Pierluigi Paganini
March 27, 2018
Security experts at Cisco Talos discovered a new piece of malware dubbed GoScanSSH that was being used to compromise SSH servers exposed online. Security researchers at Cisco Talos have discovered a new piece of malware dubbed GoScanSSH that was being used to compromise SSH servers exposed online. The malicious code was written in Go programming language, uncommon for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 26, 2018
The head of the crime ring behind the Carbanak gang that since 2013 targeted banks worldwide has been arrested in Spain. The mastermind suspected of stealing about £870m (€1bn) in a bank cyber heist has been arrested in Spain. The man is suspected to be the kingpin of the crime ring behind the Carbanak gang that since 2013 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 26, 2018
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has finally announced the approval of TLS 1.3, the new version of the Transport Layer Security traffic encryption protocol. It was a long journey, the IETF has been analyzing proposals for TLS 1.3 since April 2014, the final release is the result of the work on 28 drafts. The TLS protocol […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 26, 2018
After the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook made the headlines again, the company collected users’ Android call and SMS metadata for years. The Cambridge Analytica case it raised the discussion about the power of social networks and the possibility of their abuse for the conditioning of political activities. The non-professionals have discovered how important their digital experience […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 26, 2018
Recently Reddit decided to ban the biggest darknet subreddit, /r/darknetmarkets, used by crime communities to discuss producta and services in the most popular darknet markets. Darknet markets have a crucial role in the cybercrime underground, they are excellent places of aggregation for the demand and the offer of illegal products and services. Communities around principal Darknet markets […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 25, 2018
According to the lawsuit filed by San Diego city attorney Mara Elliott the Experian credit agency never notified the 2013 security breach to the affected consumers as required under California law. The City of San Diego, California is suing the Experian credit agency for the security breach that the company suffered in 2013. “San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott has filed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 25, 2018
Trend Micro uncovered a new crypto mining campaign targeting Linux servers that exploit the CVE-2013-2618 flaw in Cacti’s Network Weathermap plug-in, which system administrators use to visualize network activity. Security firm Trend Micro uncovered new crypto mining campaign, a cybercriminal gang has made nearly $75,000 by installing a Monero miner on vulnerable Linux servers. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 25, 2018
Thousands of etcd installations are currently leaking 750MB worth of passwords, keys, and sensitive data. Thousands of servers belonging to private businesses and organizations are leaking credentials and potentially sensitive data. It is quite easy for hackers to use the credentials to access the servers and steal sensitive data or use the machines to power […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 24, 2018
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 Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! · Hackers tried to cause a blast at a Saudi petrochemical plant · Russia-linked […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 24, 2018
The US DoJ and Department of the Treasury on Friday announced charges against nine Iranian hackers for alleged involvement in state-sponsored hacking activities. The US Department of Justice and Department of the Treasury on Friday announced charges against nine Iranians for alleged involvement in a massive state-sponsored hacking scheme, the hackers hit more than 300 […]
