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Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2016
Someone has pwned the Dridex botnet serving the Avira Antivirus

Unknowns have pwned the Dridex botnet and are using it to spread a legitimate copy of the Avira Antivirus software instead the malicious payload. This story is very intriguing, someone has hacked a portion of the dreaded Dridex botnet and replaced malicious links with references to installers for the Avira Antivirus. The Antivirus company denies […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2016
Do you have a Netgear ProSAFE NMS300? Here you are the exploit to hack it

A security researcher has released the exploit code for two serious vulnerabilities in the Netgear ProSAFE NMS300 network management system. Do you have a Netgear ProSAFE NMS300 Management System?  Now you have a reason to worry because the security researcher Pedro Ribeiro has discovered two serious vulnerabilities in the network device. The Netgear ProSAFE NMS300 Management System allows […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2016
Safe Harbor replaced with Privacy Shield

The alleged Privacy Shield deal swaps the Safe Harbor arrangement that remained for over fifteen years before being smash down by a court in October United States and European administrators have pounded out a very late arrangement to permit data streams across the Atlantic to proceed without violating the law. “Surprisingly, the US has given […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2016
Malwarebytes is working hard to fix flaws in its antivirus

The Antivirus firm Malwarebytes is spending a significant effort to fix serious vulnerabilities in its defense solution that was reported by the experts at the Google’s Project Zero team. The Antivirus firm Malwarebytes is spending a significant effort to fix serious vulnerabilities in its defense solution that was reported by the experts at the Google’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2016
ISIS’s Afaaq Electronic Foundation (AEF) spreads awareness on anti-surveillance tools

Afaaq Electronic Foundation (AEF) is conducting a training campaign to spread awareness on anti-surveillance software among ISIS members. The members of the Islamic state have a strong propensity for the technology is a reality, and this is confirmed by the news that I am going to share with you. The ISIS always instructs its militants […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2016
Former DoE worker was hacking to steal nuclear secrets and resell them

A former Department of Energy (DoE) employee, Charles Harvey Eccleston [62], has been charged with trying to steal and sell nuclear secrets to foreign governments. A former employee at the Department of Energy (DoE), Charles Harvey Eccleston [62], has pleaded guilty of cyber espionage. The man attempted to infect al least 80 colleagues at the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 03, 2016
Europol, a new move against terrorism and money laundering

The Europol is increasing its efforts against terrorism, it has joined forces with EU to fight terrorist financing and money laundering. Since 1 January 2016, Europol has increased the level of integration among the nodes of the decentralised computer network of the European Union Member States’ Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs), the FIU.net. “FIU.NET is a decentralised computer network […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 03, 2016
Comodo Chromodo Secure Internet Browser exposes you at risks

Security Expert discovered that the Comodo Chromodo browser has ‘Same Origin Policy’ (SOP) disabled by default, if you are using it you are at risk. Chromodo is the name of a free browser offered by the Comodo Antivirus firm, it is a customized version of Google’s Chrome browser developed to improve users’ security and privacy. Unfortunately this […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 03, 2016
Cybersecurity Operational Tests And Assessments – US Defence can’t check F-35 data due to insecure systems

Cybersecurity Operational Tests And Assessments conducted by the US Defence are essential to improve overall security … and discover that US Govt can’t check F-35 data due to insecure systems. It is difficult to understand the importance of concept like information sharing when dealing with daily work, but officers at the Pentagon are learning at […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 03, 2016
A severe vulnerability affects eBay, be careful to phishing attacks

Researchers from Check Point have discovered a flaw affecting the eBay platform that could allow attackers to launch phishing attacks against visitors. A group of researchers from Check Point have discovered a vulnerability affecting the eBay online sales platform that could allow attackers to launch phishing attacks against visitors. Visitors could be tricked into opening […]