Cybercrime

Pierluigi Paganini November 29, 2018
U.S. DoJ charges Iranian duo over SamSam Ransomware activity

The U.S. DoJ charges two Iranian men over their alleged role in creating and spreading the infamous SamSam ransomware. Two Iranian men, Faramarz Shahi Savandi (34) and Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri (27) have been charged by DoJ for their role in creating and distributing the dreaded SamSam ransomware. The duo faces six hacking and extortion-related charges, including conspiracy […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2018
Hacker stole $1m from Silicon Valley executive via SIM swap

Nicholas Truglia, a 21-years-old man from New York, has stolen $1 million from Silicon Valley executive via SIM swap, and targeted other indivisuals. Nicholas Truglia, a 21-years-old man from New York, has been accused of stealing $1 million from Silicon Valley executive via SIM swap. He gained access to his phone number and used it impersonate […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2018
Beware Black Friday & Cyber Monday shoppers: fake products, credit cards scams and other types of fraud

Group-IB security experts are warning about the increasing scammers’ activity during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, warns about the increasing scammers’ activity during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales. Group-IB experts have discovered more than 400 website-clones of the popular marketplace AliExpress and roughly 200 fake websites […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2018
New Emotet Thanksgiving campaign differs from previous ones

Researchers from Forcepoint observed a new Emotet Thanksgiving-themed campaign that appears quite different from previous ones. Security researchers from Forcepoint have observed a new Emotet Thanksgiving-themed campaign that appears quite different from previous ones. EMOTET, aka Geodo, is a banking trojan linked to the dreaded Dridex and Feodo (Cridex, Bugat)  malware families. In past campaigns, EMOTET was used by crooks […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2018
Two hackers involved in the TalkTalk hack sentenced to prison

Two men from Tamworth, Staffordshire were sentenced to prison for their roles in the 2015 TalkTalk hack. Two men, Connor Allsopp, 21, and Matthew Hanley, 23, pleaded guilty to charges of hacking. Allsopp has been sentenced to 8 months in jail and Hanley to 12 months. In October 2015, TalkTalk Telecom Group plc publicly disclosed that four […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2018
6,500+ sites deleted after Dark Web hosting provider Daniel’s Hosting hack

On Thursday, November 15, hackers compromised Daniel’s Hosting, one of the largest Dark Web hosting provider, and deleted 6,500+ sites. On Thursday, November 15, hackers compromised Daniel’s Hosting, one of the largest Dark Web hosting provider. The news was confirmed by Daniel Winzen, the software developer behind the hosting service. Daniel’s Hosting became the largest Dark Web hosting provider earlier […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2018
Security Affairs newsletter Round 189 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! ·      CVE-2018-15961: Adobe ColdFusion Flaw exploited in attacks in […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2018
Protonmail hacked? …. No, it is a very strange scam attempt

A hacker going online by the moniker AmFearLiathMor is claiming to have hacked the most popular end-to-end encrypted email service ProtonMail. At the time it is not clear if the hacker belongs to a cyber crime gang, it claims to have stolen a “significant” amounts of data from the company. The ransom demand (archive.is link) was […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2018
Group-IB presented latest cybercrime and nation-state hacking trends in Asia

According to Group-IB’s report findings, Asia is one of the most actively attacked regions in the world, the company presented latest cybercrime trends. Hong Kong, 16.11.2018 – Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, presented the findings of its latest Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2018 report at the FinTech Security Conference in Hong Kong organized by Binary Solutions Limited […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2018
Two hacker groups attacked Russian banks posing as the Central Bank of Russia

Group-IB has detected massive campaigns targeting Russian financial institutions posing as the Central Bank of Russia. The emails were disguised to look as if they come from the Central Bank of Russia and FinCERT, the Financial Sector Computer Emergency Response Team. Group-IB experts have discovered that the attack on 15 November could have been carried out by the hacker […]