Pierluigi Paganini
April 11, 2017
Millions of people were targeted by a phishing campaign exploiting a Microsoft Word 0day and aimed to spread the Dridex Banking Trojan. Recently security experts from firms McAfee and FireEye warned of a Microsoft Word zero-day exploited by attackers in the wild. Just opening an MS Word document could put Windows users at risk, the exploitation of the flaw could […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 11, 2017
Symantec reportedly linked the CIA hacking tools to several cyber attacks powered over the years by the Longhorn group. Security experts analyzed the alleged CIA hacking tools included in the Vault 7 dump that have been used against at least 40 governments and private organizations across 16 countries. Researchers at company firm Symantec reportedly linked the CIA […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2017
Spanish law enforcement arrested in Barcellona the Russian hacker Pyotr Levashov who is suspected of being involved in attacks on 2016 US Election. Spanish law enforcement arrested in Barcelona the Russian hacker and alleged spam kingpin Pyotr Levashov (36). The man is suspected of being involved in hacking attacks against entities linked to the 2016 US Presidential Election. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2017
A German security researcher discovered how to retrieve the admin credentials from a TP-Link M5350 3G/Wi-Fi modem with an evil text message Some bugs are very strange and dangerous, this is the case of a flaw affecting the TP-Link’s M5350 3G/Wi-Fi router that can expose admin credentials to an evil text message. The bug was discovered […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2017
Security researchers from firms McAfee and FireEye are warning of a Windows zero-day attack in the wild that put Microsoft users at risk of hack. Security researchers from security firms McAfee and FireEye are warning of hackers exploiting a Windows zero-day vulnerability in the wild. Just opening an MS Word document could put you at risk, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 09, 2017
According to Kaspersky Lab, crooks have robbed at least 8 ATMs in Russia and stole $800,000 in just one night using a Fileless malware dubbed ATMitch. According to experts at Kaspersky, hackers have robbed at least 8 ATMs in Russia and stole $800,000 in just one night. The cyber heist caught the attention of security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 09, 2017
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. First of all, let me inform you that at the #infosec16 SecurityAffairs was awarded as The Best European Personal Security Blog http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/48202/breaking-news/securityaffairs-best-european-personal-security-blog.html · Android Chrysaor spyware went undetected for years · UEFI Vulnerabilities allow to fully compromise Gigabyte Mini […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 09, 2017
The researcher Ralf Weinmann revealed that millions of mobile phones and laptops are potentially exposed to attack leveraging baseband zero-days he discovered. The researcher Ralf-Phillip Weinmann, managing director at security firm Comsecuris, has disclosed a zero-day baseband vulnerability affecting Huawei smartphones, laptop WWAN modules, and IoT components. Baseband is firmware used on smartphones to connect to cellular […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 08, 2017
The Shadow Brokers hacking crew sent a message to President Trump commenting recent political events and released more alleged NSA hacking tools. The Shadow Brokers is the mysterious group that in October 2016 claimed to have stolen a bunch of hacking tools used by the NSA for its operations. At the end of October 2016, the hackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 08, 2017
The rensenWare ransomware rather than demanding money, it requires the victims to score “over 0.2 billion” playing “TH12 game. Security experts at MalwareHunterTeam have spotted a new ransomware dubbed ‘rensenWare’. The ransomware is very strange, rather than demanding money, it requires the victims to score “over 0.2 billion” playing “TH12 — Undefined Fantastic Object”. The RensenWare […]
