Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2017
Huge blow to the criminal underground in the dark web, authorities shut down AlphaBay and Hansa black marketplaces

In a coordinated International operation, Europol along with FBI, US DEA and Dutch Police have seized and taken down AlphaBay and HANSA black markets. It’s official, the US Attorney General Jeff Sessions confirmed that US and European police shutdown of two major “dark web” marketplaces, AlphaBay and Hansa. It has been estimated that both marked had tens […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2017
DDoS Tools availability Online, a worrisome trend

Experts warn of an increased availability of DDoS tools online, many wannabe hackers download and use them without awareness on consequences. As cyber crime reaches new levels with new malware & viruses being realized online on a daily basis it also becomes apparent that the increase in DDoS tools that require no apparent skills to […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2017
SHELLBIND IoT malware targets NAS devices exploiting SambaCry flaw

The seven-year-old remote code execution vulnerability SambaCry was exploited by the SHELLBIND IoT malware to target NAS devices. A new strain of malware dubbed SHELLBIND exploits the recently patched CVE-2017-7494 Samba vulnerability in attacks against Internet of Things devices. SHELLBIND has infected most network-attached storage (NAS) appliances, it exploits the Samba vulnerability (also known as SambaCry and EternalRed) […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2017
Hacker steals $7 Million in Ethereum from CoinDash in just 3 minutes

Hacker steals $7 Million in Ethereum from CoinDash in just 3 minutes after the ICO launch. Attacker tricked investors into sending ETH to the wrong address. Cybercrime could be a profitable business, crooks stole $7 Million worth of Ethereum in just 3 minutes. The cyber heist was possible due to a ‘a simple trick.‘ Hackers have stolen the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2017
Two CryptoMix Ransomware variants emerged in a few days

Two CryptoMix Ransomware variants emerged in a few days, a circumstance that suggests the operators behind the threat are very active. Malwarebytes’ researcher Marcelo Rivero has spotted a new variant of the CryptoMix ransomware. #CryptoMix #Ransomware adds ext ".EXTE" to encrypted files, and the note "_HELP_INSTRUCTION.TXT" – md5: 1059676fbb9d811e88af96716cc1ffb5 pic.twitter.com/Ha4jeRMPEv — Marcelo Rivero (@MarceloRivero) July 13, […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2017
Lithuania to extradite the man responsible for 100M email scam against Google and Facebook

A Lithuanian court on Monday ruled the extradite of a man to the US to face charges of allegedly swindling $100M from Google and Facebook via email scam. A Lithuanian man who is allegedly responsible for a $100 million scam (roughly 87 million euros) from tech companies Google and Facebook will be extradited to the United States […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2017
SMS Phishing induces victims to photograph its own token card

Renato Marinho detailed an unusual SMS phishing campaign that hit Brazilian users. All started with an SMS message supposedly sent from his bank. Introduction Today I faced quite an unusual SMS phishing campaign here in Brazil. A friend of mine received an SMS message supposedly sent from his bank asking him to update his registration […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2017
What’s new after the AlphaBay Market Shutdown in the darkweb?

Authorities shut down Alphabay, wondering which will be the marketplace that will reach the top and which will be the impact on the criminal ecosystem? AlphaBay was shut down by law enforcement and the alleged mastermind committed suicide in jail while waiting for the extradition to the US. The event will have a significant impact on […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2017
Did you receive a WhatsApp subscription ending email or text? Watch out!

Did you receive a WhatsApp subscription ending email or text? Watch out! It is a scam to steal your payment and personal data. Researcher Graham Cluley is warning of bogus ‘WhatsApp subscription ending’ emails and texts. Internet users are receiving an email pretending to be from WhatsApp and warning them of the ending for an alleged WhatsApp […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2017
Crooks used Infrared insert skimmers in a recent wave of ATM attacks

The number of cyber attacks against ATM involving so-called ‘insert skimmers’ is increasing. Bran Krebs wrote about recent attacks using infrared devices. The number of cyber attacks against ATM involving so-called ‘insert skimmers’ is increasing. Insert Skimmers are wafer-thin fraud devices designed to fit invisibly inside the ATM card slot. Insert Skimmers are able to capture card […]