Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2015
According to a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), The Federal Government needs for stronger controls across Federal Agencies. According to a report submitted as testimony by Greg Wilshusen, director of information security issues at GAO, in a recent congressional hearing cybersecurity incidents that involved federal government have increased more than 1,000 percent since 2006. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 19, 2015
South Korean police has found a NIS agent that left a note denying massive surveillance operated by the Government of Seoul on the population. The New York Times reported that a 46-year-old NIS agent working for the South Korean government was found dead in an apparent suicide. The man left a note denying National Intelligence […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 19, 2015
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. A new Zero-Day Vulnerability arises from Hacking Team hack Hacking Team Another Flash Zero-Day: CVE-2015-5122 Hacking Team by Numbers â The Infographic Hacking Team chief: Were the GOOD GUYS […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 19, 2015
A sophisticated APT group who targeted the White House and State Department, have launched a new stealth spear phishing campaign on the Pentagon. The Daily Beast has revealed that he got the proof that the White House and State Department were hacked by a sophisticated Russian APT. The newspaper that published the news in exclusive has run […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 18, 2015
According to a report published by The Telegraph, scammers are targeting iPhone and iPad users with a new elaborate scheme that relies on iOS crash warnings Scammers are targeting iPhone and iPad users with a new-old elaborate scheme that relies on iOS crash warnings. Scammers are using JavaScript generated dialogs to display IOS Crash warnings, as explained […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 18, 2015
The California UCLA Health hospitals announced that have breached its systems and accessed personal information and medical records of 4.5 million patients. The California UCLA Health hospitals announced that hackers may have breached its systems and accessed personal information and medical records of 4.5 million patients. The UCLA Health medical group reported that hackers infiltrated […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 18, 2015
The US Intelligence National Security Agency (NSA) has just released a network security tool dubbed Systems Integrity Management Platform (SIMP). The US Intelligence National Security Agency (NSA) has released a network security tool. Dubbed Systems Integrity Management Platform (SIMP), designed and distributed to secure the networks of organizations improving the resilience to cyber attacks. According to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 17, 2015
Experts at Trend Micro have discovered a malicious Android App while they were analyzing the package of data stolen from Hacking Team. Experts at Trendmicro analyzing package of data stolen from Hacking Team systems discovered a fake news app that was designed to circumvent filtering in Google Play. The malicious app was downloaded only 50 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 17, 2015
According to a recent research published by experts at the AppBugs firm many Android and Apple mobile apps allow brute force attacks. Android and Apple devices are the most used worldwide, millions of mobile users every day use the apps available in their official stores, but what if the majority of these applications are vulnerable […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 17, 2015
Since 14 July 2015, Microsoft has ended the support for Windows Server 2003 operating system, which is the impact on the organizations? Since 14 July 2015, Microsoft has ended the support for Windows Server 2003 operating system, this means that the company will no longer provide patches, security updates, and security bulletins. As already happened for […]
