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Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2016
Watch out, IRS Tax Fraud activities on the rise

Security experts and government agencies confirm that IRS Tax Fraud And Phishing campaigns are increasing thanks to new techniques and tools. Internal Revenue Service tax fraud has reached a peak in the last year, crooks are intensifying their activity adopting new techniques to monetize their efforts. According to security experts that are monitoring the phenomena, Tax-related […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2016
Nuclear Plants in Germany Are Vulnerable to Terrorism Threats

According to a recent report, Germany nuclear plants are vulnerable to terrorists and there needs to be some serious dealing with this problem. According to a recently released report, Germany is not adequately equipped to prevent terrorist attacks in its nuclear plants. According to the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) news agency, the report was presented by Oda Becker, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2016
PowerWare ransomware, a new fileless threat in the wild

Experts at Carbon Black spotted in the wild a new threat dubbed PowerWare ransomware that exploits PowerShell, the native Windows framework. Authors of ransomware are implementing new features to make their malware even more dangerous and effective. Yesterday I wrote about the new Petya ransomware, which overwrites MBR causing a blue screen of death, now I […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2016
Remotely Exploitable Flaw in Truecaller Leaves 100 Million Android Devices Vulnerable

Security researchers from the Cheetah Mobile Security Research Lab discovered a severe flaw in the call management application Truecaller. Recently, security researchers from the Cheetah Mobile Security Research Lab discovered a severe loophole in the popular phone call management application Truecaller. This vulnerability allows anyone to steal Truecaller users’ sensitive information, potentially opening doors for […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2016
Security Affairs newsletter Round 53 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Redaction error reveals Feds ordered Lavabit to spy on Snowden Olympic Vision BEC attacks target businesses worldwide with keyloggers Security Affairs newsletter Round 52 – News of the week A iOS zero-day allows iCloud photos and videos […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2016
VNC Roulette, a web roulette for random easy to hack PCs

The VNC Roulette service is exposing on the Internet thousands of computer systems using insecure and easy to hack VNC connections. CCTV surveillance cameras, medical equipment, electricity generators, desktops, home alarm equipment and many other systems are not properly protected and open on the Internet. Now a website named VNC Roulette is offering a ransom access to […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2016
PETYA ransomware overwrites MBR causing a blue screen of death

The Petya ransomware causes a blue screen of death (BSoD) by overwriting the MBR and leaves a ransom note at system startup. Ransomware is one of the most dangerous threats of this first part of the year, recently experts at TrendMicro has spotted a new malicious code dubbed Petya (RANSOM_PETYA.A) that overwrites MBR to lock users out […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 26, 2016
How to hack surveillance cameras from 70 vendors

A security researcher has discovered that surveillance cameras sold by more than 70 vendors worldwide were vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE). According to the security researcher Rotem Kerner, surveillance cameras from 70 vendors are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE). The researcher noticed that the vendors are selling products using the same firmware that is affected […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 26, 2016
Bruxelles Attacks: Bombers spied a Nuclear Researcher

Terrorists behind Bruxelles attacks were spying on an eminent nuclear researcher planning a nuclear plant attack and the building of a dirty bomb. The news is disconcerting, the two brothers behind the Brussels attacks, Khalid and Ibrahim El Bakraoui, were also spying on an eminent researcher and were planning to build “dirty bomb.” The Belgium’s Federal […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 26, 2016
Japan – Police discovered 18 Million Stolen login Credentials

Japan – The police has found on a server of a company more than 18 million login credentials, 90% of which belongs to customers of Yahoo Japan. The Japanese newspaper The Yomiuri Shimbun reported that the Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department has arrested the president and a number of employees at the Tokyo-based Nicchu Shinsei Corp in November. […]