Pierluigi Paganini
August 29, 2017
A $25 Raspberry Pi or similar tiny PCs could be used to hack SAP POS systems due to a critical vulnerability. SAP POS is client-server technology that belongs to the SAP for Retail line-up, it is widely adopted, it has been estimated that it is used by 80 per cent of the retailers in the Forbes […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 29, 2017
After the Hurricane Harvey hit Texas causing deaths and destructions, authorities are warning of potential Phishing Scams. The US CERT is warning of Potential Hurricane Harvey phishing scams, the experts fear crooks may start using malicious emails purportedly tied to the storm. “US-CERT warns users to remain vigilant for malicious cyber activity seeking to capitalize on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 29, 2017
The security firm Symantec has discovered another cyber espionage campaign against India and Pakistan which is likely to be state-sponsored. Security experts at Symantec have uncovered a sustained cyber spying campaign against Indian and Pakistani entities involved in regional security issues. The nature of the targets and the threat actors’ techniques suggest it is a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 28, 2017
Researchers at Proofpoint spotted a cyber espionage campaign leveraging recent Game of Thrones episode leaks and attribute it to Chinese APT17 group. Security researchers at Proofpoint have uncovered a cyber espionage campaign leveraging recent Game of Thrones episode leaks to trick victims into opening malicious documents sent via email. Experts have observed during the past week, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 28, 2017
A widespread internet disruption occurred in Japan on Friday, Google error it the main cause of the Internet outage that caused the panic in the country. Google error it the root cause of a widespread Internet outage in Japan that lasted for about an hour on Friday, August 25. The incident was caused by a BGM […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 28, 2017
Zimperium Researcher Adam Donenfeld released an iOS Kernel Exploit PoC that can be used to gain full control of iOS mobile devices. Researcher Adam Donenfeld of mobile security firm Zimperium published a Proof-of-concept (PoC) for recently patched iOS vulnerabilities that can be chained to gain full control of iOS mobile devices. The expert called the PoC […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 27, 2017
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. · Hackers can completely hijack a mobile device via replacement of a touchscreen · Learning About ISIS Intentions Using Open Source Intelligence · Security Affairs newsletter Round 124 – News of the week · Enigma platform hacked, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 27, 2017
The Tor relay of a Brazilian University was banned by the Tor administrators because it was spotted collecting the .onion addresses of visitors. A team of researchers from a Brazilian University of Campinas in São Paulo, Brazil, has had its Tor relay node banned because it was spotted collecting the .onion addresses of visitors. Marcus Rodrigues, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 27, 2017
Researchers at Proofpoint spotted Defray Ransomware, a new ransomware used in a targeted campaign against education and healthcare organizations. Earlier this month, researchers at Proofpoint spotted a targeted ransomware campaign against education and healthcare organizations. The ransomware used in the campaign was dubbed Defray, based on the command and control (C&C) server hostname used for the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 26, 2017
Security researchers are warning of the availability online of a list of IoT devices and associated telnet credentials. The list has been available on Pastebin since June, but last week it was also shared via Twitter by the researcher Ankit Anubhav becoming rapidly viral. The original list was posted by someone who has previously published […]
