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Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2017
FireEye Provides Update on the alleged data breach revealed late July

Late July, hackers posted details alleged stolen from a system belonging to a Senior Analyst at security firm FireEye/Mandiant. The company provides update. Late July, hackers have posted details alleged stolen from a system belonging to Adi Peretz, a Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst at security firm FireEye/Mandiant. The leaked archive is a 337MB PST file containing the expert’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2017
Experimental Mozilla Send service allows users share encrypted copy of huge files

Mozilla Send service allows users to make an encrypted copy of a local file, store it on a remote server, and share it with a single recipient. Mozilla has presented Send, an experimental service that allows users to make an encrypted copy of a local file, store it on a remote server, and share it with […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2017
Creator of the Ebury botnet sentenced to 46 months in jail

US authorities sentenced a Russian man to 46 months in prison and accused him of operating an Ebury botnet composed of tens of thousands of servers. US authorities sentenced a Russian man to 46 months in prison and accused him of infecting tens of thousands of servers worldwide with a Linux malware to generate millions in fraudulent payments. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2017
Flaws in solar panels potentially threatening European power grids

The Horus scenario, is a scenario describing a large scale cyber attack targeting the vital electrical infrastructure triggering flaws found in solar panels Willem Westerhof, a Dutch security researcher at the security firm ITsec has found a serious vulnerability in a component of solar panels that could be exploited by hackers to cause widespread outages […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2017
Security Affairs newsletter Round 122 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. ·      Apple removed iOS VPN apps from Chinese App Store in compliance to censorship law ·      Bypassing locking mechanisms of a smart gun with $15 worth of magnets ·      DEF CON 25 – BBC Micro:bit could be […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2017
Hackers leak the fourth episode of Game of Thrones season 7 online

Episode 4 of the fantasy drama Game of Thrones season 7, ‘The Spoils Of War’, has been widely shared online through Vidme, Google Drive, and The Pirate Bay. Hackers leaked the fourth episode of Game of Thrones season 7 online, it is available on Vidme, Google Drive, and The Pirate Bay. The HBO promptly shut down […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2017
US Army bans use of Chinese DJI drones over cyber security concerns

The US Army has ordered its units to stop using Chinese DJI drones because of “cyber vulnerabilities” in the products. The US Army is going to ban its units from using drones manufactured by the Chinese firm DJI due to “cyber vulnerabilities”. The decision was based on the findings of a research conducted by the Army […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2017
WannaCry Hero Marcus Hutchins pleads not guilty to malware claims

Yesterday the judge approved to release the researcher Marcus Hutchins on bail for a bond of $30,000 under certain conditions. Marcus Hutchins, also known as MalwareTech, is the 22-year-old security expert who made the headlines after discovering the “kill switch” that halted the outbreak of the WannaCry ransomware. Marcus Hutchins has been arrested in in Las Vegas after attending […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2017
Wannacry authors make a $143,000 withdraw from Bitcoin wallets, whilst the internet is distracted!

On Wednesday some very interesting and seemly unrelated events happened in regards to Wannacry. First Marcus Hutchins (AKA @Malwaretech), the security researcher who discovered the kill switch and stopped the spread of Wannacry was arrested whilst returning to the UK from Las Vegas- on suspicion of creating malware (covered here). But the second event which […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2017
South Korean investigators confirmed National Intelligence Service interference in 2012 election

South Korean investigators confirmed that National Intelligence Service attempted to influence 2012 presidential election. South Korean investigators confirmed that National Intelligence Service (NIS) attempted to manipulate voters to help conservative win parliamentary and presidential elections. According to the National Intelligence Service (NIS), the Agency conducted a two-years PSYOPs involving up to 30 teams to manipulate […]