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Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2015
iOS crash warnings scam targeted iPhone and iPad users in US and UK

According to a report published by The Telegraph, scammers are targeting iPhone and iPad users with a new elaborate scheme that relies on iOS crash warnings Scammers are targeting iPhone and iPad users with a new-old elaborate scheme that relies on iOS crash warnings. Scammers are using JavaScript generated dialogs to display IOS Crash warnings, as explained […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2015
UCLA Health hospitals confirmed data breach that involved 4.5 million records

The California UCLA Health hospitals announced that have breached its systems and accessed personal information and medical records of 4.5 million patients. The California UCLA Health hospitals announced that hackers may have breached its systems and accessed personal information and medical records of 4.5 million patients. The UCLA Health medical group reported that hackers infiltrated […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2015
NSA Releases SIMP, An Open Source Network Security Tool

The US Intelligence National Security Agency (NSA) has just released a network security tool dubbed Systems Integrity Management Platform (SIMP). The US Intelligence National Security Agency (NSA) has released a network security tool. Dubbed Systems Integrity Management Platform (SIMP), designed and distributed to secure the networks of organizations improving the resilience to cyber attacks. According to […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2015
Bogus News mobile App discovered in Hacking Team arsenal

Experts at Trend Micro have discovered a malicious Android App while they were analyzing the package of data stolen from Hacking Team. Experts at Trendmicro analyzing package of data stolen from Hacking Team systems discovered a fake news app that was designed to circumvent filtering in Google Play. The malicious app was downloaded only 50 […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2015
Many Android and Apple Apps allow brute force attacks

According to a recent research published by experts at the AppBugs firm many Android and Apple mobile apps allow brute force attacks. Android and Apple devices are the most used worldwide, millions of mobile users every day use the apps available in their official stores, but what if the majority of these applications are vulnerable […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2015
Microsoft Ends Support for Windows Server 2003, Security Issues

Since 14 July 2015, Microsoft has ended the support for Windows Server 2003 operating system, which is the impact on the organizations? Since 14 July 2015, Microsoft has ended the support for Windows Server 2003 operating system, this means that the company will no longer provide patches, security updates, and security bulletins. As already happened for […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2015
New GamaPoS Malware served by the Andromeda Botnet

The experts at Trend Micro discovered GamaPoS, a new PoS malware that is spread through the Andromeda botnet in the US and Canada. GamaPoS is the name of the last PoS malware used by criminal crews to steal credit card data from the memory of payment systems. Security experts at Trend Micro discovered which discovered the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2015
A former intern at FireEye accused for Dendroid RAT developing

A former intern at FireEye firm has been arrested for developing and distributing the sophisticated Android malware dubbed Dendroid. A former intern at FireEye firm has been arrested for developing and distributing the sophisticated Android malware dubbed Dendroid.  Experts at Symantec in March 2014 discovered a new HTTP Android Remote administration tool, named Dendroid, available on […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2015
The newest RC4 attack is a nightmare for certain HTTPS implementations

The newest RC4 attack is a nightmare for certain HTTPS implementations, almost a third of the world’s encrypted Web connections can be cracked. We have written several times about RC4 encryption that has been accused of being a Cryptographic disaster, now two Belgian security researchers from the University of Leuven did another discovery that highlights […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2015
One of the Epic Games Forums has been hacked

Epic Games announced that one of the forum websites it maintains has been hacked and the attackers have gained access to users’ sensitive data. Epic Games is one of the most popular video game development companies, Unreal Tournament, Jazz Jackrabbit, Gears of War, and Infinity Blade are the most popular game series designed by the gaming […]