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Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2015
Jihadist hacker Junaid Hussain Killed in a targeted air strike

The jihadist hacker Junaid Hussain was killed this week in a US targeted air strike in Syria. The man was actively recruiting ISIS sympathizers. A spokesman for the US Central Command, Colonel Patrick Ryder, confirmed that the jihadist hacker Junaid Hussain was killed in a targeted air strike on August 24 in Raqqa, Syria. Colonel […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2015
Teenagers arrested after using the Lizard Squad DDoS tool

Six British teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of attacking websites by using the Lizard Squad’s DDoS tool, the Lizard Stresser. Lizard Squad is the popular hacking crew that brought the online gaming networks Sony PlayStation Network and Microsoft Xbox Live with major Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. The hackers developed a tool dubbed Lizard Stresser that draws on Internet […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2015
Security Affairs newsletter Round 24 – Best of the week from best sources

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. Who are the Ashley Madison users? Hacking the Iridium network could be very easy Amazon to trash Flash, as browsers walk away Keyless Cars: A New Frontier For Bug […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2015
Alleged Russian hackers behind the EFF Spear phishing Scam

The experts at EFF organization speculate that Russian State-sponsored hackers belonging the APT 28 group have managed the last EFF Spear phishing Scam. Attackers, alleged to belong to a Russian state-sponsored APT registered a bogus Electronic Frontier Foundation domain earlier this month. The hackers used the name brand of popular privacy watchdog in an attempt to trick […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2015
Report: How Iranian hackers attempt to takeover your Gmail

According to a report published by the Citizen Lab Iranian hackers have elaborated a sophisticated phishing scheme to takeover Gmail accounts. According to a report published by the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs, Iranian hackers have elaborated a sophisticated phishing scheme to circumvent security measures that defend Gmail […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2015
How Employees Become Pawns for Hackers

Employees are the greatest security risks, especially since they are prone to be used as pawns for hackers. That’s why they are vulnerable to attacks. Mobile technology has changed the landscape of business these days. It has enabled employees to set up virtual offices, have more work flexibility, and even extend working on their own […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2015
Point-of-Sale Payment Security

In this post the author Scott Thompson explores the basics of Point-of-Sale Security analyzing threats and possible solutions. Basics of Point-of-Sale Security In late 2013, at the height of the holiday shopping season, Target Corporation’s point-of-sale payment network was breached, and over 70 million customers had their card payment information stolen, including this author, creating […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2015
Google Chrome will freeze Flash content and ads from Sept 1st

Starting from September 1st, 2015, Google will disable Flash’s ability to auto-play in its Chrome browser. What will change for advertisers? Google is going to disable Flash’s ability to auto-play in Chrome, the change will be introduced starting from September 1, 2015. Since this date, non-important Flash files will need explicit user’active to play in the browser. […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2015
How Hackers Could takeover Facebook business pages

The Indian security expert Laxman Muthiyah discovered a way to hack any Facebook Business Page with a simple trick. Look the video … it is very easy! The security expert Laxman Muthiyah from India has discovered a new vulnerability in the popular social network Facebook. This is the third bug discovered by the expert in […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2015
FBI warns that Business Email Scams are raising

The FBI published an alert on the significant increase of the Business Email Scams (BEC), the number of victims is growing such as the financial losses. Yesterday the FBI warned the world that Business Email Scams (BEC) victims are growing, making companies losing money. The law enforcement highlights that frauds use to start with crooks […]