Cybercrime

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2018
KICKICO security breach – hackers stole over $7.7 million worth of KICK tokens

ICO platforms are becoming a privileged target for hackers, the last victim in order of time is KickICO, a Blockchain crowdfunding website for ICO. On Friday, KickICO disclosed a security breach, according to the platform attackers accessed to its wallets and stole over 70 million KICK tokens (roughly $7.7 million at the time). The incident occurred on […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2018
FELIXROOT Backdoor is back in a new fresh spam campaign

Security experts from FireEye have spotted a new spam campaign leveraging the FELIXROOT backdoor, a malware used for cyber espionage operation. The FELIXROOT backdoor was first spotted by FireEye in September 2017, when attackers used it in attacks targeting Ukrainians. The new spam campaign used weaponized documents claiming to provide information on a seminar on environmental protection efforts. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2018
Security Affairs newsletter Round 173 – 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!   ·      Ecuador to withdraw asylum for Julian […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2018
Dutch brothers sentenced to community service for involvement in CoinVault ransomware distribution

On Thursday, two Dutch brothers were sentenced to 240 hours of community service for creating and using the CoinVault ransomware. In 2015, Melvin (25) and Dennis van den B. (21), were arrested from a district court in Rotterdam for their alleged involvement in CoinVault ransomware creation and distribution. On Thursday, the Dutch men were sentenced to 240 hours […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 26, 2018
Kronos Banking Trojan resurrection, new campaigns spotted in the wild

Researchers from Proofpoint have discovered a new variant of the infamous Kronos banking Trojan that was involved in several attacks in the recent months. The infamous Kronos banking Trojan is back, and according to the experts from Proofpoint it was involved in several attacks in the last months. The malware was first spotted in 2014 by researchers at […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2018
Security Affairs newsletter Round 172 – 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! ·      CSE Malware ZLab – Operation Roman Holiday […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2018
Anarchy botmaster builds a botnet of 18,000 Huawei routers in a few hours

The popular Anarchy botmaster builds a botnet of 18,000 Huawei routers in a few hours, and it is also planning to target vulnerable Realtek routers. NewSky Security first reported the born a new huge botnet, in just one day the botmaster compromised more than 18,000 Huawei routers. NewSky security researcher Ankit Anubhav announced that the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2018
MoneyTaker hacking group stole 1 million US dollars from Russian PIR Bank

The cybersecurity firm Group-IB is involved in the incident response on an attack on the Russian PIR Bank conducted by MoneyTaker hacking group. MoneyTaker hacker group has stolen 1 million US dollars from the Russian bank, the cyber heist occurred on July 3 through the Russian Central Bank’s Automated Workstation Client (an interbank fund transfer system similar […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2018
How crooks conduct Money Laundering operations through mobile games

Experts uncovered a money laundering ring that leverages fake Apple accounts and gaming profiles to make transactions with stolen payment cards. A money laundering ring leverages fake Apple accounts and gaming profiles to make transactions with stolen payment cards and then sells these game premiums on online forums and within gaming communities. The money laundering […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2018
Cyber Defense Magazine – July 2018 has arrived

Cyber Defense Magazine July 2018 Edition has arrived. We hope you enjoy this month’s edition…packed with over 140 pages of excellent content.  InfoSec Knowledge is Power.  We have 6 years of eMagazines online with timeless content.  Visit our online library by clicking here. Cyber Defense eMagazine July 2018 Edition has arrived.We hope you enjoy this month’s edition…packed with 140 […]