Deep Web

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2018
Air Canada data breach – 20,000 users of its mobile app affected

Air Canada data breach – The incident was confirmed by the company and may have affected  20,000 customers (1%) of its 1.7 million mobile app users. The data breach of the day is the one suffered by Air Canada that may have affected  20,000 customers (1%) of its 1.7 million mobile app users. The news […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2018
Data of 130 Million hotel chain guests offered for 8 BTC on Dark Web

A hacker is offering for sale the personal details of over 130 million hotel chain guests on a Chinese Dark Web forum. The news was reported by Bleeping computers, a hacker is selling the personal details of over 130 million hotel guests for 8 Bitcoin on a Chinese Dark Web forum. “The breach was reported […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2018
Do Businesses Know When They’re Using Unethical Data?

Data breaches are costly for businesses that expterience them, this data fuel the black markets and sometime are offered to complanies as legitimate data. Data breaches are extraordinarily costly for businesses that experience them, both concerning reputational damage and money spent to repair the issues associated with those fiascos. And, on the consumer side of […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2018
A new sophisticated version of the AZORult Spyware appeared in the wild

A new sophisticated version of the AZORult Spyware was spotted in the wild, it was involved in a large email campaign on July 18 Malware researchers at Proofpoint spotted a new version of the AZORult Spyware in the wild, it was involved in a large email campaign on July 18, just 24 hours it appeared […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 23, 2018
The source code of the Exobot Android banking trojan has been leaked online

The source code of the Exobot Android banking trojan has been leaked online, researchers already verified its authenticity. The source code of the Exobot Android banking trojan has been leaked online and experts believe that we will soon assist at a new wave of attacks based on the malware. The Exobot Android banking trojan was first spotted at the end […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2018
Do you want penetrate an airport network? An RDP access to internal machine goes for $10 on the dark web.

The access to a system at a major international airport via RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) could be paid only $10 on the Dark Web. Experts at McAfee have discovered hackers offering RDP access to compromised machines worldwide while analyzing several black markets. The researchers discovered shops offering between 15 to more than 40,000 RDP connections for sale, the largest […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2018
Hacker offered for sale US Military Reaper Drone documents for $200

Researchers at threat intelligence firm Recorded Future have reported that a hacker was trying to sell US Military Reaper drone documents for less than $200. The news is disconcerting, the hackers may have obtained the documents related to the Reaper drone by hacking into at least two computers belonging to U.S. military personnel. “Specifically, an English-speaking hacker claimed […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2018
Hacker hijacked original LokiBot malware to sell samples in the wild

An expert found evidences that demonstrate the current distributed LokiBot malware samples were “hijacked” by a third actor. According to the researcher who goes online by the Twitter handle “d00rt,” samples of the LokiBot malware samples being distributed in the wild are modified versions of the original sample. I just released an article where are […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2018
NSO Group ex-employee arrested for attempting to sell phone Hacking Tool For $50 Million

Ex-employee at the surveillance firm NSO Group has been arrested and charged with stealing phone hacking tools from the company and attempting to sell it. A former employee of one of the most popular surveillance firm, NSO Group, has been arrested and charged with stealing phone hacking tools from the company and attempting to sell […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2018
Red Alert 2.0 Android Trojan available for rent in the underground at $500 per Month

According to researchers at Trustwave, the source code of the Red Alert 2.0 Android Trojan is now available for rent on cybercrime underground forums at $500 per month. The experts discovered the latest variant because received a malicious apk via mail and analyzed it. “It all started with a spam message, which curiously had an Android App attachment. […]