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Pierluigi Paganini June 13, 2017
Weaponize a Mouse with WHID Injector for Fun & W00t

Researcher Luca Bongiorni has detailed the procedure to weaponize a new mouse with WHID Injector to show you how to create malicious HID devices. Hello there! Finally, I had some spare time to Weaponize a new Mouse, in order to show you how easy is possible to create malicious HID devices. Materials Needed: WHID Injector […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 13, 2017
Emerging Matrix Banker Trojan is targeting banks in Latin America

Security Experts at Arbor Networks have spotted a new banking trojan, initially called ‘Matrix Banker’, that is targeting Latin America. Malware researchers at Arbor Networks have spotted a new banking trojan, initially called ‘Matrix Banker’, that is targeting Latin America. The malicious code seems to be still under development, most of the victims were located […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 13, 2017
Israeli Intelligence spotted IS plans for Laptop Bomb

Israeli cyber spies hacked into the operations of Islamic State bombmakers and discovered they were developing a laptop bomb to hit commercial air crafts, Israeli government spies hacked into the operations of Islamic State bombmakers to discover they were developing a laptop bomb to blow up a commercial aircraft, the New York Times reported Monday. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 13, 2017
ICS Companies Are Worried About Cybersecurity, But Are They Worried About the Right Things?

Companies operating Industrial Control Systems (ICS) have a special set of challenges to deal with. Which is the state of the art? The equipment was expected to be installed and left alone for a long time. Pressures to reduce operating costs led to this equipment being connected, and the easiest networking equipment to find was […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2017
Experts spotted Industroyer ICS Malware and linked it to Ukraine Power Outage

Researchers at antivirus firm ESET have discovered a new strain of malware, dubbed Industroyer, that appears to have been designed to target power grids. The experts published a detailed analysis of the malware, they speculated the malicious code has been involved in the December 2016 attack on an electrical substation in Ukraine. “Win32/Industroyer is a sophisticated piece […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2017
MacRansom: The first Mac ransomware offered as a RaaS Service

Malware researchers at security firm Fortinet have spotted MacRansom, it is the first Mac ransomware offered as a RaaS Service. Malware researchers at security firm Fortinet have spotted a new strain of ransomware dubbed MacRansom that targets Mac machines. The malware is available with Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model through a hidden service in the TOR network. Experts believe […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2017
Egypt blocks dozens of websites including ‘Medium’ without any official announcement

The Egyptian government blocked a number of websites in Egypt, including the publishing platform Medium, without any official announcement. Egyptians users of the online publishing platform, Medium were not able to access the service from their country. Readers and bloggers using both desktop and mobile app suffered access problems, the reason of the blackout is still unclear […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2017
Analyzing the attack landscape of the Dark Web. There is no honor among thieves.

Security researchers at Trend Micro used Tor honeypots to conduct a six-months study of the attack landscape of the Dark Web, Security experts at Trend Micro have conducted a six-months study of the attack landscape of the Dark Web, researchers operated a honeypot setup simulating several underground services on the Dark Web in order to analyze […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2017
Police seized two Tor relays investigating WannaCry attack, others disappeared in the same period

France’s cyber-crime investigation unit OCLCTIC seized one server running two Tor Relays Investigating the WannaCry attack. A few days after the massive WannaCry attack the French authorities seized a server running two Tor relays in connection to the ransomware campaign, both relays were also working as Tor entry guard nodes, key components of Tor routing when […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2017
Critical kernel command line injection flaw found in Motorola handsets MOTO G4, G5

Security experts have discovered a critical kernel command line injection vulnerability in the Motorola handsets Moto G4 and Moto G5. Security researchers from Aleph Research Motorola have discovered a critical kernel command line injection flaw in the Motorola handset Moto G4 and Moto G5 models. The flaw affects also handsets running the latest Motorola Android bootloader […]