Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2015
Inside the German cybercriminal underground

Trend Micro investigated on German crime forums and concluded that Germany possesses the most advanced cybercrime ecosystem in the European Union. We have reported several times the news related to various criminal cybercriminal underground underground communities in the wild, such as American underground, the Russian underground, the Brazil underground, the Chinese underground and also the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2015
European Space Agency domains hacked by Anonymous

The collective Anonymous has compromised the subdomains of the European Space Agency website and leaked personal information of thousands of subscribers and officials. The hacking collective Anonymous seems to be very active in this period, its last victim is the European Space Agency. Members of Anonymous have breached a number of subdomains of the European Space […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2015
Gift cards and return merchandise fraud scheme

Be careful when using gift cards, cyber criminals have learned how to exploit this popular form of gift-giving, especially during the Holiday season. Every day, users receive dozens of gift cards from top retailers for sale online, some of these are legitimate gift cards sold through third-party sites that resell used or unwanted cards, but a good portion […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2015
Torrent websites infected 12 million Internet users per month

According to a new study conducted by researchers at Digital Citizens Alliance and RiskIQ almost one-third of the 800 torrent websites served malware. People believe that the best way to see a film or get a software is downloading from one of the numerous torrent websites online. Probably there is something that you should know. According […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2015
Iranian Government says Daesh doesn’t pose a threat to Iran

The Iranian Cyber police (FATA) is actively monitoring the activities of the Daesh terrorist group (ISIS) in the country. “Live by the sword, die by the sword,” Iranian hackers are intensifying their activities against the Western countries, recently security firms have uncovered several cyber espionage campaigns targeting US and European. organizations. In November, experts from […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2015
LATENTBOT, one the highly obfuscated backdoor in the wild

Experts at FireEye have discovered a stealthy botnet relying on a backdoor called LATENTBOT has compromised companies around. Experts at FireEye have discovered a stealthy botnet relying on a backdoor called LATENTBOT has compromised companies around. According to FireEye the LATENTBOT remained undetected since 2013 infecting computers in US, UK, South Korea, Brazil, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Canada, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2015
A well-funded cyber criminal group targets Asian organizations

Trend Micro announced that the Asian market are being targeted more than ever by well-funded cyber criminal group that appears very organized. The attacks rely on the Bifrose code to develop their backdoor, a malware that has been around since 2008. In 2014 it was reported that a new version of Bifrose appeared in the wild. Among the improvements observed […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2015
New Spy Banker Trojan Telax exploits Google Cloud Servers

Security firm Zscaler discovered a malicious campaign based on a new strain of the Spy Banker banking malware. Security experts at Zscaler discovered a malware-based campaign relying on a new strain of Spy Banker banking malware. Spy Banker is an old threat, it was first detected in 2009, the new variant spreads over social media, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2015
The FBI continues its crusade against the encryption

Recent Paris attacks have raised the debate around encryption, US authorities sustain that the encryption interferes with their investigation. Recent Paris attacks have raised the debate around encryption, law enforcement and intelligence agencies sustain that the encryption is defeating them to prevent terrorist activities. Of course the question is instrumentalized by politicians and media, at […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2015
NCA launched #CyberChoice campaign, to prevent youngsters become cyber criminals

The Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has launched this week #CyberChoices campaign that targets parents of youngsters aged 12-15 to explain them how it is easy to be involved in cyber criminal activities. Are script kiddies a real threat? The Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) thinks so and launched a campaign to discourage teens from hacking activities […]