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Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2017
The economic impact of cybercrime will reach $8 Trillion by 2022

According to a report published by Juniper Research, the economic impact of cybercrime is expected to reach $8 trillion price tag over the next five years. According to a report published by Juniper Research, the number of data records that will be compromised in security breaches in 2017 will reach 2.8 billion. The economic impact of […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2017
FreeRADIUS allows hackers to log in without credentials

The security researcher Stefan Winter has discovered a TLS resumption authentication bypass in FreeRADIUS, the world’s most popular RADIUS Server. The security researcher Stefan Winter from the Luxembourg’s high-speed academic network RESTENA has discovered a FreeRADIUS TLS resumption authentication bypass. FreeRADIUS is the world’s most popular RADIUS Server, “it is the basis for multiple commercial offerings. It supplies the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2017
With Less Than 1 Year To Go Companies Place Different Priorities on GDPR Compliance

The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will take effect in one year from now, but a large number of firms are far from prepared. It feels like Y2K all over again. We are less than one year until the impact of the GDPR is realized, no one is certain what will happen, and everyone […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2017
Microsoft silently patched a second critical Malware Protection Engine flaw

Microsoft silently patched a second critical vulnerability in its Malware Protection Engine that was discovered on May 12. Microsoft has patched the critical vulnerability in its Malware Protection Engine that was discovered on May 12 by the researchers at the Google’s Project Zero team. The vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker that has crafted an executable that […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2017
FileSystem NTFS Bug Crashes Windows 7 and Windows 8.1

A FileSystem NTFS Bug could be exploited to crash Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, using Chrome browser you can avoid problems. Until Microsoft patches this problem, use Chrome: a slip in file-path handling allows an attacker to crash Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 with a file call. A bug in the way Microsoft handle file-path could […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2017
Austrian parties SPÖ and ÖVP want Whatsapp monitoring

Austrian SPÖ and ÖVP parties are fighting for WhatsApp instant messaging and plan further measures to fight the terrorism. Both the Austrian Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and the Austrian People’s Party (Österreichische Volkspartei; ÖVP) are fighting for instant messaging monitoring such as WhatsApp. The experts believe that the Government will end anonymous mobile phone SIM […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2017
Security Affairs newsletter Round 112 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. ·      Google is rolling out Google Play Protect, a machine-learning system to protect Android users ·      Medical Devices infected by WannaCry Ransomware in US hospitals ·      Researchers found a link between the APT3 Threat Group and the Chinese […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2017
British Airways cancels thousands of flights, there is no evidence of cyber-attacks

British Airways cancels all flights from Gatwick and Heathrow due to IT failure, company operations worldwide suffered severe delays. In the last 24 hours, British Airways has canceled all flights from Gatwick and Heathrow and flights worldwide suffered major delays due to a severe IT failure. Global operations were affected and while I’m writing the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2017
Tainted Leaks – Widespead Russia’s disinformation campaign hit 39 Countries

Researchers at Citizen Lab documented a Russia’s campaign of cyberespionage and disinformation that leveraged tainted leaks. According to the researchers at the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, a Russian disinformation campaign targeted 39 countries. The cyber attacks against the DNC were part of a larger campaign orchestrated by a nation state actor against government, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 27, 2017
Experts tracked a German hacker behind the spreading of Houdini Worm on Pastebin

Security experts at Recorded Future tracked a German hacker for the propagation of the Houdini worm through Pastebin sites. A German hacker that goes online with the moniker Vicswors Baghdad is the responsible for the propagation of the Houdini malware on Pastebin sites. According to the expert at Recorded Future, the same threat actor appears to be […]