Pierluigi Paganini
October 23, 2015
Experts at MalwareBytes uncovered a new malvertising campaign operated by Technical Support Scammers that are targeting Apple Mac owners. Scammers are prolific and ingenious guys, this time they are targeting Mac pretending to be operators of the Apple Technical support. Technical support scammers are running aggressive malvertising also relying on legitimate ad networks. “These scams aren’t being […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 22, 2015
The ISACA study “2015 Advanced Persistent Threat Awareness-Third Annual” tries to uncover information security professionalsâ understanding of APT threats. A new report published by the ISACA organization that surveyed more than 660 cyber security professionals reveals that more than one in four organizations (28%) have already suffered an APT attack. According to the experts, the BYOD is increasing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 22, 2015
Experts at Bleeping Computer blog are reporting a new strain of ransomware dubbed LowLevel04 that is spreading via Remote Desktop and Terminal Service. Security experts at Bleeping Computer blog are reporting a new strain of ransomware dubbed LowLevel04 that is using an unusual infection mechanism, it is being spread via Remote Desktop and Terminal Service. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 22, 2015
A security expert conducted a series of tests on the Fitbit trackers discovering how they can be infected with a malware in just 10 seconds. The security researcher Axelle Apvrille revealed that infect Fitbit trackers with a malware is too easy. Axelle Apvrille has managed to infect FitBit Flex fitness tracker and uses them as infection […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 22, 2015
Serious flaws in the Network Time Protocol can be exploited to cause severe outages, eavesdrop encrypted communications, bypass authentication processes. Bad news for network administrators, new attacks on Network Time Protocol can defeat HTTPS and create serious problems. The bugs exploited in the attacks was discovered by the experts at the Cisco’s Talos group that has been working […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 21, 2015
Wikileaks has obtained and immediately released the CIA Director John Brennan private emails. It is a first lot, others will be soon published. A few days ago a teen has violated the CIA Director’s private email account and leaked sensitive files including a 47-page  Mr. Brennanâs application for top-secret security clearance. The teenager also disclosed a partial Spreadsheet containing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 21, 2015
Updates released last week by Apple for Apple Productivity Apps fix a number of flaws that can be exploited for a number of attacks. Apple has recently released Keynote 6.6, Pages 5.6, Numbers 3.6, and iWork for iOS 2.6 to fix multiple flaws in the Productivity Apps, mainly related to input validation issues that caused problems […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 21, 2015
Apple told a federal judge that it âwould be impossibleâ to access data on a locked iPhone running one of the newer versions of the iOS operating system. Unlock this iPhone, I need access it for the investigation. It is probably one of the most common requests US law enforcement makes to Apple, but it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 21, 2015
Experts at Netcraft discovered that nearly a million SSL SHA-1 certificates were signed with the potentially vulnerable SHA-1 hashing algorithm. Businesses Using Millions of Flawed Certificates, the news is shocking and refers the adoption of SHA-1 certificates, despite the algorithm is considered no more secure. Many big businesses, including firms like Deloitte, are still using SHA-1 certificates, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 21, 2015
A trio of researchers has demonstrated that some versions of self-encrypting hard drives manufactured by the Western Digital are affected by security flaws. Some versions of self-encrypting hard drives manufactured by the Western Digital are affected by security flaws that could be exploited with physical access to access protected data, even without knowing the decryption […]
