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Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2016
24 hours in the life of my home router by Francisco J. Rodriguez

Recently a massive DDoS attack has disconnected a large portion of users from the Internet, hackers exploited IoT devices. Is your router secure? “Are we ready to live in a world where all devices are exposed to cyber attacks?” That is how I opened my presentation in QurtubaCON16 – cyber security event at Córdoba City (Spain) […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2016
Hackers offered an loT botnet for $7,500. The recent attack may be just a test

The security firm RSA revealed to have discovered in early October, hackers advertising access to a huge IoT botnet on an underground criminal forum. Last week, a massive DDoS attack against the Dyn DNS service, one of the most authoritative domain name system (DNS), caused an extended Internet outage. A large portion of internet users was not able to […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2016
Terrorism activity continues unabated – Tower of Babel under the surface

This increase of the activity led Intel experts at Global Intelligence Insight to raise the level of terrorism threat in Italy to #1. With the eyes of the world set on the American Presidential elections on one side, and on Aleppo, Mosul and most recently Kirkuk on the other, underneath the online surface of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2016
InTheCyber discovered a serious flaw in messaging systems

Researchers at InTheCyber firm have discovered a new easy exploitable and dangerous vulnerability affecting messaging systems. InTheCyber – Intelligence & Defense Advisors (www.inthecyber.com), a leader in offensive & Defensive Cyber Security, has discovered in its R&D Labs a new easy and dangerous vulnerability affecting messaging systems. Voicemail caller-id spoofing it’s a quite old flaw. When the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2016
Linux.BackDoor.FakeFile.1, a new Linux backdoor in the wild

Security researchers at the security firm Doctor Web have spotted a new Linux backdoor dubbed Linux.BackDoor.FakeFile.1 in the wild. Security firms continue to observe an increasing number of malware specifically designed to target Linux-based systems. Linux, like any other Operating System, could be infected by malicious codes designed to compromise the hosts and gain the control over […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2016
Security Affairs newsletter Round 83 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. First of all, let me inform you that at the #infosec16 SecurityAffairs was awarded as The Best European Personal Security Blog http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/48202/breaking-news/securityaffairs-best-european-personal-security-blog.html THANK YOU! The Mirai botnet is targeting also Sierra Wireless cellular data gear products US is thinking […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2016
American hacker The Jester defaced a Russian Government website

The popular American hacker The Jester defaced a Russian Government website in retaliation for the recent attacks against US targets. We are in the middle of a battle in the cyberspace, with the advent of Presidential elections experts observed an intensification of the hacking attacks. While hackers target parties and personnel involved in the Presidential campaigns, the US Government threatens Russia is […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2016
NewWorldHackers and Anonymous behind massive DDoS attack on Dyn DNS service

NewWorldHackers & Anonymous powered the massive DDoS attack against the Dyn DNS service that caused a serious Internet outage for many netizens. The cyber attacks against the Dyn DNS service that affected a huge portion of Internet users in the US is monopolizing the media. IT security experts have no doubts, hackers powered the massive DDoS attack […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2016
Indian Banks fear a security breach that affected up to 3.25 million cards

A number of Indian banks are adopting extraordinary measures fearing a security breach that could have exposed as many as 3.25 million debit cards. A number of Indian banks are adopting extraordinary measures fearing a security breach that could have exposed as many as 3.25 million debit cards (0.5 percent of the nearly 700 million […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2016
Massive DDoS attack against Dyn DNS service, how and why

A massive DDoS attack targeted the Dyn DNS service and caused an extended Internet outage. How the attackers powered the attack? Yesterday a massive DDoS attack targeted the DNS service of the Dyn company, one of the most authoritative domain name system (DNS) provider, and caused an extended Internet outage. A large portion of Internet users was not able […]