Pierluigi Paganini
August 06, 2016
Experts from Dr Web discovered a new PoS malware dubbed Kasidet that can bypass User Account Control (UAC) by posing as a legitimate Microsoft application. A new strain of PoS malware is in the wild, experts from security firm Doctor Web  named it Trojan.Kasidet.1 and it is able to bypass defense mechanism such as the Microsoft […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 05, 2016
Researchers have demonstrated how crooks can make ATMs spit out thousands of dollars in cash in just a few minutes by using data stolen from EMV cards. When the EMV (Europay, MasterCard, and Visa) was introduced, the vast majority of security experts believed solved the problems caused by easy to clone magnetic stripe cards. EMV chip-equipped […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 03, 2016
Bitcoin plunged just over 20% on Tuesday after news of the security breach suffered by Bitfinex that led the theft of 120,000 Bitcoin. One of the worldâs largest digital currency exchanges, the Asian Bitfinex, has suffered a security breach that resulted in the suspension of deposits and withdrawals on Tuesday.  Hackers have stolen 120,000 Bitcoin, the theft has […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 03, 2016
An FBI cyber security expert funneled sensitive information about the Bureau to the Chinese government, and now faces years in the jail. If it can happen to the FBI, it most likely is happening in the private industry. Yesterday, the FBI revealed that it was been the victim of insider espionage campaign by a Chinese-born electronics […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 02, 2016
Operators behind the Afraidgate campaign continue to leverage on Neutrino EK, but switches from CryptXXX to Locky Ransomware. According to the experts from Palo Alto Networks, one of the most long-lived hacking campaigns leveraging on the Neutrino EK switches from CryptXXX to the Locky Ransomware. The campaign dubbed Afraidgate due to the name of the gate domains (using name servers from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 02, 2016
Interpol arrested the Nigerian mastermind of an online fraud network. He will face charges of hacking, conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretences. The Interpol announced the arrest of a 40-year-old Nigerian national that the mastermind behind an online fraud network which made illegal profits worth more than $60 million (54 million euros). The  Nigerian […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 02, 2016
The notorious hacker Peace is advertising 200 Million alleged Yahoo accounts on Dark Web, and the company is aware of the sale. Do you remember the notorious hacker Peace? He is the hacker that offered for sale the dumps of LinkedIn and MySpace, and now he has once again a surprise for the security experts. Peace is advertising […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 01, 2016
The Chinese authorities have arrested 10 members of the popular Wooyun ethical hacking community, including the founder Fang Xaiodun. Chinese authorities have arrested popular white hats operating in the country, including the founder of one of the larger online ethical hacker community. The reason behind the arrest is still a mystery, the news was reported […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 01, 2016
Experts from Proofpoint discovered that the Banking trojan Chthonic was distributed via ‘legitimate’ PayPal accounts by abusing the “money request” feature. The imagination of cyber criminals is a never-ending pit, according to the security firm Proofpoint, crooks are abusing PayPal to distribute the Chtonic banking trojan. Chtonic is a strain of the most notorious Zeus Trojan, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 31, 2016
The group of hackers known as China 1937CN Team compromised the announcement screen systems at many major airports in Vietnam. According to the 2015 version of the âTransportation Systems Sector-Specific Planâ the transportation industry is increasingly exposed to cyber threats. The sector is becoming a privileged target of hackers worldwide, the last incident in order of […]
