Pierluigi Paganini
November 23, 2016
It has happened again, most of the Apple devices crashes when the owner plays this iPhone-freezing video. Be careful when clicking on suspicious links. A new bug in iPhone is threatening Apple users, most of the Apple devices crashes when the owner plays a video. An iPhone-freezing video is circulating online, when users play it in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 23, 2016
The Tropic Trooper APT continues to target Asia, this time government Taiwanese organizations and companies in the energy sector. The Tropic Trooper APT that has been active at least since 2012, it was first spotted last year by security experts at Trend Micro when it targeted government ministries and heavy industries in Taiwan and the military in the Philippines. Now […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 23, 2016
Madison Square Garden Company informed users that their payment card data may have been stolen by cybercriminals Yesterday, the Madison Square Garden Company notified users that their payment card data may have been stolen by cybercriminals. According to the company, crooks have used a PoS malware on its payment processing system and have stolen payment […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 23, 2016
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are upon us, Checkmarx published a report analyzing the security of some of the top WordPress plugins. The Black Friday and the Cyber Monday are upon us and security experts from Checkmarx are questioning the security of some of the top WordPress e-commerce plugins that are currently used in more […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 22, 2016
ESET security firm has included master decryption keys into a decryption tool that allows rescuing the encrypted files without paying the ransom. Good news for the victims of the Crysis ransomware, ESET security firm has included master decryption keys into a tool that allows rescuing the encrypted files. The decryption keys for the CrySis ransomware were posted online on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 22, 2016
Canada Armed Forces recruitment website was taken down after it was hacked and would-be recruits are redirected to a Chinese government page. The Canadian Armed Forces recruitment website was hacked last week, visitors have been redirected to the Chinese government’s main page instead of the legitimate website. According to CTV television, anyone trying to sign […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 22, 2016
Hackers attempted to extort Michigan State University after they have breached into its database containing 400,000 records of students and employees. Crooks hacked the Michigan State University breaching into a database containing 400,000 student and employee records, then tried to monetize the efforts attempted to extort the organization. Michigan State University reported the data breach occurred on November 13 when an unauthorized […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 22, 2016
Security experts at Red Canary discovered attackers who were trying to use the Ask.com Toolbar as a vector to spread malware. A just-in-time catch by sharp-eyed analysts at Red Canary has thwarted what looks like early stage development and deployment of malicious software delivered via Ask.com’s toolbar. The PE (Portable Executeable) delivered by Ask.com, which […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 21, 2016
Researchers have discovered a new hacking campaign leveraging on Facebook Messenger to spread the Locky ransomware via SVG images. The Locky Ransomware is spread via a downloader, experts noticed that it is able to bypass Facebook defense measures by pretending to be a harmless image file. The campaign was first spotted during the weekend by the malware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 21, 2016
The security expert Michele Orru from FortConsult has released an automated phishing toolkit dubbed ‘PhishLulz’ for penetration testing activities. The security expert Michele Orru from FortConsult, aka @antisnatchor, has released an automated phishing toolkit dubbed ‘PhishLulz’ for penetration testing activities. The PhishLulz tool was presented at the Kiwicon hacking event held Wellington New Zealand last week. PhishLulz is […]
