Pierluigi Paganini
January 04, 2019
A new variant of the NRSMiner is infecting users in the southern region of Asia, most of the victims are in Vietnam (54%), Iran (16%) and Malaysia (12%). The new version leverages the EternalBlue exploit to spread, experts observed that the threat also updates existing NRSMiner installs. ETERNALBLUEÂ is an NSA exploit that made the headlines […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 02, 2019
ESET analyzed the distribution technique used by cyber criminals in new Emotet campaign that has recently affected various countries in Latin America. In November, experts from ESET uncovered a massive spam campaign that was distributing the Emotet malware. The campaign targeted several users in some Latin American countries and ESET shared details on the propagation used […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 26, 2018
Researchers at Menlo Labs uncovered a malicious email campaign targeting employees of banks and financial services companies abusing Google Cloud Storage. The campaign targeted organizations in the US and the UK, the attackers have been abusing Google Cloud Storage to deliver payload. The spam campaign uses messages including links that point to archivefiles such as .zip or .gz. Attackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 22, 2018
U.S. Authorities Take Down 15 DDoS-for-Hire Websites The Department of Justice (DoJ) announced that the FBI seized 15 domains associated with DDoS-for-hire services. The FBI has seized 15 domains associated with DDoS-for-hire services (aka booters or stressers) that were used by their customers to launch powerful DDoS attacks. The U.S. District Court for the Central […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 10, 2018
The British teenager George Duke-Cohan (19) has been sentenced to three years in prison due to false bomb threats and carrying out DDoS attacks.A Cohan was arrested in August by the U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA), the teenager, aka â7R1D3N7,â âDoubleParallaxâ and âoptcz1,â was arrested on August 31 and pleaded guilty to three counts of making hoax […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 08, 2018
Europol announced the arrest of 168 people under the European Money Mule Action âEMMA 4′, a massive operation that resulted in the identification of 1,504 money mules. Europol announced that 168 people have been arrested under the âEMMA 4â, an international operation conducted by law enforcement. EMMA 4 lasted from September to November 2018. Law enforcement in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 06, 2018
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI issued a joint alert on SamSam attacks targeting critical infrastructure. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI published a joint alert on the activity associated with the infamous SamSam ransomware. The SamSam hackers extorted over 200 organizations, including public institutions, municipalities, and hospitals, they […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 02, 2018
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! ·     Very trivial Spotify phishing campaign uncovered by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 29, 2018
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
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 […]
