Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2016
The accountancy software firm Sage suffered a data breach

The accountancy software firm Sage has suffered a security breach, the law enforcement are investigating the case that appears to be an insider attack. The UK software company Sage is the last victim of a major data breach that might have compromised personal information for employees at 280 UK businesses. On August 11th, 2016 Sage […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2016
Bitfinex offers a $3.5M reward for info that help to recover stolen Bitcoins

Bitfinex exchange is willing to offer 5% of the lost funds (nearly 6,000 BTC) as a reward for the recovery of the stolen bitcoins. Early August, the Bitcoin plunged just over 20% after news of the security breach suffered by Bitfinex that led the theft of 120,000 Bitcoin. Last week the company announced a reward of […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2016
Hitler ransomware just deletes files instead encrypt them

Security experts detected and analyzed a new threat, the Hitler ransomware, that doesn’t encrypt files but simply deletes them. Ransomware is one of the most dreaded threats for Internet users and a profitable business for crooks. In the last months, we have seen a number of malware belonging to this category, one of the most recent is […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2016
Guccifer 2.0 leaks personal data of nearly 200 Congressional Democrats

Guccifer 2.0, the alleged hacker behind the DNC hack released another trove of documents about House Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi’s sensitive data. The hack to the US Presidential election is becoming even more mysterious, while security experts are blaming the Russia for the cyber espionage, a strange figure claims the responsibility for the security breach. […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2016
Scylex malware Kit offered for sale in the criminal underground

Experts from Heimdal security firm discovered a new crimeware kit, the Scylex malware kit, that aims to provide Zeus-grade Capabilities. Security experts from the Heimdal security firm have discovered a new DIY financial crime kit offered for sale on a notorious malicious hacker forum on the dark web called Lampeduza. The new crime kit, dubbed Scylex malware kit, […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 11, 2016
Patch your vBulletin forum asap to avoid being hacked

vBulletin forums need to be patched asap to avoid attackers to scan servers hosting the CMS and remotely execute arbitrary code. Hackers breached the Steam’s Dota 2 forums and have leaked a couple of million credentials (the archive contains MD5-hashed passwords), but what is happening to forums based on the popular vBulletin CMS? vBulletin forum administrators need […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 10, 2016
Linux.Lady, a Go-based Linux Trojan that mines cryptocurrency

Russian antivirus company Doctor Web discovered a new Linux Trojan dubbed Linux.Lady that is used by crooks to mine cryptocurrency. According to a new report published by the antivirus company Doctor Web, a Go-Based Linux Trojan, Dubbed Linux.Lady.1, is exploited by cyber criminals for cryptocurrency mining. “Doctor Web analysts have detected and examined a new Linux Trojan which […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 09, 2016
Oracle MICROS payment terminal biz hacked. Payments worldwide at risk

The systems of the Oracle MICROS payment terminals division have been infected by a malware, systems worldwide are potentially at risk. The hack that I’m going to tell you could have a serious and a huge impact, the systems of the Oracle MICROS payment terminals division have been infected. MICROS is among the top three […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 08, 2016
ProjectSauron APT, aka Strider, found targeting firms in Russia, China

Experts spotted a previously unknown APT group dubbed Strider or ProjectSauron that carried out surgical cyber-espionage attacks against targets worldwide. A previously unknown hacking group variously dubbed ‘Strider’ or ‘ProjectSauron’ has been conducting a surgical cyber espionage campaign against targets in Russia, Belgium, China, Iran, Sweden, and Rwanda. According to experts from Symantec, the Strider crew […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 08, 2016
Garda forced to shut down its systems after a malware-based attack

The experts from the Irish Garda are investigating a malware-based attack that forced it to shut down its data systems. No system was breached. The Garda Síochána, the national police service of Ireland, was forced to shut down its data systems in response to a malware-based attack. The Ireland’s national police put in place the emergency […]