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Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2016
Operation Transparent Tribe targets Indian diplomats and military

ProofPoint uncovered a new cyber espionage campaign dubbed Operation Transparent Tribe targeting Indian diplomatic and military entities. A new cyber espionage campaign dubbed Operation Transparent Tribe is targeting diplomats and military personnel in India. The researchers at Proofpoint who have uncovered the hacking campaign confirmed that threat actors used a number of hacking techniques to hit the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2016
Security Affairs newsletter Round 50 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs CTB-Locker for Websites is spreading in the wild German authorities approve the use of home-made Federal Trojan Security Affairs newsletter Round 49 – News of the week A DHS report confirms the use of BlackEnergy in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2016
Anonymous hacked the Donald Trump ‘s voicemails

Journalist at Gawker received an email by alleged members of Anonymous containing recordings from Donald Trump ‘s voicemail inbox. The Anonymous hacking collective continues its personal battle against Donald Trump, this time hacking the voicemail of the presidential candidate. On Thursday, Gawker received an anonymous email containing recordings from Donald Trump’s voicemail inbox. The recordings […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2016
The popular Romanian Hacker Guccifer will be extradited to US soon

The Romania’s High Court of Cassation and Justice ruled that the popular Romanian hacker Guccifer will be extradited to the United States. Marcel Lazar Lehel it the real name of the name of the notorious hacker Guccifer who breached the online accounts of several public figures between December 2012 and January 2014. The popular hacker […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2016
SIM swap fraud cases force bank to improve security

Two major high street banks will change security procedures after journalists  demonstrated how to carry out SIM swap fraud attacks. The BBC reported that two major high street banks will adopt new security measures to protect their customers. The decision to modify the security procedures follows the scoop made by two journalists from BBC Radio […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2016
Expert revealed how to hack professional drones used also by police

An expert presented his study on hijacking high-end drones commonly deployed by government and law enforcement agencies. The researcher Nils Rodday presented at the annual RSA conference in San Francisco the findings of its study on hacking drones. Rodday, who currently at IBM, has conducted his research while working as a graduate researcher at the University of Twente […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2016
New exploit steals secret cryptographic keys from mobile devices

A group of security researchers has devised a new attack scheme to steal cryptographic keys from both Android and iOS devices. A team of security researchers from Tel Aviv University, Technion and The University of Adelaide has elaborated a new attack scheme to steal cryptographic keys from both Android and iOS devices. Last month, the same team […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2016
Real pirates used hacking techniques to raid a shipping company

Real pirates have hacked into a shipping company to locate valuable cargo before hijacking vessels in targeted attacks. Technology meets Piracy. The technology is enlarging our surface of attack in a dramatic way, every company in every industry is potentially a target. Let’s discuss today of a singular case that demonstrates it, pirates have hacked into […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2016
A day attack with DDoS booter cost $60 and can cause $720k in damage

According to a study conducted by the experts at Arbor’s ASERT Team a day attack with a DDoS booter cost $60 and can cause $720k in damage. We have discussed several times about the concept of cybercrime-as-a-service, today I’ll show you a case related the offer for rent of distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks for less than US$60 per day. […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2016
Take note, next week update Adobe Reader and Acrobat to fix critical flaws

Adobe announced that it will release security updates next week to patch vulnerabilities in Acrobat and Reader products for Windows and Mac. Adobe has announced yesterday, March 8, that it will release security updates next week to patch vulnerabilities in Acrobat and Reader products for Windows and Mac. We are speaking about critical vulnerabilities that fortunately are currently […]