Pierluigi Paganini
November 16, 2015
Twittor is a tool open source that was designed by the London-based researchers Paul Amar to control botnets via Direct Messages. Twittor is a tool open source that was designed by the London-based researchers Paul Amar to control botnets via Direct Messages. The expert has developed the Twittor tool to make life easier for botnet masters, allowing them to control their […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 15, 2015
Anonymous launched the #OpParis to track terrorists online. We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forget. We do not forgive. Expect us! Last Friday was a sad day for the humanity, 129 innocent people were killed in the Paris attacks managed by members of the ISIS. Every event has consequences in the cyber […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 15, 2015
Rumors circulating on the Internet sustain that terrorists behind the Paris attacks have used PlayStation 4 for their communications. The Paris attacks have shocked the world, the ruthless terrorists of the ISIS killed defenseless people. The days after atrocity law enforcement are conducting an investigation on a large range to identify the logistic base of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 15, 2015
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from the best sources free for you in your email box. Malvertising attack hit The Economist, anti-ad blocking service PageFair hacked Threat actors hacked the popular Touchnote company Cyber Caliphate Hacks 54k Twitter accounts, including ones of CIA and FBI […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 15, 2015
A Russian manufacturer has built an advanced system for the protection of any channels of telephone communication against wiretapping. The Russian Government has a new system for the protection of communication channels against the wiretapping, the news was disclosed by the director general of the Interstate Corporation of Development (ICD), Ivan Polyakov, and it was reported by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 14, 2015
A security loophole in the official Gmail Android app opens the email spoofing attacks allowing anyone to change the sender email name. The independent security researcher Yan Zhu has discovered a serious security issue in the Gmail Android app allows ill-intentioned to send an email pretending to be someone else. Clearly a similar loophole could represent a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 14, 2015
Experts at BitDefender have discovered a Cryptolocker/Cryptowall Ransomware Kit offered for sale at $3,000, source code included. Yesterday I wrote about a new Ransomware-as-a-service, the FAKBEN, surfaced from the criminal underground, requesting customers 10 percent profit cut. In the previous days I reported other cases involving ransomware, such as a malicious code that infected the UK […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 14, 2015
At the MobilePwn2Own, a Chinese expert has demonstrated how to hijack an Android smartphone by exploiting a zero-day flaw in the Chrome browser. The Chinese expert Guang Gong from Qihoo 360 has demonstrated how to hijack an Android smartphone by exploiting a flaw in the Chrome browser. The researcher demonstrated the hack at the MobilePwn2Own at the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 13, 2015
A hacker shut down the website of the Norwich airport in just a few minutes to demonstrate the importance of a proper approach to the cyber security. A few days ago the website of the Norwich Airport was shut down by a hacker managed, the attack was conducted in a few minutes revealing serious problems of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 13, 2015
FAKBEN is offering a professional Ransomware-as-a-service that relies on a new CryptoLocker ransomware which can be downloaded through the executable file. Ransomware is probably the most popular category of malicious code in this period, this week we have discussed a malicious code that infected the UK Parliament, an off-line ransomware and a Linux.Encoder1 ransomware revealing the decryption key. News of the […]
