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Pierluigi Paganini December 05, 2015
The senior advisor behind Silk Road has been arrested

Roger Thomas Clark the alleged mentor of Ross Ulbricht, the owner of the most popular black market Silk Road, has been arrested in Thailand. The alleged mentor of Ross Ulbricht, the owner of the most popular black market Silk Road, has been arrested in Thailand and charged with conspiring to traffic drugs and money laundering. Roger Thomas Clark (54) […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 05, 2015
Rekoobe a new malware targeting Linux users

Experts at Russian anti-virus firm Dr.Web discovered Rekoobe, a new malware that is targeting Linux systems. Rekoobe is a new malware that is targeting Linux systems, the discovery was made by experts at Russian anti-virus firm Dr.Web. Dr.Web discovered the Rekoobe Trojan in October, then its experts analyzed the threat in the following two months. The Rekoobe Trojan was initially developed […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2015
Millions of smart devices at risk from 3-year-old flaw

According to Trend Micro up to 6.1 million smart devices, including this smart TV and routers haven’t patched a software vulnerability dating from 2012. Millions of smart TVs, routers and phones are at risk due to a presence of a 3-year-old vulnerability in a software they use. According to the experts at Trend Micro, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2015
Kazakhstan – Telco Company Kazakhtelecom will order their costumers to install rogue certificates

The Government of the Kazakhstan makes it mandatory for its citizens to install rogue security certificates to monitor them online. The Government of the Kazakhstan plans to implement a new internet control policy for all the population starting from January 1st 2016, and to accomplish that will order the population to install some rogue security […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2015
Beware fake LinkedIn profiles, threat actors are using them to hack you

According to the Symantec firm, a growing number of threat actors in the wild are targeting professionals on LinkedIn with fake LinkedIn profiles. LinkedIn is a privileged platform for intelligence gathering, a growing number of hackers are targeting professionals to collect information about their activities and networks. I daily refuse dozens connection from fake LinkedIn […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2015
Ponmocup, never underestimate a botnet that infected 15 million PCs

Ponmocup is one of the oldest botnet that infected more than 15 million machines across the years, but many experts still ignore it. Ponmocup is one of the largest and oldest botnets in circulation, but many security experts still ignore it. According to the experts at Fox IT, the botnet is underestimated and infected across the years […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 03, 2015
The Signal app is available in beta version

Open Whisper Systems  issued a beta version of the Signal app for Desktop that for now works only as a Chrome app and links only to Android devices. Signal is a free and open-source encrypted voice calling and instant messaging application for mobile devices. It runs on both iOS and Android and uses advanced end-to-end encryption […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 03, 2015
3G/4G modems continue to be vulnerable

Researchers have conducted a series of tests on popular 3G/4G mobile modems (data dongles) and routers discovered an impressive number of serious flaws.  Sometimes old news came back threatening our cyber security, all because 3G/4G dongles keep in being as vulnerable as they were in the past. In the last report issued by the SCADA […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 03, 2015
Operation Black Atlas, PoS malware is flooding network worldwide

Trend Micro uncovered a large-scale operation dubbed Black Atlas operation, in reference to notorious BlackPOS PoS malware. It’s Christmas time also for crooks, in this period the number of credit card breaches and scams increases with alarming punctuality. In the US, we use to assist an increase of credit card breaches involving PoS malware, last victims in […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 03, 2015
China arrested hackers suspected of OPM hack

The Chinese Government says it has arrested the hackers responsible for breaching the Office of Personnel Management database (OPM). The Chinese government has arrested hackers accused of breaking into the Office of Personnel Management databases, According to The Washington Post, the Chinese government has arrested the hacking crew that breached the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). “The Chinese […]