Pierluigi Paganini
February 05, 2019
A security expert discovered a severe Remote Code Execution vulnerability in the popular LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice. The security researcher Alex InfĂŒhr discovered a severe remote code execution vulnerability in LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice that could be exploited by tricking victims into opening an ODT (OpenDocument Text) file embedding an event embedded. The flaw could […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 05, 2019
Security experts identified nearly 500,000 Ubiquit devices that may be affected by a vulnerability that has already been exploited in the wild. Security experts are warning Ubiquit users of a vulnerability that has already been exploited in the wild. Last week, the researcher Jim Troutman, consultant and director of the Northern New England Neutral Internet Exchange (NNENIX), revealed that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2019
Researchers at Trend Micro discovered at least 29 malicious photo editing and beauty apps that were able to perform several malicious activities. Crooks continue to abuse Google Play store to distribute malicious apps, this time experts at Trend Micro discovered at least 29 maliciousphoto editing and beauty apps that were stealing users’ photos. The malicious […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2019
QuadrigaCX Bitcoin exchange announced to have lost USD 145 million worth of cryptocurrency because the only person with access to its cold storage has died. QuadrigaCX, the major Bitcoin exchange in Canada announced to have lost CAD 190 million (USD 145 million) worth of cryptocurrency because the only person with access to its cold (offline) […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2019
A 20-year-old college student that has stolen more than $5 million worth of cryptocurrency through SIM swapping attacks gets a 10 years jail sentence. Joel Ortiz, a young hacker (20) who stole more than $5 million worth of cryptocurrency by hijacking victims’ phone numbers has pleaded guilty for “SIM swapping” attacks. The college student accepted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2019
Metro Bank has become the first major bank to disclose SS7 attacks against its customers, but experts believe it isn’t an isolated case. A new type of cyber attack was used for the first time against the Metro Bank, threat actors are leveraging known flaws in the SS7 signaling protocol to intercept the codes sent via […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2019
Researchers at the threat intel firm Recorded Future, have identified the hacker who amassed credentials in Collection #1 archive. Security experts at the threat intel firm Recorded Future, have discovered the hacker who allegedly created and offered for sale the massive collection known as Collection #1. The âCollection #1â archive was discovered by the cyber security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2019
Managed security services or security operations, cloud security, GRC is one of the fastest growing solutions in the world. The only place I can say more risk = more gain would be in the entrepreneurship spaceâŠbecause in the enterprise cyber security kingdom, it is just the opposite! So let me explain⊠Before I start, stating […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2019
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Using steganography to obfuscate PDF exploits Aztarna â […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2019
A sextortion scam campaign attempts to trick victims into believing that the adult site Xvideos.com was hacked and that crooks recorded its visitors. The creativity of cybercriminals is inexhaustible, a new variant of sextortion scam appeared in the threat landscape. A new sextortion scam campaign attempts to trick victims into believing that the popular adult […]
