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Pierluigi Paganini September 16, 2015

DARPA even more interested in software Obfuscation Solutions

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

Hundreds million potential victims of a new advanced malvertising campaign

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 16, 2015

Darpa funded the research on the DUST Self-destruct chip

DARPA Vanishing Programmable Resources Program funded the research on a Self-destruct chip,which is capable of shattering on demand into thousands of pieces. Engineers at Xerox PARC have designed a prototype chip capable of self-destructing, it is named DUST, or Disintegration Upon Stress-Release Trigger. If t you are thinking that such kind of things can exclusive […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2015

Microsoft joint force with NATO to improve EU Cybersecurity

Microsoft announced the signing of a Government Security Program (GSP) agreement with the NATO Communications and Information Agency. At NATO’s annual cyber conference early this week, Microsoft announced the signing of an agreement with the NATO Communications and Information Agency that aims to improve cyber security in the EU. “We see this signing as another step […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2015

SYNful_Knock malicious ROMMON images discovered in the wild

Mandiant firm has spotted more than a dozen Cisco routers running malicious ROMMON firmware images that allow attackers to control targeted devices. A few weeks ago, CISCO issued an alert to warn enterprise customers about a spike in attacks in which hackers use valid admin credentials on IOS devices to install bogus ROMMON images, which is the bootstrap […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2015

FBI warns customers, get Internet of Things away from the Internet

A recent announcement issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation warns customers that Internet of Things poses opportunities for cyber crime. The FBI is worried by rapid diffusion of the Internet of Things devices, according law enforcement smart objects could represent a serious threat for cyber security, and more in general for the society. Security […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2015

Cybercrime costs UK businesses about £2.8 billion annually

According to a report recently published by the Allianz Global the cybercrime costs UK businesses about £2.8 billion annually. According to a report recently published by the Allianz Global the cyber criminal activities costs UK businesses about £2.8 billion annually, accounting for 16 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). Cybercrime impacts on the global economy with £289.6 […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2015

Crooks are abusing Google Search Console to remain under the radar

Experts at Sucuri revealed that cybercriminals are abusing Google Search Console to hide their presence in compromised websites, administrators are advised! Security experts at Sucuri firm have discovered cyber criminals are increasingly abusing legitimate webmaster tools (Google Search Console) for black hat SEO and hide their presence on compromised websites. The operation for crooks is […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2015

The VxWorks OS running also on the Curiosity Rover is flawed

A security expert discovered a critical flaw in the VxWorks, one of the most reliable real-time operating systems for the IoT also used by the Curiosity Rover. The Canadian security researcher Yannick Formaggio has discovered an important flaw in VxWorks which is the real-time operating system (RTOS) developed by the Wind River, an Intel’s subsidiary. VxWorks is one […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2015

Department of Energy hacked 159 times between 2010 and 2014

According to a review of federal records obtained by USA Today, the US Department of Energy is among the most targeted government organizations in the US. The US Department of Energy manages information of strategic importance for a potential attacker, it oversees the operations of power grid, nuclear arsenal, and national labs. The data show that the […]

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