Pierluigi Paganini
August 06, 2018
A security researcher discovered a new crypto mining worm dubbed ZombieBoy that leverages several exploits to evade detection. The security researcher James Quinn has spotted a new strain of crypto mining worm dubbed ZombieBoy that appears to be very profitable and leverages several exploits to evade detection. The expert called this new malware ZombieBoy because it uses a tool called […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 05, 2018
Security experts from Symantec are warning of tech support scams abusing Call Optimization Services to insert phone numbers. Crooks are improving their tech support scams by using Call Optimization Services that are commonly used in legitimate call center operations to perform: Tracking the source of inbound calls Creation and management of phone numbers Call load balancing Call forwarding […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 05, 2018
The US Cloud-based customer relationship management software giant Salesforce is warning marketing customers of a data leakage caused by an API error. The US cloud computing company Salesforce is warning marketing customers of a data leakage caused by an API error. The incident could potentially affect a large number of companies, including Aldo, Dunkin Donuts, GE, HauteLook, Nestle Waters, and Sony. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 05, 2018
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Pierluigi Paganini
August 04, 2018
A virus has infected systems at several Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) factories on Friday night, the plants where Apple produces its devices A malware has infected systems at several Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) factories on Friday night, the iPhone chipmaker plans. TSMC is the worldâs biggest contract manufacturer of chips for tech giants, including Apple […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 04, 2018
The Russian shadow behind the attack on Italian President Mattarella, a coordinated attack via Twitter involved hundreds of profiles inviting him to resign. Cybersecurity experts and Italian media believe that the Italian President Sergio Mattarella is the last victim of the Russian troll farm. On May 27 the late afternoon, thousands of Twitter profiles suddenly started spreading […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 04, 2018
Data breaches are costly for businesses that expterience them, this data fuel the black markets and sometime are offered to complanies as legitimate data. Data breaches are extraordinarily costly for businesses that experience them, both concerning reputational damage and money spent to repair the issues associated with those fiascos. And, on the consumer side of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 03, 2018
Industrial sector hit by a surgical spear-phishing campaign aimed at installing legitimate remote administration software on victims’ machines. Attackers carried out a spear-phishing campaign against entities in the industrial sector, the messages disguised as commercial offers where used by attackers to deliver a legitimate remote administration software on victimsâ systems (TeamViewer or Remote Manipulator System/Remote […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 03, 2018
Google announced that has implemented an alerting system for G Suite admins when users have been targeted by state-sponsored attacks. Google announced it will alert G Suite admins when state-sponsored hackers will target their users. The new feature will be available in the G Suite Admin console very soon, it confirms the effort spent by the tech […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 03, 2018
A vulnerability in the Symfony HttpFoundation component tracked as CVE-2018-14773, could be exploited by attackers to take full control of the affected Drupal websites. Maintainers at Drupal addressed the security bypass vulnerability by releasing a new version of the popular content management system, the version 8.5.6. “The Drupal project uses the Symfony library. The Symfony […]
