Pierluigi Paganini
September 18, 2015
Sucuri has noticed a spike in the number of compromised websites as part of a malware campaign which relies on thousands of compromised WordPress sites. According to security experts at Sucuri, threat actors have hijacked thousands of websites running the WordPress CMS to serve malware. The technique is not new, legitimate compromised websites host malicious […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 18, 2015
Although Advanced Persistent Threats and Targeted Attacks are often confused, in their core these are two different things in the field of online security. Most businesses out there need only worry about one of these two types of attacks, focusing their efforts to remain thoroughly protected against both enemies and threats. Many people get confused over […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 18, 2015
Security experts at Doctor Web have discovered a new PoS Trojan dubbed MWZLesson that borrows code from other popular malicious software. Security experts at Dr. Web have discovered a new PoS Trojan that was designed by mixing code from other malware. The new PoS Trojan, dubbed Trojan.MWZLesson, was designed reusing the code of other popular malware, including the Dexter PoS […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 17, 2015
Despite DHS components have strengthened coordination in performing their cyber missions a recent audit made by the OIG has found several security issues. Among the missions assigned to the DHS there is the coordination of activities related to the prevention, mitigation and recovery from cyber incidents, the Department also oversees the IT security of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 17, 2015
F-Secure has published an interesting report on the cyber espionage operations conducted by the Dukes APT group, which appears linked to the Kremlin. Security researchers at F-Secure have published an interesting report detailing the cyber espionage operation of a Russian APT group, dubbed the Dukes, the experts speculate the group is backed by the Russian government. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 17, 2015
Experts at Trend Micro uncovered the Operation Iron Tiger, a cyber espionage campaign carried out by Chinese hackers on United States Defense Contractors. Security experts at Trend Micro have uncovered a new targeted attack campaign dubbed Operation Iron Tiger. Threat actors behind the Operation Iron Tiger have stolen trillions of data from defense contractors in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 17, 2015
A new evil vulnerability affecting the AirDrop service could be exploited by attackers to silently infect iPhones and Apple Macs. Versions prior to the latest Apple OS version, the newborn iOS 9, are affected by a serious AirDrop Bug. The AirDrop Bug could be exploited by hackers to take full control of Apple iPhone or Mac machines. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 16, 2015
The security researcher John Gordon has found an easy way to unlock smartphones running Android 5.0 and 5.1 (Build LMY48M). The security researcher John Gordon has discovered a very simple way to bypass the mobile lock feature implemented on smartphones running Android 5.0 and 5.1 (Build LMY48M). Mechanisms like Password lock, Pattern lock and PIN lock […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 16, 2015
DARPA is sustaining researchers to seek innovations in software obfuscation solutions to contrast criminals that try to reverse engineer software. DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency) and a team of researchers are turning towards new methods to overcome reverse engineering by using obfuscation to secure government and business security. The Research Team, remodeling a safe-ware program is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 16, 2015
Experts at MalwareBytes uncovered a massive malvertising campaign, booby-trapped web ads went undetected for weeks leveraging on the Angler Exploit Kit. In August, threat actors behind a number of major malvertising campaigns began to roll out new tactics to avoid the increasing scrutiny of security firms and law enforcement. Security experts at MalwareBytes revealed that crooks […]
