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Pierluigi Paganini January 12, 2016
A XSS may have exposed users of the eBay website to phishing attacks

A security researchers reported a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that may have exposed users of the eBay website to phishing attacks. An independent security researcher, using the nickname MLT, reported last month a simple flaw affecting the eBay website exposed its customers to phishing attacks. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to host a bogus phishing page on the eBay website attempting […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 12, 2016
Experts warn Neutrino and RIG exploit kit activity spike

Security experts at Heimdal Security are warning a spike in cyber attacks leveraging the popular Neutrino and RIG exploit kit. Cyber criminals always exploit new opportunities and users’ bad habits, now crooks behind the recent campaigns relying on Neutrino and RIG exploit kits are ramping up attacks against users that haven’s patched their Adobe Flash software. “It […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 12, 2016
A Turkish hacker scores a record jail sentence of 334 years

334 years in prison for identity theft and banking fraud, in turkey a man received the most severe sentence for committing a cyber crime. Named Onur Kopçak, the hacker was arrested in 2013 for operating a phishing website that impersonated bank site, tricking victims into providing their bank details including credit card information. A recent […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 12, 2016
Google hacker criticized TrendMicro for critical flaws

A hacker with Google Project Zero research team, publicly disclosed critical vulnerabilities in the TrendMicro Antivirus. Tavis Ormandy, a researcher with Google’s Project Zero vulnerability research team, publicly disclosed critical vulnerabilities in TrendMicro Antivirus that could be exploited to execute malicious code on the targeted system. Ormandy took only about 30 seconds to find the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2016
Watchout Smart TV Malware is Here

Security experts at Kaspersky Lab investigated a threat to discover it was specifically designed to compromise Smart Tv devices or it was an accidental infection. A Reddit user with username being “moeburn” raised the likelihood of new malware flowing for Smart TVs, this week: My sister got a virus on her TV. A VIRUS ON […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2016
The BlackEnergy malware was a key element of the Ukraine power outage

According to security experts the BlackEnergy malware was a key element of the attack against Ukrainian power grid that caused the power outage.  On December 23, the entire Ivano-Frankivsk region in Ukraine suffered a major power outage, according to security experts and the Ukrainian Government the attackers used a destructive varian of the popular BlackEnergy […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2016
The German intelligence agency BND resumed surveillance activities with the NSA support

According to the German media the German intelligence agency BND has resumed the monitoring activities conducted in a joint effort with the US NSA. It seems that the German government has never suspended the surveillance activities on its unaware population, to be precise monitoring activities conducted in a joint effort with the US NSA have been […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2016
Juniper will drop a function alleged developed by the NSA for surveillance

Juniper Networks announced on Friday it would stop using the security code that experts believe was developed by NSA for surveillance purpose. The Juniper Networks company announced last week it would stop using a portion of code that security experts believe was developed by the National Security Agency in order for surveillance purposes. The code that relies on […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2016
Online Security Threats to Watch for in 2016

Cybersecurity is one the world’s largest growing concerns, which are the Online Security Threats to Watch for in 2016. Security Affairs has shown me the way to a more secure online life Not only do they post great tips regarding how to take care of your computer, they provide one with information as to what […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2016
Security Affairs newsletter Round 42 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Analyzing Ransom32, the first JavaScript ransomware variant @FFD8FFDB Twitter bot spies on poorly configured cameras Turkish hackers took over a Russian Govt Instagram account Security Affairs newsletter Round 41 – News of the week Mac OS X […]