Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2017
The company O2-Telefonica in Germany has confirmed to Süddeutsche Zeitung agency that some of its customers suffered cyber heists exploiting the SS7 flaws. Security experts have been warning for years about security vulnerabilities affecting the SS7 protocol widely adopted in mobile communications. SS7, aka Signalling System No. 7, is a set of protocols used in telecommunications ever since the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2017
The notorious cyber crime gang Carbanak is back and it is continuing to refine its techniques and tactics and developed new tools for its attacks. The cyber crime gang Carbanak continues to refine its techniques and tactics. According to a new analysis conducted by the security firm Trustwave, the group has refined its intrusion strategy and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2017
Don’t click Google Docs link! A Google Docs phishing scheme is quickly spreading across the Internet targeting a large number of users. Did you receive an unsolicited Google Doc from someone? First, do not click on that Google Doc link embedded in the email you have received and delete the message, even if it’s from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2017
Travel giant Sabre investigating a data breach that could have exposed payment and customer data tied to bookings processed through its reservations system. Another day, another data breach, this time the victim is the Travel Tech Giant Sabre that in a SEC filing confirmed it is “investigating an incident involving unauthorized access to payment information contained in a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2017
Experts from security firm WordFence reported a rapid reduction of WordPress attacks originating from hundreds of ISPs worldwide. Experts at the security firm Wordfence a few weeks ago reported that tens of thousands of flawed routers from dozens of ISPs worldwide were recruited in a botnet used to power several types of attacks against WordPress […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2017
Bad news for Mac users, a new variant of the OSX.Dok dropper was discovered by researchers at Malwarebytes, it was spotted installing a new payload dubbed Bella backdoor. Once the DOK malware infects a macOS system, it gains administrative privileges and installs a new root certificate. The root certificate allows the malicious code to intercept all victim’s […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 02, 2017
Kaspersky is currently monitoring the activities of more than 100 threat actors, from the From Lazarus APT to StoneDrill. According to the experts from KasperskyLab, the infamous Lazarus APT group, aka BlueNoroff, is the most dangerous threat against financial institutions worldwide. The activity of the Lazarus Group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 02, 2017
Ourmine hackers breached into the Unity Forum and informed its users that they had gained access to a database containing the details of 2 million records. The notorious hacker group OurMine made the headlines once again, this time the victim it the Unity Game Engine forum. The group has defaced and hacked the Unity forum over the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 02, 2017
According to a new analysis conducted by the IBM’s X-Force security team, a new wave of attacks powered by the TrickBot banking Trojan have been targeting private banks in the UK, Australia, and Germany. The researchers observed new redirection attacks focused on new brands, including private banks, private wealth management firms, investment banking, and a retirement insurance and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 30, 2017
The hacker ‘The Dark Overlord’ claims to have stolen and leaked online episodes from the forthcoming season of the TV show Orange Is The New Black. A hacker who goes online with the moniker “The Dark Overlord” claims to have stolen episodes from the forthcoming season of the TV show ‘Orange is the New Black.’ […]
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