Pierluigi Paganini
November 22, 2014
Latest report indicates that the alleged hack on Sonyâs PlayStation Network, Windows Live and 2k games studio by Derp Tolling could be a hoax. News going round that Derp Trolling hacked Sonyâs PlayStation Network(PSN), Microsoftâs Windows Live and 2k games studio freaked out millions of users, but now security experts says the alleged hack could […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 21, 2014
Kaspersky Lab discovered a couple of malicious apps deployed on the official Google Play Store that targets Brazilian Android mobile banking users. A couple of malicious apps targeting Brazilian Android users were recently found in the official Google Play by experts at Kaspersky Lab. The malicious apps targeted mobile banking users using an appearance similar to the one of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 21, 2014
MOU between Intel Security Firm and Europol, will see the two combine resources and Expertise in combating cybercrime, in an already porous battle line. As cybercriminals advance their techniques and expertise, it is paramount that all those on the receiving end stage a united front or perish one at a time. Article posted on Security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 20, 2014
Trend Micro has published a new study on black cyber-markets focusing on product and services offered on the Brazilian underground. Trend Micro has published a new interesting report on the underground cyber-markets, this is a third study focused on the Brazilian cyber-underground offer, the previous ones analyzed Russian and Chinese marketplaces. The new study, exactly like […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 19, 2014
Data related to the number of incidents occurred to national infrastructure confirms that the US Government energy industry is constantly under attack. The US Government is aware that nation’s energy grid is constantly under attack by state-sponsored hackers and cyber criminals. Recently The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed that Russian hackers have infiltrated several critical […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 19, 2014
APT actors trying to use the G20 2014 summit as a lure to compromise Tibetan nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) with Gh0st RAT. Security experts at ESET uncovered a new series of cyber attacks that targeted Tibetan nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) concurrently with the G20 2014 summit in Brisbane, Australia. The experts discovered that APTs behind the attacks used a strain of the Gh0st RAT characterized […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 17, 2014
The International bank Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) announced that its systems suffered a major data breach. Last week the International bank Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) has announced that its computer networks in Turkey were breached by unknowns. The data breach has exposed the personal data of about 2.7 million customers of the HSBC bank, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 16, 2014
Experts at F-Secure discovered a link between the crew operating a rogue Tor node used to spread OnionDuke malware and MiniDuke APT. A few weeks ago the security research Josh Pitts of Leviathan Security Group identified a Russian Tor exit node that is patching the binaries downloaded by the users with malware. The researcher informed officials […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 16, 2014
Scammers have unleashed a C93 virus scare, targeted at Microsoftâs Windows outlook users in a wide phishing campaign aimed at stealing usersâ login credentials. The scam is similar to earlier phishing campaign targeted at Hotmail users raising suspicions that the same fraudsters could be involved. A fresh C93 phishing Scam targeting Microsoftâs Windows Outlook Users. Online […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 16, 2014
A new variant of the BASHLITE malware exploiting the ShellShock vulnerability was used by cyber criminals to infect devices that use BusyBox software. A new strain of the BASHLITE malware was detected by experts at Trend Micro shortly after the public disclosure of the ShellShock bug. The malware, named ELF_BASHLITE.A (ELF_FLOODER.W), includes the payload of the ShellShock exploit […]
