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Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2017

Cybersecurity Executive Order Recommendation issued by ISC2

(ISC)² delivered recommendations to White House urging prioritization on development of workforce for the final version of the cybersecurity executive order The nonprofit organization (ISC)² has issued a recommendation calling President Trump to develop workforce as a priority when he issued the final version of the cybersecurity executive order. The main goal is to tackle […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2017

Four Essential Security & Privacy Extensions for Chrome

Here are the top four extensions for the Chrome browser to keep your online activity safe, secure and private. The recent global wave of cybercrimes, particularly via exploiting loopholes in many leading browsers, has put internet privacy and online security directly in the line of fire. Internet users, in general, are worried about securing their […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2017

Atlassian HipChat group chat service hacked, change your password now!

Atlassian announced that unknown hackers broke into a cloud server of the company and accessed a huge amount of data of its group chat service HipChat. On Monday, Atlassian reset user passwords for its group chat service HipChat after it notified its customers of a data breach. Unknown hackers broke into a cloud server of […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2017

Cybercrime – Interpol shutdown nearly 9,000 C&C servers in Asia hacked with a WordPress plug exploit

The Interpol located and shut down nearly 9,000 Command and control servers located in Asia and hacked with a WordPress plug-in exploit. An investigation conducted by the Interpol resulted in the identification of nearly 9,000 command and control servers located in Asia. The law enforcement body operated with the support of private partners, including Kaspersky Lab, Cyber Defense Institute, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2017

R2Games company breached for the second time in two years, over one million accounts compromised

R2Games compromised for the second time in a few years, more than one million accounts of U.S., France, German, and Russian forums compromised. Once again, the hackers target a gaming firm, the online gaming company Reality Squared Games (R2Games) has been breached for the second time in just two years. The news was reported by the data breach notification service LeakBase […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2017

Linux Shishiga malware, a threat in dangerous evolution

Malware researchers from security firm ESET have discovered a new Linux threat dubbed Shishiga malware targeting systems in the wild. Malware researchers from ESET have discovered a new Linux malware dubbed Linux/Shishiga targeting systems in the wild. The Linux/Shishiga malware uses four different protocols (SSH, Telnet, HTTP and BitTorrent) implements a modular architecture by using Lua scripts. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2017

Russian APT28 group also targeted French Presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron

The campaign of the French Presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron has been targeted by the notorious cyber espionage APT28 group. Yesterday the Danish Government officially accused the dreaded APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm, Sednit, Sofacy, and Strontium) of cyber attacks against Defense Ministry’s email accounts, now DNC hackers are suspected to have targeted also the French presidential […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2017

Webroot started tagging Windows files, Facebook as malicious after a faulty update

Webroot home and business products are tagging Windows files and Facebook as malicious after a recent faulty update. Users are going crazy. The Webroot home and business defense solutions started tagging legitimate Windows and Facebook as malicious after a recent update. Many organizations claimed hundreds and even thousands of malfunctions to their endpoints, the glitch caused […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 25, 2017

Squirrelmail 1.4.22 is affected by a Remote Code Execution flaw, no fix is available

The popular PHP webmail package SquirrelMail is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-7692. The popular PHP webmail package SquirrelMail is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-7692, that could be exploited by hackers to execute arbitrary commands on the target and fully control it. The recent version, 1.4.22, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2017

US authorities indicted the suspected operator of the Kelihos Botnet

The Russian hacker Petr Levashov has been indicted in connection with the infamous Kelihos Botnet that was recently dismantled. It isn’t a good period for Russian cyber criminals, last week Roman Valeryevich Seleznev, aka “Track2”, was sentenced to 27 years in prison, he was convicted of causing $170 million in damage by hacking into point-of-sale systems. Today the […]

Breaking News

Cybersecurity Executive Order Recommendation issued by ISC2

Four Essential Security & Privacy Extensions for Chrome

Atlassian HipChat group chat service hacked, change your password now!

Cybercrime – Interpol shutdown nearly 9,000 C&C servers in Asia hacked with a WordPress plug exploit

R2Games company breached for the second time in two years, over one million accounts compromised

Linux Shishiga malware, a threat in dangerous evolution

Russian APT28 group also targeted French Presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron

Webroot started tagging Windows files, Facebook as malicious after a faulty update

Squirrelmail 1.4.22 is affected by a Remote Code Execution flaw, no fix is available

US authorities indicted the suspected operator of the Kelihos Botnet

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