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Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2018
ADB.Miner, the Android mining botnet that targets devices with ADB interface open

Security researchers at Qihoo 360’s Netlab have spotted a new Android mining botnet that targets devices with ADB interface open. Security researchers at Qihoo 360’s Netlab have spotted a new Android mining botnet over the weekend. The malicious code ADB.Miner targets Android devices by scanning for open ADB debugging interface (port 5555) and infects them with a Monero […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2018
Cisco and FireEye Pointing Finger at North Korea Hacking Group For Adobe Flash 0-Day In The Wild

According to security researchers at Cisco and FireEye a North Korea Hacking Group is behind the attacks that exploited the recently discovered Adobe Flash 0-Day vulnerability. There have been over 1,000 Adobe Flash vulnerabilities since it was released. Designed to make website development easier and providing additional features not supported by standard web browsers, it also adds […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2018
Almost all WordPress websites could be taken down due to unpatched CVE-2018-6389 DoS flaw

The Israeli security researcher Barak Tawily a vulnerability tracked as CVE-2018-6389 that could be exploited to trigger DoS condition of WordPress websites. The expert explained that the CVE-2018-6389 flaw is an application-level DoS issued that affects the WordPress CMS and that could be exploited by an attacker even without a massive amount of malicious traffic. “In this […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2018
Hacking Amazon Key – Hacker shows how to access a locked door after the delivery

Other problems for the Amazon Key technology, a hacker posted a video on Twitter to show how to access a locked door after a delivery worker’s one-time code has been used. Earlier in November, Amazon announced for its Prime members the Amazon Key, a program that would allow a delivery person to enter your home under […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2018
Cybersecurity week Round-Up (2018, Week 5)

Cybersecurity week Round-Up (2018, Week 5) -Let’s try to summarize the most important event occurred last week in 3 minutes. The week began with massive cyber attacks against three Dutch banks and the National Tax Agency. Experts speculate the involvement of Russia because the attacks started after the revelation of the hack of the APT […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2018
Leaked memo suggest NSA and US Army compromised Tor, I2P, VPNs and want to unmask Monero users

The image of a memo leaked online suggests US Army and NSA are able to unmask Tor, I2P, VPNs users and they are working to track Monero, US Army and NSA are able to unmask Tor, I2P, VPNs users and they are working to track Monero, this is the truth revealed by a photo alleged leaked […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2018
GandCrab, a new ransomware-as-a-service emerges from Russian crime underground

Experts at cyber security firm LMNTRIX have discovered a new ransomware-as-a-service dubbed GandCrab. advertised in Russian hacking community on the dark web. Experts at cyber security firm LMNTRIX have discovered a new ransomware-as-a-service in the dark web dubbed GandCrab. The GandCrab was advertised in Russian hacking community, researchers noticed that authors leverage the RIG and GrandSoft exploit kits to distribute the malware. “Over […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2018
Security Affairs newsletter Round 148 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Once again thank you! ·      Attackers behind Cloudflare_solutions Keylogger are back, 2000 WordPress sites already infected ·      Download URLs for two packages of the phpBB forum software were compromised ·      Iran-linked APT OilRig target IIS Web Servers […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2018
UK Government Advices Industry Sectors To Comply With Guidance Or Pay $17 Million Fine

Aiming to tackle threats from rogue nations and hackers The UK Government urges to boost security measures of services in critical sectors. On November 2016 United Kingdom published the National Cyber Security Strategy to address cyber threats from rogue nations like Iran, Russia, China, terrorists, states sponsored hackers and cyber menaces like ransomware against the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2018
More than 1 million worth of ETH stolen from Bee Token ICO Participants with phishing emails

Participants to the Bee Token ICO were robbed for 100s of ETH, scammers sent out a phishing email stating that the ICO was now open, followed by an Ethereum address they controlled. Another day, another incident involving cryptocurrencies, hundreds of users fell victims to email scams in the last days. The victims were tricked by […]