attack that forced its branches to remain closed since September 7. The ransomware encrypted most of the company servers and workstations. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2020
AlphaBay dark web marketplace moderator was sentenced to 11 years of prison time

Bryan Connor Herrell (25) from Colorado, was sentenced to 11 years of prison time for being one of the moderators on the dark web marketplace AlphaBay. Bryan Connor Herrell (25) from Colorado, was sentenced to 11 years of prison time for being one of the moderators on the popular dark web marketplace AlphaBay. “A Colorado man was […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2020
Google removed malicious Terracotta apps from the Play Store

Researchers from White Ops discovers several Android apps in the official Play store which installed on users’ mobile devices the Terracotta ad fraud malware. Researchers from security firm White Ops discovered several Android apps in the official Play Store that installed a hidden browser to load pages containing ad and commit ad fraud. The company […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2020
Lemon_Duck cryptomining malware evolves to target Linux devices

A new variant of the infamous Lemon_Duck cryptomining malware has been updated to targets Linux devices. Security researchers from Sophos have spotted a new variant of the Lemon_Duck cryptomining malware that has been updated to compromise Linux machines via SSH brute force attacks. The new variant also exploits SMBGhost bug in Windows systems, and is also able to target servers running Redis […]