Pierluigi Paganini Security Affairs

Pierluigi Paganini February 26, 2018
Data Keeper Ransomware – An unusual and complex Ransom-as-a-Service platform

The Data Keeper Ransomware that infected systems in the wild was generated by a new Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) service that appeared in the underground recently. A few days ago a new Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) service appeared in the underground, now samples of the malware, dubbed Data Keeper Ransomware, generated with the platforms are have already been spotted in […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 13, 2017
Search engine companies will ban links published by major torrent hubs

Starting from June 1st search engine companies will block queries to links to pirated content, including films, TV shows, and copyright-protected content. It will be even more difficult to search for torrents of ExtraTorrent, KickassTorrents, The Pirate Bay and equivalent services. In the past copyright holders accused the search engine companies of doing too little to ban infringing […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2016
FBI warns of KeySweeper keystroke loggers disguised as USB phone chargers

The FBI issued a notification warning actors in the private sector about a rapid diffusion of KeySweeper, a keystroke loggers disguised as USB phone chargers. The FBI is warning actors in the private sector about a rapid diffusion of stealthy keystroke loggers disguised as USB phone chargers. The FBI issued a Private Industry Notification warning of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 01, 2015
‘In Our Sites’ Operation seized 999 websites offering counterfeit goods

Operation In Our sites  VI (IOS) – Law enforcement from 27 nations collaborated to take down 37,479 counterfeit sites on biggest web takedown ever. Nearly one thousand websites have been seized by law enforcement agencies following the international operation In Our Sites (IOS) VI. The websites were offering for sale counterfeit merchandise online to consumers. The […]