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Pierluigi Paganini May 05, 2015
Rombertik, a complex malware that also wipes hard drive to prevent analysis

Rombertik is the name of a high sophisticated strain of malware spotted by the researcher of the Cisco Talos Team, it wipes hard drive to prevent analysis. Security experts have uncovered new strain of malware dubbed Rombertik malware that implements high sophisticated evasion detection technique and analysis, it also includes the ability to delete victim’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 05, 2015
Law enforcement warns of Nepal Earthquake Scams

FBI and security researchers have uncovered fraudulent activity pertaining to relief efforts associated with the tragic Nepal earthquake. Cyber criminals have no scruples, they are always ready to exploit any tragedy to maximize their profits exploiting the interest of people in disastrous events. The last tragedy in order of time is the earthquake that hit […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2015
Iran accused of the blackout that paralyzed the Turkey

Intelligence analysts speculate that the recent blackout that paralyzed the Turkey was caused by a cyber attacks run by the Iranian Government. On March 31 2015, a major power failure interested the Turkey, a blackout paralyzed the principal cities across the country, more than 40 million people were plunged into darkness.  Transportation, hospitals and many other services […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2015
Anonymous Hacker breached WTO database and Leaked data of internal staff

Hackers belonging to the Anonymous collective hacked the website of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and leaked personal data of thousands of officials. Hackers belonging the Anonymous collective compromised the website of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and leaked its database containing personal data of its members. The stolen data are related to personnel of […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2015
Australian 19 year-old who hacked Microsoft and US Army is fugitive

An Australian teenager who hacked Microsoft, Valve and the US Army has left the Australia. The Interpol is searching for him in Europe. An Australian teenager, who had allegedly hacked into Microsoft and the US Army websites left Australia to escape the capture. The Australian authorities have informed the Interpol, which is involved in the research […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 03, 2015
Security Affairs newsletter Round 7 – 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. Dark Web Email Service SIGAINT hacked by the Intelligence Google Glass 2.0 Coming Soon, says Italian Luxottica Eyewear Company Hacking telesurgery robots, a concrete risk Samsung Galaxy S5 vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 03, 2015
Mozilla Fundation, a step toward to full HTTPS implementation

The Mozilla Foundation is starting the operations to phase the HTTP connections in the Firefox browser according to “encrypt the Web” movement. According to roadmap defined by the Mozilla Foundation, the organization has started the process to move toward full HTTPS enforcement in Firefox browser In November 2014 the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and other firms, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 03, 2015
Trustwave discovered the first political malvertising campaign

Experts at Trustwave observed a group of cyber criminals helping spread pro-Russia propaganda by inflating video views with a malvertising campaign. Security experts at Trustwave have discovered a botnet, originally designed for malvertising purpose, used redirect unaware users to view some pro-Russian videos on the website DailyMotion. The event is very interesting due to the political motivation […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2015
Tor Browser 4.5 released! It comes with many improvements

Tor Browser 4.5 released! It comes with many improvements for security, privacy and usability. Download it to protect your online privacy. Are you a frequent visitor of the deep web? Is the Tor Network a necessity for your online anonymity? You must download the new release for the Tor Browser, Tor Browser 4.5, that was designed with a […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2015
Thousands Linux and FreeBSD servers infected with Mumblehard spamming malware

The sophisticated Mumblehard spamming malware infects thousands of Linux and FreeBSD servers going under the radar for at least five years. In the last seven months, several thousand Linux and FreeBSD machines have been infected with a sophisticated malware dubbed Mumblehard. The infected machines were part of a botnet used, in the last five years, to […]