Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2016
Another victim of SWIFT attackers, they steal $10 million from a Ukrainian bank

Experts from the ISACA organization confirmed that SWIFT hackers have stolen $10 million from a Ukrainian bank through SWIFT system. It is happened again, unknown hackers have stolen $10 million from an unnamed Ukrainian bank through SWIFT loophole. The news was spread by the Kyiv branch of ISACA, the Information Systems Audit and Control Association, that confirmed […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2016
Have you ever seen an ATM skimmer at an automated teller machine?

The cyber security expert Benjamin Tedesco during his vacation in Vienna, Austria, has spotted an ATM skimmer quite impossible to detect to common people. Have you ever seen a skimmer while using an ATM? Unfortunately, we have to admit that it isn’t so easy to find it, in the majority of cases, the victims are not […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2016
PunkeyPOS might have already stolen millions of payment card numbers

Experts are continuing to monitor the PunKeyPos malware in the wild, the threat might have already stolen millions of payment card numbers. Experts are continuing to monitor the PunKeyPos malware in the wild, the threat might have already stolen millions of payment card numbers. Security experts from PandaLabs spotted a new strain of the PoS malware dubbed PunkeyPos which seems […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2016
Tracking stolen smartphone is a bad idea, report it to the Police

Location services could very useful to find lost devices, but do not do anything silly to find your stolen smartphone, it could be very risky. People underestimate the risk related to the use of technology, a simple post on a social network or a harmless SMS could cause serious problems. Today I desire to share […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2016
Godless, the Android Malware that employs multiple rooting exploits

Godless is a new strain of Android Malware recently spotted by experts from Trend Micro that leverages multiple rooting exploits. Godless is a new strain of malware that uses multiple rooting exploit to compromise Android mobile devices. The mobile malware is a sort of hacking platform that includes an open-source rooting framework called android-rooting-tools. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2016
Exploit kit traffic drops by 96% since April, what is happening?

The exploit kit landscape is rapidly changing,the Angler and Nuclear EK disappeared and overall malicious traffic drops by 96% since April. As highlighted by security experts the threat landscape is in continuous evolution, despite the criminal underground was monopolized by Angler and Nuclear exploit kits for several years other EKs represent a serious threat to online […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2016
Acer confirms a data breach at its E-commerce site

The Taiwanese electronics company Acer informed its customers that some of their sensitive financial data may have been accessed by hackers. The Taiwanese IT giant Acer recently confirmed to California’s Attorney General (AG) that unknown hackers compromised its online store and accessed customers’ sensitive data. The leaked data includes credit card numbers, expiry dates, CVC security […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2016
Adobe patches Flash Zero-Day exploited by ScarCruft APT

Adobe Flash Player 22.0.0.192 release fixes the Flash Player zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2016-4171) exploited by the APT group dubbed ScarCruft. Adobe has issued the Flash Player 22.0.0.192, a release that fixes the Flash Player zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2016-4171) exploited by the APT group dubbed ScarCruft in attacks on high-profile targets. The Flash Player flaw CVE-2016-4171 affects versions 21.0.0.242 and earlier for […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2016
Be careful, a new phishing tactic targets PayPal users

The security expert and malware researcher @dvk01uk reported a very unusual phishing attack on PayPal leveraging on Javascript. The phishing is still a very profitable technique for crooks, phishers try to improve old tactic in a new fashion in order to steal victims’ information. One of the most common suggestions to mitigate phishing attacks is […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2016
The value of the Ethereum Digital Currency is Plummeting after a hack

The value of the Ethereum Currency is plummeting after a hack, the Digital currency Ethereum may have less than a month to live. The value of the Ethereum digital currency is plummeting following a hack on The DAO’s Ethereum holdings. The DAO is a decentralized and virtual organization that was established to fund new projects, […]