Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini January 08, 2019
German youngster behind massive data leak of German politicians data

A 20-year-old hacker was arrested for the recent massive data leak that impacted hundreds of German politicians. According to the authorities, the man had already confessed. The German authorities have identified a 20-year-old hacker that stole and leaked personal data belonging to hundreds of German politicians. According to the authorities, the youngster, who lives with […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 06, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 195 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Facebook tracks non-users via Android Apps Hackers bypassed […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 04, 2019
New NRSMiner cryptominer NSA-Linked EternalBlue Exploit

A new variant of the NRSMiner is infecting users in the southern region of Asia, most of the victims are in Vietnam (54%), Iran (16%) and Malaysia (12%). The new version leverages the EternalBlue exploit to spread, experts observed that the threat also updates existing NRSMiner installs. ETERNALBLUE is an NSA exploit that made the headlines […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 03, 2019
Hackers defaced Dublin Luas website and demand ransom

The website of the tram system in Dublin, the Luas, was hacked on Thursday, attackers claim to have the access to information stored on the organization’s systems. Attackers defaced the website of the Luas, the home page displayed a message demanding the payment of 1 bitcoin. The hackers asked the payment within 5 days threatening to “publish all data and send emails […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2019
Experts analyzed the distribution technique used in a recent Emotet campaign

ESET analyzed the distribution technique used by cyber criminals in new Emotet campaign that has recently affected various countries in Latin America. In November, experts from ESET uncovered a massive spam campaign that was distributing the Emotet malware. The campaign targeted several users in some Latin American countries and ESET shared details on the propagation used […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 27, 2018
Market volume of illegal online sales of alcohol exceeded 30 million USD in 2018 in Russia

Security firm Group-IB has estimated that the market volume of illegal online sales of alcohol in Russia exceeded 30 million USD in 2018, i.e. almost 5.8 million USD (+23%) more than in 2017. Group-IB Brand Protection team discovered a total of around 4,000 websites illegally selling alcohol. Criminals create entire networks from the “mirror–websites” of their online alcohol stores; if one […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 27, 2018
Thousands of BevMo customers impacted in payment card breach

BevMo, the wine and liquor store, is warning customers of payment card breach and reported the incident to the authorities. The wine and liquor store BevMo suffered a payment card breach, a hacker stole credit card numbers and other information from more than 14,000 customers who purchased goods on the website. The company has notified […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 26, 2018
Hackers target financial firms hosting malicious payloads on Google Cloud Storage

Researchers at Menlo Labs uncovered a malicious email campaign targeting employees of banks and financial services companies abusing Google Cloud Storage. The campaign targeted organizations in the US and the UK, the attackers have been abusing Google Cloud Storage to deliver payload. The spam campaign uses messages including links that point to archivefiles such as .zip or .gz. Attackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 23, 2018
Security Affairs newsletter Round 193 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Twitter fixed bug could have exposed Direct Messages […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 22, 2018
San Diego School District (SDUSD) security breach exposed data of 500,000 students and staff

Personal information belonging to over 500,000 students and 50 district employees were exposed in the San Diego School District (SDUSD) security breach. An attacker sent spear-phishing to SDUSD personnel with the intent of trick them into revealing credentials to access the district’s network services. The attacker accessed personal information of student and staff, including names, […]