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Pierluigi Paganini January 27, 2017
The Nuke HTTP bot Malware offered for sale on a Dark Web forum

The security researchers at security firm Sixgill discovered a new malware dubbed Nuke HTTP bot offered for sale on a forum in the Dark Web. Darknets are the right places where to find illegal product and services, it is quite easy to find malicious code and also botnets of any type. On December 16th, a […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2017
Data breach notification website LeakedSource raided by feds

LeakedSource is down! According to a message appeared in the OGF forum, the popular data breach notification website has apparently been raided by feds. The Data breach notification website LeakedSource has apparently been raided by feds. The service is one of the most important available online, it reported some of the largest data breaches last year and now […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2017
Possible Information warfare scenarios behind the Shamoon resurrection

The dreaded Shamoon has resurrected, which are possible political and technological scenarios behind the recent wave of attacks? The dreaded Shamoon has resurrected, a new version called Shamoon 2 was spotted by the security experts at Palo Alto Networks. Saudi Arabia Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)’s Abdulrahman al-Friah confirmed to Al Arabiya that at least 22 […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2017
Gmail will stop allowing JavaScript (.js) file attachments starting February 13, 2017

Google announced Gmail will soon stop allowing users to attach JavaScript (.js) files to emails for obvious security reason. Google announced Gmail will soon stop allowing users to attach JavaScript (.js) files to emails for obvious security reason. JavaScripts files, like many other file types (i,e, .exe, .jar, .sys, .scr, .bat, .com, .vbs and .cmd) […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2017
180,000 members of an underground ‘Upskirt’ porn website have been leaked online

The personal details of 180,000 members of the underground ‘Upskirt’ porn website The Candid Board have been leaked online. Some data breaches are more uncomfortable the others due to the nature of the affected services, porn and dating websites belong to these categories. The personal details of roughly 180,000 members of the underground ‘Upskirt’ porn website The Candid […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2017
Several thousand Linux devices infected with the Linux.Proxy.10 Trojan

According to the security firm Dr. Web , thousands of Linux-based devices have already been infected with the Linux.Proxy.10 Trojan. A new Trojan dubbed Linux.Proxy.10 is targeting Linux-based devices transforming them into proxy servers that are used by attackers to protect their anonymity while launching cyber attacks from the hacked systems. Linux.Proxy.10 was first discovered by […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2017
Russia arrested Ruslan Stoyanov the head of the investigation unit at the Kaspersky in ‘Treason Probe’

Russian authorities arrested Ruslan Stoyanov the head of the investigation unit at the Kaspersky Lab in ‘Treason Probe’. A sad news is shocking the IT security industry, the Russian authorities arrested Ruslan Stoyanov, one of the most important cybercrime investigators working for the Kaspersky Lab. Ruslan Stoyanov is the head of the investigation unit at […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2017
HummingWhale – HummingBad Android Malware returns even more dangerous than before

Last year, the HummingBad Android malware infected as many as 85 million devices, now it has returned under the new name of HummingWhale. CERT-EU and other sources corroborated Check Point researchers’ findings which recently confirmed a new variant of the ad-fraud-big-money-making, HummingBad, is spreading rapidly on the Android marketplace Google Play.  HummingBad was first seen […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2017
TorWorld helps you to manage a Tor node, promising an upcoming Tor-as-a-Service

The TorWorld initiative aims to build a community area for those people that desire to set up either a Tor Relay or a Tor Exit node. We all recognize the importance of the Tor network, an important instrument to protect users’ anonymity and avoid censorship. Today I desire to present you an interesting initiative launched by Tor […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2017
Sage 2.0 Ransomware is spreading and demands a $2,000 Ransom

A newly observed spam campaign is spreading a ransomware variant known as Sage 2.0 that is demanding a $2,000 ransom for the decryption key. Sage 2.0 is a new ransomware recently spotted by security experts, it was first observed in December and not now it is distributed via malicious spam. Sage is considered a variant of CryLocker ransomware, […]