Pierluigi Paganini
April 02, 2019
Another ransomware attack made the headlines, this time the victim is the City of Albany, its computer systems were infected with the malware. Computer systems in the City of Albany, New York, were infected with ransomware over the weekend that disrupted some municipal computers. According to Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, no personal information belonging to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 01, 2019
Last week, Earl Enterprises admitted having suffered a payment card data breach from tens of its restaurants over a period of 10 months. Earl Enterprises admitted that hackers have stolen payment card data from tens of its restaurants over a period of 10 months. Restaurants at Buca di Beppo, Earl of Sandwich, Planet Hollywood, Chicken […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 28, 2019
Security experts at Group-IB have detected the activity of Gustuff a mobile Android Trojan, which includes potential targets of customers in leading international banks, users of cryptocurrency services, popular ecommerce websites and marketplaces. Gustuff has previously never been reported. Gustuff is a new generation of malware complete with fully automated features designed to steal both fiat […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 27, 2019
Experts from Kaspersky observed a new C++ version of the AZORult data stealer that implements the ability to establish RDP connections. The AZORult Trojan is one of the most popular data stealers in the Russian cybercrime underground. The AZORult stealer was first spotted in 2016 by Proofpoint that discovered it was part of a secondary […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 26, 2019
Malware researchers at Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab team uncovered a new Ursnif malware campaign that reached several organizations across Italy. Introduction The Ursnif trojan confirms itself as one of the most active malware threats in cyberspace, even during the past days, when new attack attempts reached several organizations across Italy. Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab team dissected its infection chain […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 24, 2019
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Experts uncovered a malspam campaign using Boeing 737 Max crashes gnosticplayers offers 26 Million new accounts for sale on the Dark Web Massive attacks bypass MFA on Office 365 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 21, 2019
Four people from South Korea are accused of secretly live streaming, and selling videos made with spy-cam installed in 42 motel rooms at 30 motels in 10 cities in South Korea. According to the media, 1600 motel guests between November 24 and March 2 were spied by the indicted individuals that now face up to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 20, 2019
Security experts at riskIQ revealed today that another two organizations were victims of Magecart crime gang, the bedding retailers MyPillow and Amerisleep. Security experts at RiskIQ announced that the two bedding retailers MyPillow and Amerisleep were victims of the Magecart cybercrime gang. The Magecart umbrella includes at least 11 different hacking crews that has been active at least since […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 19, 2019
Security experts at Group-IB presented at Money2020 Asia the results of an interesting analysis of hi-tech crime landscape in Asia in 2018. Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, on Money2020 Asia presented the analysis of hi-tech crime landscape in Asia in 2018 and concluded that cybercriminals show an increased interest in Asia […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 16, 2019
In the wake of the New Zealand mosque shooting, the CISA recommends users to remain vigilant on possible scams and malware attacks. Yesterday the horrible mass mosque shooting in New Zealand made the headlines, fifty people were killed. A gunman used GoPro to transmit a live stream of the massacre at a mosque. Despite social […]
