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Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2015

New Joomla release patches a serious SQLi flaw

Joomla just released a patch to fix a critical vulnerability that can allow an attacker to get full administrative access to a website. The new version of the popular Joomla content management system, the Joomla 3,4,5, is available online. The new release fixes a critical SQL injection vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers to […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2015

Pawn Storm APT targets MH17 crash investigation

The Pawn Storm APT group set up rogue VPN and SFTP servers to target Dutch Safety Board employees involved in the MH17 crash investigation. July 17, 2014, Flight MH17, traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot down by a missile in mysterious circumstances. Flight MH17 was flying over a conflict zone in eastern Ukraine […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2015

Crooks are hacking CCTV Cameras to launch severe DDoS attacks

Imperva has discovered that attackers hijack CCTV cameras to launch powerful DDoS attacks exploiting weak credentials and poor configurations of IoT devices. Internet of Things devices are becoming privilege targets of threat actors that daily abuse of their resources to run cyber attacks or to organize frauds or to spy on unaware users. Unfortunately, most IoT devices […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2015

TalkTalk data breach, hackers compromised 4 million customer records

The British Internet Service Provider TalkTalk discloses possible breach and admits some data are not encrypted. The investigation is still ongoing. Another illustrious victim of a data breach is in the headlines, TalkTalk Telecom Group plc has announced that four million subscribers may have been impacted by a “sustained cyberattack” that hit its servers. TalkTalk Telecom […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2015

Technical Support Scammers targets Apple users

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

74% organizations think they will be hit by an APT in the near future

The ISACA study “2015 Advanced Persistent Threat Awareness-Third Annual” tries to uncover information security professionals’ 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

LowLevel04 ransomware exploits Remote Desktop to spread

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

Fitbit trackers can be infected with a malware in just 10 seconds

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

Network Time Protocol flaws can cause chaos on a global scale

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 releases CIA Director John Brennan emails

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. Brennan’s application for top-secret security clearance. The teenager also disclosed a partial Spreadsheet containing […]

Breaking News

New Joomla release patches a serious SQLi flaw

Pawn Storm APT targets MH17 crash investigation

Crooks are hacking CCTV Cameras to launch severe DDoS attacks

TalkTalk data breach, hackers compromised 4 million customer records

Technical Support Scammers targets Apple users

74% organizations think they will be hit by an APT in the near future

LowLevel04 ransomware exploits Remote Desktop to spread

Fitbit trackers can be infected with a malware in just 10 seconds

Network Time Protocol flaws can cause chaos on a global scale

Wikileaks releases CIA Director John Brennan emails

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