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Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2018

Hacker stole $1m from Silicon Valley executive via SIM swap

Nicholas Truglia, a 21-years-old man from New York, has stolen $1 million from Silicon Valley executive via SIM swap, and targeted other indivisuals. Nicholas Truglia, a 21-years-old man from New York, has been accused of stealing $1 million from Silicon Valley executive via SIM swap. He gained access to his phone number and used it impersonate […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 25, 2018

Very trivial Spotify phishing campaign uncovered by experts

Researchers at AppRiver uncovered a very trivial phishing campaign targeting the streaming service Spotify, anyway, it is important to share info about it. Security researchers at AppRiver uncovered a phishing campaign targeting the popular streaming service Spotify. The phishing campaign was discovered earlier November, attackers used convincing emails to trick Spotify users into providing their account credentials. The messages include a […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 25, 2018

Security Affairs newsletter Round 190 – News of the week

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! · 6,500+ sites deleted after Dark Web hosting […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 25, 2018

Facebook appeals UK fine in Cambridge Analytica privacy Scandal

Facebook appeals 500,000-pound fine for failing to protect users’ personal information in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Facebook appeals the fine for failing to protect the privacy of the users in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica improperly collected data of 87 million Facebook users and misused it. Facebook has been fined £500,000 in the U.K., the maximum fine allowed by […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 24, 2018

Chat app Knuddels fined €20k under GDPR regulation

The case is making the headlines, the German chat platform Knuddels.de (“Cuddles”) has been fined €20,000 for storing user passwords in plain text. In July hackers breached the systems of the company Knuddels and leaked online its data. In September, an unknown individual notified Knuddels that crooks published user data of roughly 8,000 members on Pastebin and […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 24, 2018

North Korea-linked group Lazarus targets Latin American banks

According to security reearchers at Trend Micro, the North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus recently targeted banks in Latin America. The North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus recently targeted banks in Latin America, Trend Micro experts reported. The activity of the Lazarus Group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks and experts […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 24, 2018

US Government is asking allies to ban Huawei equipment

US Government is inviting its allies to exclude Huawei equipment from critical infrastructure and 5G architectures, reports the Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal reported that the US Government is urging its allies to exclude Huawei from critical infrastructure and 5G architectures. The United States is highlighting the risks for national security in case of adoption of Huawei […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2018

Beware Black Friday & Cyber Monday shoppers: fake products, credit cards scams and other types of fraud

Group-IB security experts are warning about the increasing scammers’ activity during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, warns about the increasing scammers’ activity during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales. Group-IB experts have discovered more than 400 website-clones of the popular marketplace AliExpress and roughly 200 fake websites […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2018

VMware fixed Workstation flaw disclosed at the Tianfu Cup PWN competition

VMware released security updates to address a vulnerability (CVE-2018-6983) that was recently discovered at the Tianfu Cup PWN competition. VMware released security updates to address a vulnerability (CVE-2018-6983) that was recently discovered by Tianwen Tang of Qihoo 360’s Vulcan Team at the Tianfu Cup PWN competition. White hat hackers earned more than $1 million for […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2018

New Emotet Thanksgiving campaign differs from previous ones

Researchers from Forcepoint observed a new Emotet Thanksgiving-themed campaign that appears quite different from previous ones. Security researchers from Forcepoint have observed a new Emotet Thanksgiving-themed campaign that appears quite different from previous ones. EMOTET, aka Geodo, is a banking trojan linked to the dreaded Dridex and Feodo (Cridex, Bugat) malware families. In past campaigns, EMOTET was used by crooks […]

Breaking News

Hacker stole $1m from Silicon Valley executive via SIM swap

Very trivial Spotify phishing campaign uncovered by experts

Security Affairs newsletter Round 190 – News of the week

Facebook appeals UK fine in Cambridge Analytica privacy Scandal

Chat app Knuddels fined €20k under GDPR regulation

North Korea-linked group Lazarus targets Latin American banks

US Government is asking allies to ban Huawei equipment

Beware Black Friday & Cyber Monday shoppers: fake products, credit cards scams and other types of fraud

VMware fixed Workstation flaw disclosed at the Tianfu Cup PWN competition

New Emotet Thanksgiving campaign differs from previous ones

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