Pierluigi Paganini
June 20, 2018
ZeroFont phishing attack – Crooks are using a new technique that involves manipulating font sizes to bypass Office 365 protections. According to cloud security firm Avanan, one of the detection mechanisms in Office 365 involves natural language processing to identify the content of the messages typically used in malicious emails. For example, an email including […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 19, 2018
Is cryptocurrency making some wrongdoings harder to commit while making others more rampant in society? Does Cryptocurrency Encourage Crime? People hear a lot about how cryptocurrency â and particularly the blockchain technology associated with it â could decrease some kinds of crime because itâs so transparent and all transactions become part of an unchangeable record. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 19, 2018
Fortnite is currently the most popular game, crooks are attempting to exploit the interest in forthcoming Fortnite Android to infect millions of fans. No doubt, Fortnite is currently the most popular game, it is a co-op sandbox survival game developed by Epic Games and People Can Fly. The game was released as a paid-for early access title […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 18, 2018
A new crypto mining malicious code dubbed ADB.miner is targeting Android-based devices Amazon Fire TV and Fire Stick. Recently, security experts spotted the crypto mining malware ADB.miner (Android.CoinMine.15) targeting Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick devices. The malicious code is active at least since February when researchers at Qihoo 360âs Netlab have spotted the Android mining botnet […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 17, 2018
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! ·     Crooks used a KilllDisk wiper in an […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 17, 2018
This week, security experts observed a surge in port 8000 scan activity, researchers at Qihoo 360 Netlab determined that the unusual activity was associated with Satori IoT botnet. Experts from Qihoo 360 Netlab discovered that the author of the Satori botnet have integrated a the proof-of-concept (PoC) code for the XionMai web server software package after it was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 17, 2018
Researchers uncovered a new malware campaign spreading a clipboard hijacker dubbed ClipboardWalletHijacker that has already infected over 300,000 computers. Security researchers from Qihoo 360 Total Security have spotted a new malware campaign spreading a clipboard hijacker, tracked as ClipboardWalletHijacker, that has already infected over 300,000 computers. Most of the victims are located in Asia, mainly China. “Recently, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 16, 2018
The Europol announced that several French nationals were arrested in the past year on suspicion of being involved with notorious Rex Mundi crime gang. Another success of the Europol made the headlines, the European police announced that several French nationals were arrested in the past year on suspicion of being involved with notorious hacker group […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 15, 2018
Threat Fabric reports of a newly discovered banking Trojan, dubbed Mysterybot, targeting Android 7 and 8 versions, the malware seems to be linked to Lokibot. Threat Fabric (formerly known as SfyLabs) reports of a newly discovered banking Trojan targeting Android 7 and 8 versions. It seems to be linked to Lokibot, the hydra of the Android malware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 15, 2018
Researchers have released a decryptor tool that could be used by victims of the Everbe Ransomware to decrypt their files for free. Good news for the victims of the Everbe Ransomware, the popular malware researchers Michael Gillespie and Maxime Meignan have released a decryptor that could be used by victims to decrypt their files for free. The Everbe Ransomware encrypts files […]
