Pierluigi Paganini
August 07, 2018
TSMC shared further details on the attack and confirmed that its systems were infected with a variant of the infamous WannaCry ransomware. Early in August, a malware has infected systems at several Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) factories, the plants where Apple produces its devices. TSMC is the world’s biggest contract manufacturer of chips for tech giants, including Apple […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 07, 2018
Researchers at security firm Duo Security have created a set of open source tools and disclosed techniques that could be used to identify large Twitter botnet. Security experts from Duo Security have developed a collection of open source tools and disclosed techniques that can be useful in identifying large Twitter botnet. The experts developed the tools […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 07, 2018
Group-IB researchers have investigated user data leaks from cryptocurrency exchanges and has analyzed the nature of these incidents. Security experts from Group-IB, an international company specializing in preventing cyberattacks and developing information security solutions, has investigated user data leaks from cryptocurrency exchanges and has analyzed the nature of these incidents. Within a year, the number […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 07, 2018
HP has released firmware updates that address two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in some models of inkjet printers. HP has released firmware updates to address two critical RCE flaws affecting some Inkjet printers. The two flaws, tracked as CVE-2018-5924 and CVE-2018-5925, could be exploited by attackers to trigger stack or static buffer overflow. An attacker can […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 06, 2018
Fortnite, the most popular game will be soon available for Android users but the Fortnite APK will not be in the Play Store. Fortnite continues to be the most popular game, it is a co-op sandbox survival game developed by Epic Games and People Can Fly. The great success obtained by the Fortnite attracted cyber criminals that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 06, 2018
DoE announced the Liberty Eclipse exercise to test the electrical grid ‘s ability to recover from a blackout caused by cyberattacks. This is the first time the Department of Energy will test the electrical grid’s ability to recover from a blackout caused by cyberattacks. We have discussed many times the effects of a cyber attack […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 06, 2018
TCM Bank announced that a Web site misconfiguration exposed applicant data for 16 months, between early March 2017 and mid-July 2018 TCM Bank, a subsidiary of ICBA Bancard, serves as a trusted advisor to community banks, it serves as a direct issuer of credit cards for more than 750 small and community U.S. banks who prefer […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 06, 2018
A security researcher discovered a new crypto mining worm dubbed ZombieBoy that leverages several exploits to evade detection. The security researcher James Quinn has spotted a new strain of crypto mining worm dubbed ZombieBoy that appears to be very profitable and leverages several exploits to evade detection. The expert called this new malware ZombieBoy because it uses a tool called […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 05, 2018
Security experts from Symantec are warning of tech support scams abusing Call Optimization Services to insert phone numbers. Crooks are improving their tech support scams by using Call Optimization Services that are commonly used in legitimate call center operations to perform: Tracking the source of inbound calls Creation and management of phone numbers Call load balancing Call forwarding […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 05, 2018
The US Cloud-based customer relationship management software giant Salesforce is warning marketing customers of a data leakage caused by an API error. The US cloud computing company Salesforce is warning marketing customers of a data leakage caused by an API error. The incident could potentially affect a large number of companies, including Aldo, Dunkin Donuts, GE, HauteLook, Nestle Waters, and Sony. The […]
