Pierluigi Paganini
May 27, 2019
Perceptics, a maker of vehicle license plate scanning solutions used in the US, has been hacked, attackers stole data and offered for free on the dark web. Perceptics is a leader in license plate readers (LPRs), license plate recognition systems and vehicle identification products. The company was hacked and attackers stole data and offered business […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 26, 2019
According to Sectigo, most of the certificates used to sign the malware submitted to VirusTotal and issued by the company were expired and were already revoked. This week experts at Chronicle published a study on signed malware registered on VirusTotal that states that most of the digital certificates used to sign malware samples found on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 26, 2019
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition Paper Copy If you appreciate my effort in spreading cybersecurity awareness, please vote for Security Affairs in the section “Your Vote for the Best EU Security Tweeter” https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/EUBloggerAwards2018 Dutch intelligence investigate alleged Huawei âbackdoor Salesforce […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 26, 2019
This week NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg explained during a conference at the Cyber Defence Pledge conference in London how the Alliance is countering cyber threats. This week during the Cyber Defence Pledge conference in London, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg explained how the Alliance is countering cyber threats. Stoltenberg declared that NATO is pushing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 26, 2019
European law enforcement seized and shut down Bestmixer.io for reportedly laundering over $200 million in cryptocurrency. This week the Europol has dealt another blow to cybercrime, the European police along with the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD), and Luxembourg authorities shut down Bestmixer.io, on one of the worldâs leading cryptocurrency mixing services. A […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 25, 2019
Security experts at Sophos have detected a wave of attacks targeting Windows servers that are running MySQL databases with the intent of delivering the GandCrab ransomware Sophos researchers have observed a wave of attacks targeting Windows servers that are running MySQL databases, threat actors aim at delivering the GandCrab ransomware. This is the first time […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 25, 2019
0patch, released a security patch to address the BlueKeep vulnerability, that can be deployed by administrators to protect always-on servers. Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for May 2019 address nearly 80 vulnerabilities, including an RDS vulnerability dubbed BlueKeep that can be exploited to carry out WannaCry-like attack. The issue is a remote code execution flaw in Remote Desktop […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 25, 2019
GitHub announced the introduction of several new tools and security features to help developers secure their code. The popular code repository hosting service GitHub continues its efforts in helping its customers in developing and maintaining a secure code. “Ninety-nine percent of new software projects depend on open source code. This extensive code reuse helps everyone […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 25, 2019
Snapchat internal staff has allegedly abused their role in the company to spy on Snapchat users using and internal tools and steal data. Snapchat is a multimedia messaging app that makes pictures, videos, and messages (snaps) available for a short time before they become inaccessible to their recipients. Initially, it was only allowing person-to-person photo sharing, but now […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 24, 2019
Getting your paycheck deposited directly into your bank account seems like a handy solution but in some cases. hackers can access them. Getting your paycheck deposited directly into your bank account seems like a handy solution because you don’t have to pick up the check from your workplace and take it to the bank to […]
