Pierluigi Paganini
February 16, 2016
Cyber criminals demanded $3.6M after a ransomware-based attack takes offline the systems at the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. In the “2016 Cyber Security Predictions: From Extortion to Nation-state Attacks” I published at the end of 2015 I have predicted the criminal practices of the extortion will reach levels never seen before. “Cyber criminals will use […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 16, 2016
A team of Illinois-based scientists have conducted a research to improve the Bitcoin mining process by 30 percent. Bitcoin mining is becoming a process even more costly in terms of computational resources, but a team of Illinois-based researchers have conducted a study to speed up this process. The group of scientists led by Indian Scientist […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 15, 2016
A new malware dubbed Mazar Bot is threatening Android users and has the ability to gain root access to the mobile device and completely wipe it. A new threat is threatening Android users, its name is Mazar BOT and has the ability to gain root access to the mobile device and completely wipe its storage. Mazar BOT could be used by threat […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 15, 2016
Another embarrassing problem for Apple iOS mobile devices (iPhone and iPad),  setting the date of the devices to January 1st, 1970 will brick them. Don’t Try it! Another embarrassing problem for Apple iOS mobile devices, a software flaw could be exploited to permanently kill your iPhone, iPad or iPod. The issue affects the Apple iOS date and time […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 15, 2016
A flaw affecting the Cisco Universal Small Cell devices allows unauthenticated remote users to retrieve devices’ firmware, so Cisco urges patching these systems. Other problems for the IT giant Cisco, the company is asking service providers using its Universal Small Cell solutions to update their systems and install a patch to solve a serious security issue. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 15, 2016
A security expert discovered a misconfigured MongoDB installation behind a Microsoft’s career portal that exposed visitors to attacks. The security expert Chris Vickery has discovered a new misconfigured MongoDB installation used by a Microsoft’s career portal. The misconfigured MongoDB installation exposed some information and enabled read/write access to the website. The database also included information on other […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 14, 2016
Pakistani citizen Muhammad Sohail Qasmani admits laundering Millions from massive computer hacking and telecommunications fraud scheme. A Pakistani citizen, Muhammad Sohail Qasmani (47) admitted laundering millions of dollars as part of a massive international computer hacking and telecommunications fraud scheme. The man worked for a hacking crew that targeted US companies by hacking into their PBX […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 14, 2016
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Google patched Nexus devices, including a critical Wi-Fi flaw How to thwart the passcode lock screen on iOS 8 and 9? Security Affairs newsletter Round 46 â News of the week Dyre crackdown, the biggest effort to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 14, 2016
A website on the clear web is offering for sale stolen card data from more than a million people worldwide including more than 100,000 Britons. According to a report published by The Times, the website Bestvalid.cc is offering for sale stolen credit and debit card details of 100,000 Britons. Banking details stolen from more than a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 14, 2016
According to Israelâs Channel 10 Iranian hackers succeeded in gaining access last year to the computer database of a retired Israeli army chief of staff. Many reports published by security firms warn of the increasing threat represented by Iranian hackers. US and Israeli organizations represent a privileged target for these hackers, last year they used stolen private pictures of IDFâs women […]
