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Pierluigi Paganini November 28, 2019
RevengeHotels campaign – crooks target the hospitality industry

RevengeHotels campaign – The hospitality industry continues to be a privileged target for cybercriminals that target hotels, restaurant chains, and tourism services. Security experts at Kaspersky have published a report on a targeted cybercrime malware campaign, tracked as RevengeHotels, that hit hotels, hostels, hospitality and tourism companies. According to the experts, the threat actor has […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 28, 2019
A Ransomware infected the network of the cybersecurity firm Prosegur

A piece of the Ryuk Ransomware infected the network of the multinational cybersecurity firm Prosegur, forcing the company to shut down it. The Spanish multinational security company Prosegur announced that it was of a ransomware attack that disrupted its telecommunication platform. The network of the Prosegur firm was infected with a piece of the Ryuk […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 27, 2019
Adobe revealed that the Magento Marketplace was hacked

Adobe discloses security breach impacting Magento Marketplace users Adobe discloses a security breach that affected the users of the Magento marketplace website, the incident was discovered last week. Adobe disclosed a security breach that affected the users of the Magento Marketplace portal, the security team discovered the incident on November 21. The Magento Marketplace is […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 27, 2019
Law enforcement agencies arrested 79 people involved in fraudulent online purchases of flight tickets

Law enforcement agencies arrested 79 people worldwide as part of the Global Airline Action Days operation to fight fraudulent online purchases of flight tickets An international operation of law enforcement to fight fraudulent online purchases of flight tickets resulted in the arrest of 79 people as part of the Global Airline Action Days (GAAD). Crooks […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 27, 2019
Upbit cryptocurrency exchange hacked, crooks stole $48.5 million worth of ETH

Another South Korean cryptocurrency exchange was hacked, this time the victim is Upbit that lost $48.5 million in cryptocurrency.  The South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit disclosed a security breach, the company told its customers that hackers have stolen $48.5 million in crypto-currency from its hot wallet.  The company has halted its operations on Wednesday, customers […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 27, 2019
Microsoft warns of Dexphot miner, an interesting polymorphic threat

Microsoft revealed that the new Dexphot cryptocurrency miner has already infected more than 80,000 computers worldwide. Security experts at Microsoft analyzed a new strain of cryptocurrency miner tracked as Dexphot that has been active since at least October 2018. The malicious code abuse of the resources of the infected machine to mine cryptocurrency, according to […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 27, 2019
Full(z) House Magecart group mix phishing and MiTM in its attacks

A group under the Magecart umbrella adopted a new tactic that leverages on MiTM and phishing attacks to target sites using external payment processors. Security experts at RiskIQ continue to monitor activities of several Magecart groups, recently they spotted a new crew, tracked as Full(z) House, that leverages phishing and web skimming for its attacks. The Full(z) […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2019
Kaspersky addressed multiple issues in online protection solutions

Kaspersky has fixed several flaws affecting the web protection features implemented in some of its security products Kaspersky has addressed several vulnerabilities in the web protection features implemented in its antivirus solutions, including Internet Security, Total Security, Free Anti-Virus, Security Cloud, and Small Office Security products. The vulnerabilities were found by the security researcher Wladimir […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2019
Czech intelligence report warns of Russian and Chinese activity in the country

A Czech intelligence report states that Russian and Chinese cyberspies carried out several attacks against the country during 2018. The Czech intelligence agency ‘Security Information Service (BIS)’ published a report on the activities related to 2018 that claims that Russian and Chinese cyberspies carried out several attacks against the country. The agency claims that nation-state […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2019
Experts discovered control systems for aircraft warning lights open online

Aircraft warning lights, an essential component of the aviation infrastructure, but they pose a serious risk if controlled by hackers. The independent researcher Amitay Dan discovered that control panels for aircraft warning lights were exposed to the Internet, potentially allowing attackers to control them with unpredictable and catastrophic consequences. Aircraft warning lights are important components of […]