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Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2018
Fileless PowerGhost cryptocurrency miner leverages EternalBlue exploit to spread

Security experts from Kaspersky Lab have spotted a new cryptocurrency miner dubbed PowerGhost that can spread leveraging a fileless infection technique. The PowerGhost miner targets large corporate networks, infecting both workstations and servers, it employing multiple fileless techniques to evade detection. “The malware, which we dubbed PowerGhost, is capable of stealthily establishing itself in a system and spreading […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2018
Titan Security Keys- Google announced USB-based FIDO U2F Keys

Google will start offering Titan Security Keys to provide a further layer of security to its users and protect them from Phishing and MiTM attacks. Google announced at Google Cloud Next ’18 convention in San Francisco the launch of the Titan Security Keys,  a USB device that is used as part of its hardware-based two-factor authentication scheme for […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2018
KICKICO security breach – hackers stole over $7.7 million worth of KICK tokens

ICO platforms are becoming a privileged target for hackers, the last victim in order of time is KickICO, a Blockchain crowdfunding website for ICO. On Friday, KickICO disclosed a security breach, according to the platform attackers accessed to its wallets and stole over 70 million KICK tokens (roughly $7.7 million at the time). The incident occurred on […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2018
FELIXROOT Backdoor is back in a new fresh spam campaign

Security experts from FireEye have spotted a new spam campaign leveraging the FELIXROOT backdoor, a malware used for cyber espionage operation. The FELIXROOT backdoor was first spotted by FireEye in September 2017, when attackers used it in attacks targeting Ukrainians. The new spam campaign used weaponized documents claiming to provide information on a seminar on environmental protection efforts. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2018
Tens of flaws in Samsung SmartThings Hub expose smart home to attack

Cisco Talos researchers found tens of flaws in Samsung SmartThings Hub controller that potentially expose smart home devices to attack Cisco Talos researchers have discovered 20 vulnerabilities in Samsung SmartThings Hub controller that potentially expose any supported third-party smart home devices to cyber attack. “Cisco Talos recently discovered several vulnerabilities present within the firmware of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2018
Mysterious snail mail from China sent to US agencies includes Malware-Laden CD

Several U.S. state and local government agencies have reported receiving suspicious letters via snail mail containing malware-laden CD Crooks and cyberspies attempt to exploit any attack vector to compromise the targeted computers and the case we are going to discuss demonstrate it. The popular security expert Brian Krebs reported that several U.S. state and local […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2018
Security Affairs newsletter Round 173 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you!   ·      Ecuador to withdraw asylum for Julian […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2018
Security bug in Swann IoT Camera allowed to access video feeds

Security experts have discovered a security glitch in Swann IoT camera that could be exploited by attackers to access video feeds. Security experts from Pen Test Partners (Andrew Tierney, Chris Wade and Ken Munro) along with security researchers Alan Woodward, Scott Helme and Vangelis Stykas have discovered a security glitch in Swann IoT camera that could be exploited to access video feeds. The experts reported […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2018
Underminer Exploit Kit spreading Bootkits and cryptocurrency miners

New Underminer exploit kit delivers a bootkit that infects the system’s boot sectors as well as a cryptocurrency miner dubbed Hidden Mellifera. Malware researchers from Trend Micro have spotted a new exploit kit, tracked as Underminer exploit kit, delivering a bootkit that infects the system’s boot sectors as well as a cryptocurrency miner dubbed Hidden Mellifera. “We […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 28, 2018
Twitter removed more than 143,000 apps from the messaging service

On Tuesday, Twitter announced it had removed more than 143,000 apps from the messaging service since April in a new crackdown initiative. Last week, Twitter announced it had removed more than 143,000 apps from the messaging service since April in a new crackdown initiative aimed at “malicious” activity from automated accounts. We’re committing Twitter to […]