Pierluigi Paganini
January 19, 2016
A new variant of the infamous Tinba banking trojan has emerged in the wild and is targeting financial institutions in the Asia Pacific region. Even small threats can scare the giants, this is the case of Tinba, a small malware that continues to create serious problems for financial institutions. Tinba is a popular financial trojan, the fifth version is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 18, 2016
The FBI raided another the second home in Chicago to arrest the second alleged culprit in the Fappening hack Investigation. In 2014 an unknown hacker leaked online nude pictures of celebrities, including the popular and Kate Upton. We are speaking about the case known as The Fappening, the hacker took over a large number of Apple iCloud accounts, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 18, 2016
The Las Vegas Casino firm Affinity Gaming sued Trustwave for allegedly failing a data breach investigation, but Trustwave denies any wrongdoing. Affinity Gaming, a casino operator operating five casinos in Nevada, and six in other locations in the US, has sued the It security company Trustwave for a “bad” investigation, after a network breach it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 15, 2016
The operators behind the MegalodonHTTP botnet have been arrested in an international joint effort of law enforcement and a private security firm. In December, Norway law enforcement arrested five people accused of running the MegalodonHTTPÂ Remote Access Trojan (RAT) as part of a joint operation between Norwayâs Kripos National Criminal Investigation Service and Europol, codenamed “OP […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 15, 2016
The Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced a total of 250 of its resorts were compromised last year in a malware-based attack that stole customer payment card information. Hyatt Hotels revealed that 250 of its resorts have been involved in the data breach suffered last year. In December the Hyatt Hotels Corporation issued an official announcement to inform its users that unknown hackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 14, 2016
Faulty ransomware derived from  an open source ransomware project makes files unrecoverable due to a serious coding error. The story I’m gong to tell you is incredible, a cyber criminal gang has developed a very singular ransomware called RANSOM_CRYPTEAR.B and now I’ll tell you why? According to the experts at TrendMicro, the Ransomware has built starting from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 13, 2016
The Europol announced the arrest of two individuals suspected of being tied to the DD4BC criminal group specialized in extortion activities. According to a press statement issued by the Europol, in December a joint operation of law enforcement from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, and the U.K. allowed the identification and the arrest of two […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 12, 2016
Security experts at Heimdal Security are warning a spike in cyber attacks leveraging the popular Neutrino and RIG exploit kit. Cyber criminals always exploit new opportunities and users’ bad habits, now crooks behind the recent campaigns relying on Neutrino and RIG exploit kits are ramping up attacks against users that haven’s patched their Adobe Flash software. “It […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 12, 2016
334 years in prison for identity theft and banking fraud, in turkey a man received the most severe sentence for committing a cyber crime. Named Onur Kopçak, the hacker was arrested in 2013 for operating a phishing website that impersonated bank site, tricking victims into providing their bank details including credit card information. A recent […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 11, 2016
Cybersecurity is one the worldâs largest growing concerns, which are the Online Security Threats to Watch for in 2016. Security Affairs has shown me the way to a more secure online life Not only do they post great tips regarding how to take care of your computer, they provide one with information as to what […]
