Pierluigi Paganini
April 15, 2016
The security experts from the  IBM X-Force Research spotted a new threat dubbed GozNym Trojan that combines Gozi ISFB and Nymaim malware abilities. What happens when two threats join their capabilities? Two dangerous Trojans, the Nymaim and Gozi ISFB malware, have been merged to create a new banking Trojan called GozNym. The GozNym Trojan is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 15, 2016
VMware issued a security update to fix a critical vulnerability in the VMware Client Integration Plugin, apply it as soon as possible. VMware issued a Security Advisory related to a critical security vulnerability (CVE-2016-2076) in the VMware Client Integration Plugin urging administrators to urgently apply the needed patch. The flaw could be exploited by attackers to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 14, 2016
CISCO has recently issued a security update to fix a high-risk security vulnerability affecting the UCS software and exploitable with a simple HTTP poke. Cisco has recently patched a “high” risk security vulnerability (CVE-2016-1352) affecting its Unified Computing System (UCS) Central Software that could allow a remote attacker to gain remote control of the machines. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 14, 2016
During the Q&A session at Kenyon College last week, the FBI Director explained that he uses tape to mitigate the danger of cyber espionage. Privacy and security are top priorities for some security experts that are aware of threat actors’ capabilities, so I’m not surprised that the FBI Director James Comey uses to cover his laptop webcam […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 14, 2016
A couple of security experts demonstrated that iOS date bug was still present in iOS devices and it was exploitable by spoofing an Apple NTP server. Do you remember the Apple iOS date bug? In February, the security community highlighted the existence of the embarrassing problem for Apple iOS mobile devices running 64-bit iOS 8 or higher, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 14, 2016
Experts at BAE Systems revealed that the Qbot malware is back with new evasion techniques and very effective polymorphic capabilities. Security experts at BAE Systems revealed that the Qbot malware is back, they discovered 54,517 infected machines most of them located in the United States (85%). Qbot first appeared in 2009 when was detected by Symantec, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 13, 2016
Modems in a number of Samsung Galaxy devices are open to receiving AT commands over the USB cable even when they are locked Do you know that modems in a number of Samsung Galaxy devices are open to receiving AT commands over the USB cable even when they are locked? The circumstance is serious if we […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 13, 2016
Swedish experts warned of an electronic warfare attack on its air traffic control systems occurred in November. Is it electronic warfare? Swedish experts suspect that the attack on its air traffic control systems last November was operated by Russian nation-state hackers, the Arlanda, Landvetter and Bromma airport reported the major problems. The Swedish experts believe the cyber attacks were […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 13, 2016
A group of security researchers has found a security flaw in the Apple iMessage that exposed chat history and sensitive data with a single click. Recently WhatsApp has introduced the end-to-end encryption to protect its users from eavesdropping, many other companies are adopting the technical improvement, but there are some circumstances that still open their customers to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 13, 2016
The British Government is attempting to force the hacktivist Lauri Love to hand over his encryption keys to access data stored in his seized laptop. Lauri Love is the hacktivist accused of breaking into Government networks, now the UK NCA wants to oblige him to hand over encryption keys to equipment seized from his home. The […]
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