Pierluigi Paganini
May 28, 2017
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
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
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 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 27, 2017
The Fast-food chain Chipotle notified users a security breach, hackers compromised its point of sale terminals to steal payment card data. The Mexican Grill Fast-food chain Chipotle notified users a data breach, hackers infected its point of sale terminals to steal payment card data. The malicious code infected systems in 47 states and Washington earlier […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 27, 2017
A study conducted by the Ponemon Institute shows insecure Medical devices are enlarging the surface of attacks for organizations. A study conducted by the Ponemon Institute, based on a survey of 550 individuals, shows that manufacturers and healthcare delivery organizations (HDO) are concerned about cyber attacks on medical devices. 67 percent of medical device makers and 56 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 26, 2017
The nations participant at the G7 Summit in Taormina, Italy, demand action from internet service providers and social media giants against extremist content online. The effort is necessary to fight against terrorism in a wake of the recent tragic Manchester attack. “The G7 calls for Communication Service Providers and social media companies to substantially increase their efforts […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 26, 2017
Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a new attack against Android OS, dubbed ‘Cloak and Dagger,’ millions of devices at risk. Security researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a new attack, dubbed ‘Cloak and Dagger’, that allows taking full control of Android devices. The ‘Cloak and Dagger’ attack works against all versions […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 26, 2017
Security experts at threat intelligence firm Flashpoint conducted a linguistic analysis of dozens of ransom notes displayed by the WannaCry ransomware. Malware researchers at threat intelligence firm Flashpoint conducted a linguistic analysis of 28 ransom notes displayed by the WannaCry ransomware. Flashpoint analyzed 28 WannaCry ransom notes written in various language including Chinese (both simplified and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 25, 2017
Security experts from enSilo firm released a free patch for Windows systems vulnerable to the NSA-linked ESTEEMAUDIT Exploit. The WannaCry emergency could not be ended because the NSA dump leaked by the Shadow Brokers team included many other dangerous exploits. Last months the Shadow Brokers group released another batch of data containing exploit codes still unpatched by Microsoft such as […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 25, 2017
Security experts from security firm Check Point warn of a subtitles hack threatens Millions of devices. According to the experts at Check Point, hackers could exploit a new attack vector that uses malicious subtitles to compromise devices via their media players. Millions of users worldwide can be targeted due to security vulnerabilities in many popular streaming platforms, including VLC, […]
