Pierluigi Paganini
November 19, 2015
The developers of the Dyre banking Trojan have released a new version of the malware that includes support for Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge. The security firms Heimdal Security and F5 Networks have uncovered a new version of the Dyre (Dyreza) banking Trojan that includes support for Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge. The new variant of Dyre now also […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 19, 2015
Telegram messaging service announced its actions against the abuses made by members of the ISIS, but it still allows communications in private groups. In the wake of recent Paris attacks the experts increased their investigation on the communication channels used by members of the ISIS organization. A few hours after the Paris attacks, investigators speculated […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 19, 2015
The experts at Malwarebytes have noticed that threat actors in the wild are reusing the Blackhole Exploit Kit despite its limited effectiveness. The Blackhole exploit kit has reappeared in the wild surprising the security industry after that in October 2013 its author, know as Paunch, was arrested. Paunch was the author of two of the most popular exploit […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 18, 2015
According to the Federal indictment about the JPMorgan case, the cyber gang also hacked an anti-fraud corporation labeled as “Victim #12” to remain hidden. According to the Federal indictment about the JPMorgan case of 83 million stolen customer records, there is a firm labeled as “Victim #12,” that had been hacked to enable hackers to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 17, 2015
An Israeli company named “L7 Defense” is trying to do the impossible – to stop application layer DDoS attacks in seconds instead of hours. It wants to do so by using an automatic protection system based on an immune-biological model that combines with Real Time Big Data analysis. “The body knows how to deal in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 16, 2015
Twittor is a tool open source that was designed by the London-based researchers Paul Amar to control botnets via Direct Messages. Twittor is a tool open source that was designed by the London-based researchers Paul Amar to control botnets via Direct Messages. The expert has developed the Twittor tool to make life easier for botnet masters, allowing them to control their […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 14, 2015
Experts at BitDefender have discovered a Cryptolocker/Cryptowall Ransomware Kit offered for sale at $3,000, source code included. Yesterday I wrote about a new Ransomware-as-a-service, the FAKBEN, surfaced from the criminal underground, requesting customers 10 percent profit cut. In the previous days I reported other cases involving ransomware, such as a malicious code that infected the UK […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 13, 2015
FAKBEN is offering a professional Ransomware-as-a-service that relies on a new CryptoLocker ransomware which can be downloaded through the executable file. Ransomware is probably the most popular category of malicious code in this period, this week we have discussed a malicious code that infected the UK Parliament, an off-line ransomware and a Linux.Encoder1 ransomware revealing the decryption key. News of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 13, 2015
Central Shop is a web portal dedicated to the sale of stolen credit card data that captures the attention of the experts due to its amazing interface. The sale of stolen credit card data is one of the most prolific activities in the criminal ecosystem, in many black markets it is quite easy to acquire the precious commodities. Today […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 12, 2015
Experts at Cheetah Mobile are warning about Android Tablet pre-loaded with Cloudsota Trojan sold on Amazon and other online stores. Once again electronics equipment from China was offered for sale with pre-installed Trojan. This time, several models of Android tablets sold on Amazon and other online stores are sold with pre-loaded the Cloudsota malware. Cheetah Mobile has […]
