Pierluigi Paganini
July 19, 2017
Wikileaks revealed that CIA contractor Raytheon Blackbird Technologies was tasked to analyze advanced malware and TTPs used by threat actors in the wild. Wikileaks continues to publish documents from Vault 7 leaks, today the organization has shed light on the collaboration between the US Intelligence agency and tech firms for malware development. The last batch […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 19, 2017
Oracle just released the July 2017 Critical Patch Update (CPU) to address a total of 308 flaws in its solutions, it’s a record for the IT giant. Oracle issued its quarterly update, the July 2017 Critical Patch Update (CPU), that addresses 308 security vulnerabilities, 30 of them are rated as critical. This July 2017 Critical Patch Update […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 19, 2017
IntelliAV is a practical intelligent anti-malware solution for Android devices based on the open-source and multi-platform TensorFlow library. Android is targeted the most by malware coders as the number of Android users is increasing. Although there are many Android anti-malware solutions available in the market, almost all of them are based on malware signatures, and more advanced solutions based on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 18, 2017
Hacker steals $7 Million in Ethereum from CoinDash in just 3 minutes after the ICO launch. Attacker tricked investors into sending ETH to the wrong address. Cybercrime could be a profitable business, crooks stole $7 Million worth of Ethereum in just 3 minutes. The cyber heist was possible due to a ‘a simple trick.‘ Hackers have stolen the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 18, 2017
Two CryptoMix Ransomware variants emerged in a few days, a circumstance that suggests the operators behind the threat are very active. Malwarebytes’ researcher Marcelo Rivero has spotted a new variant of the CryptoMix ransomware. #CryptoMix #Ransomware adds ext ".EXTE" to encrypted files, and the note "_HELP_INSTRUCTION.TXT" – md5: 1059676fbb9d811e88af96716cc1ffb5 pic.twitter.com/Ha4jeRMPEv — Marcelo Rivero (@MarceloRivero) July 13, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 18, 2017
A Lithuanian court on Monday ruled the extradite of a man to the US to face charges of allegedly swindling $100M from Google and Facebook via email scam. A Lithuanian man who is allegedly responsible for a $100 million scam (roughly 87 million euros) from tech companies Google and Facebook will be extradited to the United States […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 18, 2017
The GhostCtrl backdoor, is an OmniRAT-Based Android malware that can spy on victims, steal data and take over Windows System using the RETADUP infostealer. Today’s smartphones are as powerful as the computers of only a few years ago. Unfortunately, that also means that Android phones have as many instances of malware as desktop and laptop […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 17, 2017
For the second time in a year, a highly critical remote code execution vulnerability was found in the Cisco WebEx Extension. For the second time in a year, a highly critical remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-6753, was discovered in the Cisco Systems WebEx browser extension for Chrome and Firefox. The vulnerability could be exploited by attackers to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 17, 2017
Irish energy networks have been targeted by spear phishing attacks, Russian nation-state actors are the prime suspects for the cyber attacks. Hackers have targeted Irish energy networks, senior engineers at the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), which supplies both Northern Ireland and the Republic, were targeted by spear phishing messages allegedly sent by a Russian threat actor linked […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 17, 2017
Renato Marinho detailed an unusual SMS phishing campaign that hit Brazilian users. All started with an SMS message supposedly sent from his bank. Introduction Today I faced quite an unusual SMS phishing campaign here in Brazil. A friend of mine received an SMS message supposedly sent from his bank asking him to update his registration […]
