Pierluigi Paganini
November 09, 2016
Kaspersky discovered a new strain of the Svpeng Trojan delivered through popular news websites using Google’s AdSense via a zero-day in Chrome. Crooks exploited a Chrome Zero-Day vulnerability to deliver the Android Svpeng Trojan to Android users via Google AdSense. The Svpeng Trojan is not a new threat, it was first spotted by Kaspersky Lab in July 2013 when threat […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 09, 2016
The residents in two apartment buildings Finland faced more that a week of serious problem due to a DDoS attack that targeted the building control systems. What does a DDoS with everyday life? The recent attack against the Dyn DNS service powered by an IoT botnet demonstrated the weakness of modern society to cyber threats. Anyway, to better explain […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 08, 2016
Security experts from Cheetah Mobile Security Research Lab published an interesting Technical analysis of the mobile variant of the Locker virus. Blatant malicious behavior of the Locker virus The Locker virus can easily be identified by its blatant malicious behavior. Here are the tell-tail signs: Windows appear on the top of the home screen that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 07, 2016
Tesco Bank halted all online transactions after a cyber heist affected thousands of its customers. An investigation is ongoing. Tesco Bank is going to adopt a strong measure in response to a cyber attack, the financial institution will freeze customers’ online transactions. The measure was announced by the chief executive Benny Higgins, the bank has admitted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 07, 2016
Cisco data leak – Cisco has fixed a security vulnerability in the company Professional Careers portal that exposed personal information of the users. Cisco data leak – Cisco has fixed a security vulnerability existing in the company Professional Careers portal that may have leaked personal information. Cisco has notified the issue to the affected users […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 06, 2016
The databases of the Indian Embassies in Switzerland, Mali, Romania, Italy, Malawi, and Libya were leaked online by two grey hat hackers. Today I was contacted by a security pentester who goes online with the moniker Kapustkiy who revealed me to have breached the Indian Embassies in Switzerland, Mali, Romania, Italy, Malawi, and Libya. Kapustkiy and his friend Kasimierz (@Kasimierz_) told […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 06, 2016
Experts from Heimdal Security reported a recent LinkedIn phishing campaign aiming to collect confidential information from unsuspecting users. Phishing attacks continue to be a serious threat, crooks exploit paradigms such as social medial platforms and mobile in the attempt of stealing sensitive data.According to 2015 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report, 23% of email recipients open […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 06, 2016
Security researchers at Skycure have discovered a new commodity Android Spyware, dubbed Exaspy, targeting high-level executives. While in many countries the number of Smartphone and Tables is greater of desktop PC, new threats are targeting mobile devices. Researchers at Skycure have discovered a new strain of Android spyware, dubbed Exaspy, that has been used in targeted attacks against […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 03, 2016
Cisco Talos group analyzed the evolution of the Sundown exploit kit that over the past six months has become responsible for a large number of infections. Over the past months, the threat landscape for exploit kits is rapidly changing. Angler EK, Neutrino EK, and Nuclear EK that for years monopolized the criminal underground disappeared. Now, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 01, 2016
The British Government announces an active defence posture in response to nation-state cyber attacks, Chancellor warns UK will retaliate against attacks. Hacking back, or “active defence” as security experts prefer to call it, is becoming a high debated argument. While the number of cyber attacks continues to increase and attackers are using even more sophisticated techniques, many Governments […]
