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Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2017
US Government website was hosting a JavaScript downloader delivering Cerber ransomware

Security experts discovered last week that a US government website was hosting a JavaScript downloader used to deliver the Cerber ransomware. The security researcher at NewSky Security Ankit Anubhav discovered last week that a US government website was hosting a malicious JavaScript downloader that was delivering the dreaded Cerber ransomware. #Javascript #malware using #powershell hosted […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2017
DragonOK APT is adopting new tactics, techniques and procedures

Researchers at Palo Alto Networks recently observed the DragonOK APT group adopting new tactics, techniques and procedures. China-linked cyber espionage group DragonOK is back, security experts from Palo Alto Networks have uncovered a new campaign leveraging the KHRAT remote access Trojan (RAT). The DragonOk group (also known as NetTraveler (TravNet), PlugX, Saker, Netbot, DarkStRat, and ZeroT i) was first spotted September […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2017
Experts spotted a malware campaign using HoeflerText Popups to push RAT Malware

Experts spotted a new EITest campaign leveraging HoeflerText Popups to target Google Chrome users and push NetSupport Manager RAT or Locky ransomware Security expert Brad Duncan with both the SANS Internet Storm Center and Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42, has spotted a malware campaign leveraging bogus popups that alert users to a missing web-font. The crooks are targeting Google […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2017
6 Million Celebrities Instagram High-Profiles Data available for sale on DoxaGram

Doxagram website claims to be selling the email addresses and phone numbers of 6M High-Profiles Instagram accounts ranging from POTUS to Taylor Swift. The story began with the hack of the Selena Gomez Instagram account, a hacker hijacked it and published three nude photos of Justin Bieber. A few days later, it was reported a vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2017
A code execution flaw in LabVIEW will remain unpatched

Security researchers at Cisco Talos have discovered a code execution issue in LabVIEW software that will remain unpatched. Security researchers at Cisco Talos have discovered a code execution vulnerability in National Instruments LabVIEW system design and development platform. The LabVIEW engineering software is widely adopted for applications that require test, measurement, and control. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-2779, could be […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2017
FDA recalls 465,000 pacemakers open to cyber attack

The United States Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is recalling 465,000 pacemakers that could be hacked by attackers. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recalling roughly half a million pacemakers because they are vulnerable to hacking, million people in the United States urge to get their pacemakers updated. In May, researchers from security firm White […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2017
Vxer is offering Cobian RAT in the underground, but it is backdoored

Malware writer is offering for free a malware dubbed Cobian RAT in the underground, but the malicious code hides an ugly surprise. In the dark web, it is quite easy to find alone vxers and hacking forums that offer malware and customize them according to buyers’ needs. Recently researchers from Zscaler have spotted a remote access […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2017
The OurMine hacker group defaced WikiLeaks website with a DNS redirect

On Thursday, the notorious Saudi Arabian OurMine hacker group has defaced the website of the Wikileaks organization, WikiLeaks.org. WikiLeaks it the last victim of the notorious OurMine hacker group, on Thursday the crew defaced the website of the organization,WikiLeaks.org. The site was defaced and visitors were redirected through a DNS poisoning attack to a page […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2017
Experts discovered easily exploitable flaws in Arris modems distributed by AT&T

Arris modems, routers, and gateways distributed by AT&T’s U-verse service are affected by easy to exploit vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities have been reported by researchers at security consultancy Nomotion. The support interfaces are easily accessible over SSH and remote and local attackers could exploit hidden services to hack into the devices. Experts from Nomotion publicly disclosed […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2017
Hackers exploited an Instagram flaw access celebrity profile data

An Instagram flaw allowed hackers to access profile information for high-profile users, the incident was confirmed by the company. Instagram has recently suffered a possibly serious data breach with hackers gaining access to the phone numbers and email addresses for many “high-profile” users. Hackers recently accessed personal information of “high-profile” users, including phone numbers and email […]