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Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2015
The ISIS guide, how to stay secure online

Which are the technological tools used by the ISIS? Do the terrorists know how to avoid the surveillance online? The ISIS guide has the replies to these questions. In the wake of Paris attacks, intelligence agencies and law enforcement have raised again the debate about the encryption requesting IT giants to support them by introducing backdoors in their products. But […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2015
Nested backdoor affects 600,000 Arris cable modems

A Brazilian security researcher has discovered a nested backdoor affecting nearly 600,000 Arris cable modems. Arris is working to fix it. The Security expert Bernardo Rodrigues (@bernardomr) has discovered the presence of a “backdoor-within-a-backdoor” in roughly 600,000 Arris cable modems. Rodrigues is a vulnerability tester at Brazil’s Globo television network, he reported the undocumented library in […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2015
EU plans to ban Bitcoin to curb terrorism funding

According to a draft document seen by the Reuters the EU plans to ban bitcoin and any form of anonymous payment online to curb terrorism funding. European Union countries are planning to ban virtual currencies and any form of anonymous payments online, even through pre-paid cards. According to a draft document seen by journalists at […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2015
Hackers behind Dark Seoul are back

The hacking group that behind the Dark Seoul Operation that hit entities in South Korea in 2013 may be back with new targets. According to the experts at Palo Alto Networks, the hacking group behind the attacks that targeted banks, financial institutions, government websites and news agencies in South Korea is still active. The attacks […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2015
New Dyre variant in the wild supports Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge

The developers of the Dyre banking Trojan have released a new version of the malware that includes support for Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge. The security firms Heimdal Security and F5 Networks have uncovered a new version of the Dyre (Dyreza) banking Trojan that includes support for Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge. The new variant of Dyre now also […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2015
Telegram messaging service tries to ban ISIS, but..

Telegram messaging service announced its actions against the abuses made by members of the ISIS, but it still allows communications in private groups. In the wake of recent Paris attacks the experts increased their investigation on the communication channels used by members of the ISIS organization. A few hours after the Paris attacks, investigators speculated […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2015
Blackhole Exploit Kit Resurfaces in the wild

The experts at Malwarebytes have noticed that threat actors in the wild are reusing the Blackhole Exploit Kit despite its limited effectiveness. The Blackhole exploit kit has reappeared in the wild surprising the security industry after that in October 2013 its author, know as Paunch, was arrested. Paunch was the author of two of the most popular exploit […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2015
French activist accuses Anonymous #OpParis of hindering Law Enforcement

The collective Anonymous launched the #OpParis to track terrorists online, but a French activist accuses them of hindering Law Enforcement. Just days following the horrific Paris attacks carried out by the ISIS, Anonymous hackers wedged a full-fledged war against the Islamic radicals, knocking out several thousand pro-ISIS Twitter accounts. However, a French blogger has spoken out […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2015
Discovered instances of the ISIS Help Desk that support terrorists worldwide

The IS is running service to assist jihadists to use encrypted communications and much more. NBCreports defined the service a 24-hour ISIS Help Desk. The propaganda machine of the ISIS is very efficient, everytime that intelligence and activism, try to block it, it rapidly changes become even more effective. After the Paris attacks, we discussed […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2015
Anonymous has taken down 5,500 ISIS accounts

The collective of hackers Anonymous claimed Tuesday to have taken out 5,500 Twitter accounts used by the Islamic State organization. The hacking collective Anonymous launched the operation #OpParis against the ISIS in response to the dramatic Paris attacks. The hackers belonging to Anonymous are targeting social media accounts used by members of the terrorist organization. Anonymous released […]