Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2016
Security experts have discovered more than 500,000 vulnerable Internet of Things (IoT) devices that could be potentially recruited in the Mirai botnet. In the last weeks, security experts observed two of the powerful DDoS attacks of ever that hit the hosting provider OVH and the websites of the popular security expert Brian Krebs. Malware researchers believe that the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 07, 2016
X.Org released patches and updates to fix several flaws found in many client libraries that could be exploited to cause DoS and escalate privileges. X.Org is a widely used open-source implementation of the X Windows System (aka X11 or X-Windows) that is the graphical windowing system adopted by Unix and Linux operating systems. A set […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 07, 2016
Researchers have been monitoring a campaign dubbed Magecart that compromised many ecommerce websites to steal payment card and other sensitive data. Researchers have been monitoring a campaign in which cybercriminals compromised many e-commerce websites in an effort to steal payment card and other sensitive information provided by their customers. Security experts from cloud-based security solutions provider […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 07, 2016
The author of the FastPoS PoS malware issued an update that profoundly changes its behavior, preferring a quick exfiltration activity even if is noisier. Christmas is approaching, and the experts are already at work, including the authors of PoS malware that at that time maximize their profits. The criminal group behind the FastPoS PoS malware have updated […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 06, 2016
Mac malware could spy on users by piggybacking on webcam sessions started by legitimate applications such as FaceTime, Skype and Google Hangouts. Security experts are worried about the presence of a new Mac malware in the wild that attempt to record video via the built-in webcam. The principal problem for this family of spyware is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 06, 2016
Which are principal cities hostages of malicious botnets? Symantec has tried to reply the difficult questions with an interesting study. It is not a mystery, there is a strict link between cybercrime and Geography. Cyber criminal organization used different tactics and offer different products depending on the country where they operate. Russian criminal communities specialize in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 06, 2016
A few hours after the Reuters reported the existence of a surveillance tools used by Yahoo for email massive scanning, the Tech giant denied it. This week the Reuters reported Yahoo reportedly scanned all of its usersâ incoming emails with a secret software program that is designed to gather information for the US Government agencies. According to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 06, 2016
A new variant of the Cerber ransomware kills common database-related processes like those of the MySQL, Oracle and Microsoft SQL servers to encrypt files. According to experts the BleepingComputer.com forum, a new variant of the Cerber ransomware is the wild attempts to shut down database connections to increase the effects of the infection. The principal goal […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 06, 2016
Once again an NSA contractor is the headlines for the alleged theft of secret exploit codes and highly confidential documents. The FBI has arrested another NSA contractor over a massive secret data theft. The US DoJ has charged Harold Thomas Martin (51) with theft of secret documents and highly classified government material. According to a court […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 05, 2016
The WiFox mobile app was designed as a huge container of network names and passwords for Wi-Fi airports networks worldwide. Do you travel a lot? Probably you have already read about WiFox, it is a legitimate Android/iOS mobile app that includes indications of thousands of airport Wi-Fi networks and their passwords. We have spoken several times about the […]
