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Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2016
Sh0ping.su hacked, stolen card data and accounts available for sale

The notorious crime forum Sh0ping[.]su has been hacked by unknowns that leaked online credit card data and stolen accounts. Data breaches are a common problem also for bad actors, in many cases cyber criminals hack websites of competitors to damage their reputation and push out them from the business. Recently we discussed the hacks of […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2016
Security Affairs newsletter Round 63 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Hacking NTP Servers from Long-Distance with low cost devices Why surveillance firm Blue Coat was granted a powerful encryption certificate? Security Affairs newsletter Round 62 – News of the week Highly targeted ransomware campaign hit Swedish Telia […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2016
Old CVE-2014-3704 flaw in Drupal still exploited in attacks

More than 19 months after its public disclosure the CVE-2014-3704 is still exploited in attacks against Drupal-based websites. It was October 2014, when Drupal patched a critical SQL injection vulnerability (CVE-2014-3704) that was affecting all Drupal core 7.x versions up to the recently-released 7.32 version, which fixed the issue. The patch issued by Drupal fixed the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2016
How to steal encryption keys from the air through a PC’s noises

A group of Israeli researchers demonstrated how to steal RSA encryption keys through a PC’s noises during cryptographic operations. If you think that air-gapped networks are totally secure you are wrong, in the past, many research teams have devised methods to steal data from computers disconnected from the Internet. They demonstrated that it is possible […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2016
FastPOS PoS malware implements a quick exfiltration method

Trend Micro experts discovered a new strain of Point-of-Sale (PoS) malware dubbed FastPOS that implements a quick and efficient exfiltration technique. Security experts at Trend Micro have spotted a new strain of PoS malware dubbed FastPOS that is able to quickly exfiltrate harvested data. The malware was used by threat actors to target both enterprises and SMBs […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2016
Pro-ISIS Hackers Have Been Flexing Their Muscles – But Is There Any Real Cause For Concern?

Lion Caliphate, of Caliphate Cyber Army (CCA) and United Cyber Caliphate (UCC) notoriety, briefly left Facebook last week but returned as Lion Back. Lion Caliphate, of Caliphate Cyber Army (CCA) and United Cyber Caliphate (UCC) notoriety, briefly left Facebook last week but returned with a new name– Lion Back. Site Intel Group, which tracks numerous hacker […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2016
GhostShell is back and leaked 36 million records

GhostShell is back and leaked 36 million records from vulnerable networks to invite experts to pay attention to the new MEAN Stack. GhostShell is back and once again to warn us about the poor security posture of many services, this time, he announced to have leaked 36 million accounts/records. The hacker is inviting experts to pay attention to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2016
British MPs emails are routinely accessed by GCHQ

New documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal that both the British Intelligence and the NSA regularly intercept the British MPs emails. According to Computer Weekly, new documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal that both the British Intelligence and the NSA regularly intercept the British MPs emails and peers. The revelations have been made public through an […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2016
Ransomware campaigns … how to net $90,000 per year

Experts at Flashpoint published an interesting analysis of a ransomware campaign organized by a small gang of cyber criminals. Cybercrime is a profitable business, last week we reported that according to security experts at Check Point, the creators of the Nuclear EK are gaining nearly 100K USD each month, most victims are in Europe and […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2016
Unlimited surveillance capabilities, but it’s going to cost you

Israeli company Ability Unlimited Interception System (ULIN) promises unlimited surveillance capabilities on any cell phone on the planet. Israeli-based company Ability is planning a big marketing push aimed at law enforcement in the United States.  Ability Unlimited Interception System (ULIN) promises unlimited surveillance capabilities of revealing the location, calls, and texts of any cell phone […]