Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2016
Matt Edman is the security expert and former employee of the Tor Project that helped the FBI to hack and de-anonymize Tor users developing the Torsploit. Matt Edman is the cyber security expert and former employee of the Tor Project that helped the FBIÂ to hack and de-anonymize Tor users in several court cases, including the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2016
Microsoft issued a detailed report on the activity of the hacking crew dubbed Platinum APT group that leveraged a Windows patching system in its attacks. The hacker crew discovered by Microsoft and dubbed Platinum APT group conducted cyber espionage against organizations in South and Southeast Asia leveraging a Windows patching system. According to Microsoft, the Platinum has […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2016
A group cyber criminals created Ran$umBin, A Dark web service which operates the one-stop shop for monetizing ransomware. These days Ransomware are quite common and it is widespread and heavily used by cyber criminals as common tools to steal data as well as extort their owners. Few days back we had seen a new type of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2016
Researchers at Trend Micro have spotted a new strain of the Fareit malware being delivered to victims using Windows PowerShell. Security experts at TrendMicro have discovered a new variant of the Fareit data stealer, also known as Pony Loader, that is being spread exploiting Windows PowerShell. Fareit first appeared in the wild in since 2011 and last variant abuse the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2016
Security experts at Kaspersky have found a way to decrypt files locked by the CryptXXX ransomware by using the RannohDecryptor utility. Good news for the victims of ransomware, the security experts at Kaspersky Lab have successfully cracked the CryptXXX  ransomware. The CryptXXX ransomware was first spotted by experts from Proofpoint in April when a number of compromised websites hosting the Angler exploit kit were […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2016
Crooks are abusing the Facebook app platform to carry out some very insidious phishing attacks against the users of the popular social network. Security researchers at Netcraft spotted a new insidious phishing campaign that leveraged Facebook’s own trusted TLS certificate that is valid for all facebook.com subdomains. The phishing page is designed to look like a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 26, 2016
Blue Coat spotted a new ransomware-based campaign serving the Dogspectus malware. Crooks combined a Hacking Team exploit and the Towelroot exploit. Security experts at Blue Coat have spotted a new campaign spreading an Android Ransomware dubbed Dogspectus. The malicious code hijacks mobile advertisements to scam gift cards, it locks the device in a state that allows only […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 26, 2016
The cybercriminals behind the GozNym Trojan have started targeting users in European countries with a new singular redirection mechanism. Last week, security experts from the IBM X-Force Research spotted a new threat dubbed GozNym Trojan that combines Gozi ISFB and Nymaim malware abilities. The GozNym Trojan is particularly insidious, according to the researchers at the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 25, 2016
A report published by the BAE firm reveals that criminals who stole $101 million from Bangladesh bank used a malware and could strike again. In March 2016, unknown hackers have stolen more than $100 million from the Bangladesh Bank account at the US Federal Reserve Bank. The experts confirmed that hackers breached the systems at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 25, 2016
Security Experts at Bleeping Computer have discovered a new adware dubbed Faster Internet that takes a screenshot of victims’ computers. Security Experts at Bleeping Computer have spotted a new strain of adware, known as Faster Internet, that takes a screenshot of victims’ PCs. Lawrence Abrams, a computer security expert at Bleeping Computer, explained in a blog post […]
