Pierluigi Paganini
February 06, 2016
The US and UK authorities are working on a secret agreement that would allow a mutual access to data of their private companies. The imperative is “monitor everything,” for espionage, business, and homeland security. Now the British Government is negotiating with the US Government the possibility to allow the British intelligence to tap into servers the US companies. The Washington […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 06, 2016
Experts at the SANS Technology Institute spotted an OS X scareware campaign that leverages fake Adobe Flash Player installers. Johannes Ullrich, security expert at the SANS Technology Institute, spotted an OS X scareware campaign that leverages fake Adobe Flash Player installers to trick users into downloading malicious software. The expert discovered the malicious campaign while analyzing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 05, 2016
Operators running websites based on the WordPress must be aware of a spike in the number of compromised platforms used to deliver the TeslaCrypt ransomware. Administrators running websites based on the popular WordPress CMS must be aware of a spike in hacks that are resulting in the silent delivery of ransomware to the visitors. According to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 05, 2016
According to the NSW Government Department of Resources and Energy Chinese hackers have launched a malware-based attack on its network in December. The Australian NSW Government Department of Resources and Energy revealed that in December 2015 unknown hackers targeted its systems. In the same period, the organization was launching a number of important projects, including […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 05, 2016
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
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