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Pierluigi Paganini May 25, 2017
CVE-2017-7494 Samba vulnerability, patch your installation now!

A seven-year-old remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-7494, affects all versions of the Samba software since 3.5.0. A seven-year-old remote code execution vulnerability affects all versions of the Samba software since 3.5.0. The flaw has been patched by the development team of the project. An attacker can exploit the CVE-2017-7494 RCE to upload a shared […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 25, 2017
Master Keys for Crysis ransomware released on a forum

Researchers at ESET security firm have discovered that someone has released 200 master keys for the latest variants of the prominent Crysis ransomware. While security experts continue to investigate the WannaCry attack, someone has released 200 master keys for the latest variants of the prominent Crysis ransomware. The file encrypted by this version have the .wallet and […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2017
Target agreed to pay $18.5 Million over 2013 data breach

Target, the US retail giant, has entered a settlement with the US Attorneys General and it has agreed to pay $18.5 million over the 2013 data breach. Target, the US retail giant, has entered a settlement with the Attorneys General of 47 states and it has agreed to pay $18.5 million over the data breach […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2017
Qatar news agency hacked, attackers posted fake news

Qatar announced it had begun an inquiry into a security breach by hackers who published fake news that created tensions with the neighbor states. Qatar faced an unprecedented security breach, unknown attackers posted fake news stories attributed to its ruler on highly sensitive regional political issues. The hackers hit the Qatar official news agency website and Twitter account in […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2017
The NAND Busters Data Storage Chips Vulnerable to Attack

Experts found that NAND Data Storage Chips are vulnerable to malicious programs which can corrupt data and even destroy them over time. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, Seagate Technology and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in ZĂŒrich have uncovered a potential flaw in the storage devices that power most cell phones, computers and big data […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2017
Police dismantled the Cron gang that targeted Bank Accounts via Android Malware

Russian authorities with the support of the security firm Group-IB dismantled the operations of the Cron gang that infected more than 1 million smartphones. Russian authorities dismantled a major criminal ring that was targeting bank accounts by using an Android malware, dubbed ‘Cron,’ that compromised more than one million Android smartphones. According to the Russian Interior […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2017
Hackers demonstrated that it is too easy to bypass the Samsung S8 iris scanner.

Hackers demonstrated that it is very easy to bypass the Samsung S8 iris scanner by using a camera, a printer, and a contact lens. Security experts have once against bypassed mobile Biometric system installed on a mobile device, the Samsung S8 model. Hackers used a camera, a printer and a contact lens to bypass the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2017
Yahoobleed – Yahoo retired ImageMagick library after flaw leaked private e-mail attachments and credentials

Yahoobleed – Yahoo retired the ImageMagick library after flaw leaked sensitive data, including credentials and e-mail attachments. Supply chain risks are realized when a negative impact to one of your suppliers has a negative impact on your business. If you are a manufacturer, an outage to a component supplier could prevent you from manufacturing; if you […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2017
Terrorist attack at the Ariana Grande – Manchester Arena explosion killed 22 people

Terrorist attack at the Ariana Grande concert – The Manchester Arena explosion killed 22 people including children, Police is investigating the case. The Manchester Arena explosion at the Ariana Grande concert was caused by a terrorist attack that killed 22 people, among the victims, there are also children. “What I can confirm is that there are children among […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2017
Expert founds EternalRocks, a malware that uses 7 NSA Hacking Tools

A security expert discovered a new worm, dubbed EternalRocks, that exploits the EternalBlue flaw to spread itself like WannaCry ransomware. The security expert Miroslav Stampar, a member of the Croatian Government CERT, has discovered a new worm, dubbed EternalRocks, that exploits the EternalBlue flaw in the SMB protocol to spread itself like the popular WannaCry ransomware. […]