Pierluigi Paganini
April 11, 2016
A group of boffins discovered vulnerabilities in the reCaptcha systems of Google and Facebook and devised an attack method. The security experts Suphannee Sivakorn, Iasonas Polakis, and Angelos D. Keromytis have devised an attack technique against Facebook and Google reCaptcha. The boffins from the Department of Computer Science at Columbia University have discovered security vulnerabilities […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2016
Beware, even things on Amazon come with embedded malware… this is the disconcerting discovery made by the expert Mark Olsen. The security expert Mike Olsen warned about the presence of malware in products sold through the Amazon service. Olsen was searching for outdoor surveillance cameras on Amazon for a friend’s home. He has found an interesting offer […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2016
The Cyber Justice Team claims a massive Data Leak from the Syrian Government, more than 43 GB of Data available Online The hacker group named Cyber Justice Team leaked 10 GB of compressed data (when decompressed are over 43 GB of data) from several Syrian government and private companies. The group claimed to have hacked Linux […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2016
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs The website of the Hungarian Government temporarily shut by cyberattack CloudFlare considers 94 percent of the Tor traffic as per se malicious Security Affairs newsletter Round 54 – News of the week Hacking connected lightbulbs to breach […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2016
Researchers and law enforcement in a joint effort shut down the Mumblehard botnet composed of more than 4000 Linux machines. Security experts have shut down a spam botnet, known as Mumblehard, composed of more than 4,00o Linux machines. In May 2015, researchers from ESET revealed the sophisticated Mumblehard spamming malware infected thousands of Linux and FreeBSD servers going […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 09, 2016
According to documents obtained by The Intercept, the CIA is looking with a great interest in a new skincare line for DNA extraction on crime scenes. According to documents obtained by The Intercept, the CIA is funding a new skincare line that can allow the agency to collect DNA. “SKINCENTIAL SCIENCES, a company with an innovative line […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 09, 2016
According to a report recently issued by the FBI, cyber criminals have pilfered more than $2.3bn from 17,642 victims since 2013 with BEC attacks. According to the FBI, cyber criminals have stolen more than $2.3bn from 17,642 victims since 2013 in BEC attacks. The situation is critical, the number of business email compromise BEC scams continues to increase on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 09, 2016
The Open Sourced Vulnerability Database (OSVDB) shut down permanently in response to the lack of assistance from the industry. The Open Sourced Vulnerability Database (OSVDB) shut down permanently, the news was reported in a blog post published by the maintainers of the project. The decision was made in response to the lack of assistance from the industry. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 08, 2016
Attackers can exploit the flaws in the ARRIS SURFboard cable modems to remotely knock out the device, more than 135 million device open to attacks. The security expert David Longenecker reported security vulnerabilities affecting the popular broadband cable SURFboard modems produced by the ARRIS (formerly Motorola). The ARRIS SB6141 model is available for sale for around $70 US, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 08, 2016
Cyber criminals are exploiting the Flash player zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2016-1019) affecting Flash Player 21.0.0.197 and earlier disclosed by Adobe. Cyber criminals are already exploiting the Flash player zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2016-1019) affecting Flash Player 21.0.0.197 and earlier (CVE-2016-1019) disclosed by Adobe this week. Researchers at security firm Proofpoint confirmed that cyber gangs are exploiting it to distribute a ransomware dubbed Cerber. […]
