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Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2016

Hacker claims to have full access to Pornhub and already sold it

A 19-year-old hacker who goes by the name Revolver claims to have breached into Pornhub server and already sold the access for $1,000. It happened during the weekend, a researcher using the 1×0123 Twitter account announced the availability of a shell access to a subdomain on Pornhub and offered it for $1,000. The figure is obviously […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2016

ATM Skimming attacks are skyrocketing

Security and fraud experts are observing a significant increase in the number of ATM skimming attacks across the world. It’s an emergency! Security and fraud experts are observing a significant increase in the number of cyber attacks against the ATMs, in particular, skimming attacks. The popular investigator Brian Krebs recently published an interesting post that […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2016

OpIcarus: Anonymous crusade against the sick banking industry

Anonymous alongside with BannedOffline and Ghost Squad crews are resuming the OpIcarus targeting banking websites around the world. Hackers of the Anonymous collective alongside with Ghost Squad and BannedOffline continued their attacks on the banks worldwide under the campaign named OpIcarus. The Operation OpIcarus was resumed in March 2016, both Anonymous and Ghost Squad launched several attacks on financial institutions worldwide, including the bank […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2016

Security Affairs newsletter Round 60 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs How terrorists abuse online services for propaganda? Hacker Interviews – The hacker: zurael sTz Liberty Reserve founder sentenced 20 years in jail Security Affairs newsletter Round 59 – News of the week 2015 intelligence transparency report, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2016

Week in Ransomware – Week of May 13th, 2016

Just in a week several new ransomware variants, services, and updates have been discovered in-the-wild, disclosed publicly, and thoroughly analyzed. Statistical Summary This week, in a span of just five (5) days (Monday, May 9th, 2016 – Friday, May 13th, 2016), through the collaborative efforts of several organizations and individual analysts around the globe, several […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2016

Malware used in the recent banking cyberheists is linked to Sony Pictures hack

Experts at the BAE security firms collected evidence that demonstrates the malware used in the recent cyberheists is linked to 2014 Sony Pictures hack. A second bank was a victim of a malware-based attack, the news was recently confirmed by the SWIFT. The investigation conducted by the security researchers at BAE Systems are making the situation very intriguing because […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 14, 2016

Also the Giant Google has recently faced a data breach via benefits provider

Google started sending out notifications to employees about a data breach that occurred at a third party company that operates as a benefits provider. We all make mistakes, sometime they are small, some other big. But what if the mistake is so important to indirectly affect one the biggest companies in the world? “Oooops!” This […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 14, 2016

A hacker compromised several Reddit accounts to prove it needs 2FA

A mysterious hacker is responsible for a mass Reddit defacement of 70 subreddits, he wants to demonstrate the lack of security of the popular platform. Someone is creating the panic on Reddits, a mysterious user behind the name TehBVM (@TehBVM) claims to have already popped more than 100 Reddit subreddits. The user already targeted subreddits related […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 14, 2016

VIDEO – RedTeam Hackers Crack Businesses’ Security

A few days ago group of white hat hackers from RedTeam traveled to the Midwest to test the systems of a major power company and breach it with Social Engineering. RedTeam Security is a group of ethical hackers who specialize in offensive security, believing that the best defense is a good offense. We wrote about […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2016

SWIFT announced that a second bank was a victim of cyber heist

The SWIFT announced that a second commercial bank was a victim of a cyber heist, the crime appears to be part of a broad online attack on global banking. A second malware-based attack hit the SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications) system. The news was spread by the SWIFT on Thursday, the attack has many similarities with […]

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