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Pierluigi Paganini March 17, 2018
Hackers awarded $267,000 at Pwn2Own 2018, was far less than in the past editions

At Pwn2Own 2018 the hackers received a total of $267,000, it was far less than in the past editions, but the quality of research was amazing. The popular hacking competition Pwn2Own is concluded, let’s see how much hackers earned and which applications they have successfully pwned. White hat hackers have earned a total of $267,000 at […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 17, 2018
Popular Hacker Adrian Lamo, known for the case Chelsea Manning, is dead

The popular Hacker Adrian Lamo died at 37 age, the coroner confirmed his death, but the circumstances of his passing are still unknown. The popular hacker Adrian Lamo has died at 37, he is known for hacking a number of companies, including The New York Times in 2002., and turning the whistleblower Chelsea Manning into the FBI. […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2018
Hackers can elevate privileges by hacking into popular text editors

Following recent string of attacks that exploit flawed plugins, researchers at SafeBreach examined 6 popular extensible text editors for unix systems. Most of the modern text editors allow users to extend their functionalities by using third-party plugins, in this way they are enlarging their attack surface. Third-party plugins could be affected by vulnerabilities that could […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2018
GandCrab ransomware evolves thanks to an AGILE development process

According to Check Point report, the authors of the prolific GandCrab ransomware are continuously improving their malware by adopting the AGILE development process. Early February experts at cyber security firm LMNTRIX have discovered a new ransomware-as-a-service dubbed GandCrab. advertised in Russian hacking community on the dark web. The GandCrab was advertised in Russian hacking communities, researchers noticed that […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2018
Mossack Fonseca law firm shuts down operations 2 years after Panama Papers

News of the day is that the Mossack Fonseca law firm would shut down operations due to the reputational damage caused by the Panama Papers security breach. The Panama Papers is a huge trove of strictly confidential documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca that was leaked online on April 3, 2016. The Panama Leaks were acquired […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2018
Hacking SAP CRM by chaining 2 vulnerabilities in SAP NetWeaver AS Java

Security experts at ERPScan explained that chaining 2 flaws recently patched it is possible to hack SAP CRM systems and access sensitive data. Security experts at ERPScan discovered that chaining the exploits for two security vulnerabilities in SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java patched last month, an attacker can hack customer relationship management (CRM) systems. CRMs are […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2018
The RottenSys botnet is already composed of nearly 5 million Android devices

RottenSys – A Chinese crime ring is building a huge botnet that is already composed of nearly 5 million Android device. Researchers at Check Point discovered attackers infecting the device with a strain of malware dubbed RottenSys that aggressively display ads on victims’ devices. “The Check Point Mobile Security Team has discovered a new widespread malware family […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2018
VPN leaks affect 3 Major VPN vendors, only Hotspot Shield promptly fixed it

The website VPNMentor discovered that IP leak issues in three major VPN vendors, only Hotspot Shield VPN promptly fixed it. The website VPNMentor decided to hire a group of hackers to test popular virtual private networks (VPN) for vulnerabilities that can pose risk for the users. The results of the tests revealed that the solutions evaluated by the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2018
Qrypter RAT hits 243 organizations worldwide in February

Qrypter RAT hits 243 organizations worldwide in February 2018, its popularity in the cybercrime ecosystem continues to increase. A new strain of remote access Trojan dubbed Qrypter RAT (aka Qarallax, Quaverse, QRAT, and Qontroller) hit hundreds of organizations worldwide. The malware was spotted by security firm Forcepoint, it has been around for a couple of years, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2018
Experts discovered a new tiny Pos Malware dubbed Pinkkite

Researchers presented findings on a new strain of point-of-sale malware, dubbed PinkKite, that was spotted by security experts at Kroll Cyber Security. A new strain of point-of-sale malware, dubbed PinkKite, was spotted by security experts at Kroll Cyber Security. PinkKite was first discovered in 2017 while the experts were instigating into a large POS malware campaign. PinkKite […]