Pierluigi Paganini
June 25, 2015
Swedish Co-Creator Of Blackshades RAT was sentenced by the US authorities to 57 months in prison. Another success of the law enforcement against cybercrime. A New York federal court sentenced Alex YĂŒcel (a.k.a. “marjinz“), a Swedish man, who is the alleged mastermind behind the BlackShades Remote Access Tool (RAT). BlackShades is a popular RAT in the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 24, 2015
The security researcher Patrick Barker discovered that Samsung is disabling Windows Update to run its own bloatware opening users to cyber attacks. The security researcher Patrick Barker discovered that Samsung is disabling Windows Update to run its own bloatware leaving is customers wide open to cyber attack. Barker discovered that Samsung disable Windows update after a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 24, 2015
Altcoin cloud mining hash power online marketplace ScryptCC has been hacked and a large amount of Bitcoin was stolen by the attacker. The news of another clamorous case of Bitcoin theft is circulating on the Internet, Altcoin cloud mining hash power online marketplace ScryptCC has been hacked. In time I’m writing it is not known […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 24, 2015
Privacy advocates claim snooping component was activated within Chromium, potentially exposing private conversations. Privacy advocates are accusing Google. Privacy advocates and open source developers claim over the secret installing of Google software which is capable of listening in on conversations held in the surrounding environment. It seems that the listening component was involuntarily activated within […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 24, 2015
Between April 2014 and June 2015, the IC3 received 992 CryptoWall related complaints, with victims reporting losses totaling over $18 million. Cryptowall is one of the most nefarious ransomware in the wild, in twelve months the FBI has estimated that the overall losses were more than $18 million. Ransomware implements a classic extortion scheme typically demanding that victims pay ransom […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 24, 2015
The NIST has published a document for protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) when it resides on contractors IT infrastructures. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a guideline, titled “Publication Citation: Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Information Systems and Organizations“, for protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) when it resides on contractor IT […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 23, 2015
Adobe has released a security update for the critical Adobe Flash Player vulnerability CVE-2015-3113 that is being actively exploited in the wild. Security experts at FireEye discovered a critical heap buffer overflow vulnerability, coded CVE-2015-3113, that affects Adobe systems. FireEye discovered that the Adobe flaw is being exploited in the wild by the hacking crew […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 23, 2015
Security expert Dustin Childs publicly disclosed a Microsoft IE exploit that affects only 32-bit IE platforms which are currently used by millions of users. The HP security expert Dustin Childs publicly disclosed a Microsoft IE exploit based on a flaw that resides in the Address Space Layout Randomisation (ASLR). The ASLR is a security feature implemented […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 23, 2015
A security researcher is trying to harvest information about Tor sites that propose illegal products, and in some cases he even discovered their address. The Dark Web is known to be “the place” for sites where it can be found drugs, child pornography, weapons, because these websites can live on without disclosing the server location […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 23, 2015
What is the Dark Web? Unveiling the myth of the Dark Web and making sure that people understand its magnitude and its limitations. Letâs begin by explaining what the so called âDark Webâ actually is. This is a term used to describe a collection of websites that may be publicly visible, but they hide information […]
Data Breach / December 30, 2024
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