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Crooks used rare Steganography technique to hack fully patched websites in Latin America
Jessica Alba ‘s Twitter account hacked, it posted racist and homophobic messages
Over 23 million stolen payment card data traded on the Dark Web in H1 2019
Android devices could be hacked by playing a video due to CVE-2019-2107 flaw
Facebook deleted Russia-Linked efforts focusing on Ukraine ahead of the election
Prolific Dark Web dealer of drugs pleads guilty
Sonicwall warns of a spike in the number of attacks involving encrypted malware and IoT malware
WordPress Plugin Facebook Widget affected by authenticated XSS
Capital One data breach: hacker accessed details of 106M customers before its arrest
Critical zero-days discovered in VxWorks RTOS, billions of devices at risk
Google Project Zero hackers disclose details and PoCs for 4 iOS RCE flaws
LAPD data breach exposes personal info of thousands of officers
Malware researchers analyzed an intriguing Java ATM Malware
Cyber attacks hit Louisiana schools ahead of years beginning
DHS warns of cyber attacks against small airplanes
Hacking avionics systems through the CAN bus
Hacking campaign is wiping Iomega NAS Devices exposed online
Hacking eCommerce sites based on OXID eShop by chaining 2 flaws
CISA warns of critical flaws in Prima FlexAir access control system
Cisco to pay $8.6 million fine for selling flawed surveillance technology to the US Gov
Cyber Defense Magazine – August 2019 has arrived. Enjoy it!
MICROCHIPS Act aims at improving tech supply chain
New Mirai botnet hides C2 server in the Tor network to prevent takedowns
Recently discovered Hexane group targets the oil and gas industry
Facebook dismantled influence campaigns focused on Middle East and Northern Africa
How to Reverse Engineer, Sniff & Bruteforce Vulnerable RF Adult Toys with WHID Elite
Lotsy group targets Italian and Spanish-speaking users
Nation-state actor uses new LookBack RAT to target US utilities
Over 1 Million payment cards from South Korea sold on the Dark Web
DRAGONBLOOD flaws allow hacking WPA3 protected WiFi passwords
SystemBC, a new proxy malware is being distributed via Fallout and RIG EK
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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.

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