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Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2015
Agora Black Market fearing Tor vulnerabilities goes down

Agora black marketplace announced Tuesday evening that it will go temporary offline fearing the exploitation of the Tor flaws recently discovered. Operators of principal black markets are concerned about the real level of anonymity offered by the Tor network after the discovery of critical vulnerabilities affecting the anonymizing system. The administrators of the Agora black market, one […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2015
ORX Locker, the new Darknet Ransomware-as-a-service platform

Security experts at Sensecy have uncovered ORX-Locker, a Darknet Ransomware-as-a-service platform that could allow everyone to become a cyber criminal. It is becoming even easier to become a cyber-criminal thanks to the model of sale known as malware-as-a-service that offers off-the-shelf malware for rent or sale. Recently malware authors started to offer also Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), in […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2015
Car Hackers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek will work at Uber

Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, the famous car hackers who recently demonstrated that some Fiat Chrysler cars can be remotely hijacked, have been hired by ridesharing giant Uber. The popular hackers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek who recently hackers a Fiat connected car have announced that they have been hired by the Uber Company. Miller and Valasek […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2015
KeyRaider: iOS Malware targets over 225,000 Apple accounts

PaloAlto and with WeipTech have identified 92 samples of a new iOS malware family in the wild dubbed KeyRaider that compromised over 225,000 Apple accounts. Palo Alto networks announced recently that a new iOS malware called KeyRaider allowed crooks to take over more than 225.000 apple accounts on jailbroken iOS devices. KeyRaider allows the attackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2015
Corebot is the new data Stealer discovered by IBm’s X-Force

Corebot is a new data stealer discovered by the experts at IBM Security X-Force while they were analyzing some endpoints protected by their solutions. Corebot is the name of a new data stealer malware discovered by the experts at IBM Security X-Force while they were analyzing some endpoints protected by their product, the Trusteer Apex […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2015
PowerMemory, how to extract credentials present in files and memory

This post explains how to use the PowerMemory script to reveal the passwords used by users of the computers running under Windows systems. Disclaimer Any actions and or activities related to the material contained within this blog is solely your responsibility.The misuse of the information in this website can result in criminal charges brought against […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2015
Jihadist hacker Junaid Hussain Killed in a targeted air strike

The jihadist hacker Junaid Hussain was killed this week in a US targeted air strike in Syria. The man was actively recruiting ISIS sympathizers. A spokesman for the US Central Command, Colonel Patrick Ryder, confirmed that the jihadist hacker Junaid Hussain was killed in a targeted air strike on August 24 in Raqqa, Syria. Colonel […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2015
Teenagers arrested after using the Lizard Squad DDoS tool

Six British teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of attacking websites by using the Lizard Squad’s DDoS tool, the Lizard Stresser. Lizard Squad is the popular hacking crew that brought the online gaming networks Sony PlayStation Network and Microsoft Xbox Live with major Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. The hackers developed a tool dubbed Lizard Stresser that draws on Internet […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2015
Security Affairs newsletter Round 24 – Best of the week from best sources

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from the best sources free for you in your email box. Who are the Ashley Madison users? Hacking the Iridium network could be very easy Amazon to trash Flash, as browsers walk away Keyless Cars: A New Frontier For Bug […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2015
Alleged Russian hackers behind the EFF Spear phishing Scam

The experts at EFF organization speculate that Russian State-sponsored hackers belonging the APT 28 group have managed the last EFF Spear phishing Scam. Attackers, alleged to belong to a Russian state-sponsored APT registered a bogus Electronic Frontier Foundation domain earlier this month. The hackers used the name brand of popular privacy watchdog in an attempt to trick […]