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Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2015
A former intern at FireEye accused for Dendroid RAT developing

A former intern at FireEye firm has been arrested for developing and distributing the sophisticated Android malware dubbed Dendroid. A former intern at FireEye firm has been arrested for developing and distributing the sophisticated Android malware dubbed Dendroid.  Experts at Symantec in March 2014 discovered a new HTTP Android Remote administration tool, named Dendroid, available on […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2015
The newest RC4 attack is a nightmare for certain HTTPS implementations

The newest RC4 attack is a nightmare for certain HTTPS implementations, almost a third of the world’s encrypted Web connections can be cracked. We have written several times about RC4 encryption that has been accused of being a Cryptographic disaster, now two Belgian security researchers from the University of Leuven did another discovery that highlights […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2015
One of the Epic Games Forums has been hacked

Epic Games announced that one of the forum websites it maintains has been hacked and the attackers have gained access to users’ sensitive data. Epic Games is one of the most popular video game development companies, Unreal Tournament, Jazz Jackrabbit, Gears of War, and Infinity Blade are the most popular game series designed by the gaming […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2015
TeslaCrypt 2.0 ransomware comes with significant improvements

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have discovered a new strain of TeslaCrypt ransomware, version 2.0,  which was improved in a significant way. Malware researchers at Kaspersky detected a new strain of the TeslaCrypt ransomware (Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Bitman.tk), so-called TeslaCrypt 2.0, which includes a number of improvements. This ransomware also encrypts video game files, but the most significant improvement […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2015
FBI paid Hacking Team to identify Tor users

Documents leaked online after the Hacking Team data breach revealed that the company supported the FBI in the investigation on Tor users. While the security experts are continuing to analyze the impressive amount of data stolen from the Hacking Team, new revelation are circulating over the Internet. Among the clients of the Italian security firm, there […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2015
Law enforcement arrested dozens people from Darkode crime forum

An international joint effort of law enforcement allowed the arrest of dozen people active on the popular Darkode crime forum. A joint operation run by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies in Europe and Brazil have allowed the identification and the arrest of more than 60 people suspected of carrying out hacking crimes. According to […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2015
Hacking Team Spyware uses a UEFI BIOS Rootkit to gain persistence

Documents leaked online after the Hacking Team hack revealed that the company used a UEFI BIOS rootkit to gain persistence for its spyware software. The recent data breach suffered by the surveillance firm Hacking Team is shocking the IT security industry, the hackers leaked company emails, source codes and contracts revealing uncomfortable truths. Security experts mainly […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2015
Hacking Team will be back to business soon

The Hacking Team CEO David Vincenzetti announced that the popular surveillance company will be back to business vert soon, but experts have many doubts. After the embarrassing data breach suffered by the Hacking Team, the surveillance company plans to rebuild the “empire”. The hackers likely haven’t stolen the entire intellectual property of the firm, which […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2015
The German Government wants to improve resilience from cyber-attacks

IIn response to the recent cyber-attacks against German targets the German Government has announced measures to improve the cyber security. In response to the recent cyber-attacks against German targets, including the hack of the systems at Bundestag, the central Government has announced measures to improve the cyber security. To avoid more problems, the German Government listed its […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2015
Here’s how Hacking Team was selling products as RCS

400 GB data library revealed that the hacked Italian surveillance firm “Hacking Team” used to sell its RCS via a reseller network over the globe. Major resellers are located in America, Latin America, UAE, Israel and their own hometown Italy. Due to rising demand of hacking and surveillance software worldwide, many security agencies and firms […]