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Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2017

Security flaws affect TCUs used in BMW, Ford, Infiniti, and Nissan vehicles

Three security researchers have discovered security vulnerabilities in the telematics control units (TCUs) used in BMW, Ford, Infiniti, and Nissan vehicles. Three security researchers have discovered security vulnerabilities in the telematics control unit (TCU) manufactured by Continental AG that is installed on various car models manufactured by BMW, Ford, Infiniti, and Nissan. The researchers are Mickey Shkatov, […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2017

Pharmaceutical giant Merck confirmed NotPetya attack disrupted operations worldwide

The US pharmaceutical company Merck revealed that the massive NotPetya cyberattack has disrupted its worldwide operations. The US pharmaceutical company Merck revealed that the massive NotPetya cyberattack has disrupted its worldwide operations. The news was part of the Merck’s financial results announcement for the second quarter of 2017, according to the pharmaceutical giant the ransomware destructed operations […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2017

TOPransom: From eMail Attachment to Powning the Attacker’s Database

TOPransom – Analyzing the entire process from getting an email attachment to powning the ransom server trying to stop the infection. Hi folks, today I want to share a quick but intensive experience in fighting cybercrime. I wish you would appreciate the entire process of getting an email attachment to powning the ransom server trying […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2017

CopyFish Extension for Chrome Stolen And Updated With Trojan Adware

Crooks recently hacked the popular Google Chrome extension Copyfish after compromising the Chrome Web Store account of German developer team a9t9 software. Trojan malware has been around for a long time. A user installs an application to accomplish one task, but behind the scenes, the application is performing a completely different task — usually unwanted. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2017

HBO Hacked again, Game of Thrones Script Leaked on the Internet

Hackers claim to have stolen 1.5 terabytes of data from HBO, including information on the current season of Game of Thrones. Are you a fan of ‘Game of Thrones’ series? There is a news for you, hackers claim to have stolen 1.5 terabytes of data from HBO, including information on the current season of Game […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2017

Hackers leaked data from alleged Mandiant FireEye ‘breach’ under #OpLeakTheAnalyst.

Late Sunday evening, hackers leaked details alleged stolen from a compromised system maintained by Adi Peretz, a Senior Analyst at Mandiant. Late Sunday evening, hackers have posted details alleged stolen from a system belonging to Adi Peretz, a Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst at security firm FireEye/Mandiant. The leaked archive is a 337MB PST file containing the expert’s emails. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2017

OpenAI Gym – A machine learning system creates ‘invisible’ malware

At DEF CON hacking conference experts demonstrated how to abuse a machine learning system dubbed OpenAI Gym to create malware that can avoid detection. We have discussed several times about the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on threat landscape, from a defensive perspective new instruments will allow the early detections of malicious patterns associated with threats, […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2017

Microsoft won’t patch the 20-year-old SMBv1 SMBloris flaw disclosed at DEF CON conference

Microsoft has announced that the SMBv1 SMBloris bug described at DEF CON won’t be patched because it could be fixed simply blocking incoming connections. Recently security researchers at RiskSense have identified a 20-year-old Windows SMB vulnerability they called SMBloris (a nod to the Slowloris DoS attack.), they presented their findings at the recent DEF CON hacker […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2017

DEF CON Voting Village – Hackers easily pwned US voting machines

Hackers attending Def Con hacking conference were invited to hack into voting machines used in US past elections to assess their level of security. DEF CON 2017 – Are voting systems secure? In August 2016, the FBI issued a “flash” alert to election officials across the country confirming that foreign hackers have compromised state election systems […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2017

Apple removed iOS VPN apps from Chinese App Store in compliance to censorship law

In compliance with Chinese Internet monitoring law, Apple has started removing all IOS VPN apps from it App Store in China. The company complies with a request from the Chinese Government that wants to strict censorship making it harder for netizens to bypass the Great Firewall system (aka Golden Shield project). The Golden Shield project […]

Breaking News

Security flaws affect TCUs used in BMW, Ford, Infiniti, and Nissan vehicles

Pharmaceutical giant Merck confirmed NotPetya attack disrupted operations worldwide

TOPransom: From eMail Attachment to Powning the Attacker’s Database

CopyFish Extension for Chrome Stolen And Updated With Trojan Adware

HBO Hacked again, Game of Thrones Script Leaked on the Internet

Hackers leaked data from alleged Mandiant FireEye ‘breach’ under #OpLeakTheAnalyst.

OpenAI Gym – A machine learning system creates ‘invisible’ malware

Microsoft won’t patch the 20-year-old SMBv1 SMBloris flaw disclosed at DEF CON conference

DEF CON Voting Village – Hackers easily pwned US voting machines

Apple removed iOS VPN apps from Chinese App Store in compliance to censorship law

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