Pierluigi Paganini
December 23, 2014
Security researchers discovered a criminal crew called Anunak that has already stolen $17 million from banks, retailers and others firms since 2013. Security companies Group-IB and Fox-IT have conducted a joint investigation on a cyber espionage group called called Anunak, which has been targeting banks and payment systems in Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States countries, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 11, 2014
RSA Securityâs FraudAction team released a report on Pandemiya, a new banking Trojan being sold in hacker forums as an alternative to the popular Zeus. RSA Securityâs FraudAction team issued a report on Pandemiya, a banking Trojan being proposed in the underground ecosystem as the most effective alternative to the Zeus banking Trojan. Pandemiya Trojan is being sold for as […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 17, 2014
Security experts at ESET detected a new variant of iBanking Trojan offered in the underground that exploits Facebook platform as vector of infection. iBanking is the name of a mobile banking Trojan app distributed through HTML injection attacks on banking sites. iBanking deceives victims impersonating itself as a  ‘Security App‘ for Android, we have spoken about it  early 2014 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2014
A security consultant disclosed a security flaw in WhatsApp which can be exploited to gain access to the private chats of Android device owners.   The recent acquisition of WhatsApp by Facebook has done much to discuss, ever a price so high was paid for an app, but major concerns relate to users’ privacy. The security consultant Bas Bosschert […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 24, 2014
iBanking is a new mobile banking Trojan available for sale in the underground for $5,000 according the RSA’s FraudAction Group. The source code for iBanking banking trojan has been leaked online through an underground forum, this kind of news reports a serious threat from the cybercrime ecosystem. Like happened for other trojan, including Zeus and Carberp, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 07, 2013
Google has recently removed from the official Play store the ” Balloon Pop 2″ Android game that allows WhatsApp conversations snooping. Every day numerous friends ask me if it is possible to steal WhatsApp chat messages and how, of course a malware represents an excellent solution to the request. In the past I already posted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 11, 2013
Group-IB Threat Intelligence Report 2012â2013 H1 is an excellent analysis on the state and dynamics of todayâs market of computer crimes and cyber threats. Group-IB has recently issued an interesting report titled “Group-IB Threat Intelligence Report 2012 â 2013 H1” on the state and dynamics of todayâs market of computer crimes and current cyber threats […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 05, 2013
The majority of financial service professionals considers Man In The Browser as the greatest threat to online banking, cybercrime increases its use. Man In The Browser attack, DDoS attacks, phishing are most insidious cyber threats against banking institutions. Last statistics proposed by principal security firms confirm that online banking is considered a lucrative business for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 06, 2013
Today the principal channel for malware diffusion is considered internet, large diffusion of exploit kits and crimeware such as BlackHole, Cool Exploit and Incognito have automated the infection process over the network. Majority of attacks exploits vulnerabilities in large use applications, such as browsers, and the leak of responsive patch management expose users to serious […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 17, 2012
During the last week introduced you the excellent work done by the Group-IB, a security firm resident of the Moscow-based Skolkovo Foundation that has received a grant in the amount of 30m rubles (approximately $966,000) for the development of a global counter-cybercrime system named the CyberCop. It was for me the opportunity to receive many interesting […]
