Pierluigi Paganini
January 12, 2017
Two Italian siblings have been arrested by Italian Police and they were charged with a long-running cyber espionage campaign. This is a very intriguing story, two Italian siblings Giulio and Francesca Maria Occhionero gave been arrested by Italian Police and they were charged with a long-running cyber espionage campaign that targeted Italian politicians, lawyers, entrepreneurs, and masons. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 12, 2017
2016 was the biggest year by far for all sorts of bots. From Chatbots to bad bots, the past year was eventful to say the least. With more than 980+ cyber security breaches across all online businesses and 35 million accounts exposed. Yahoo! In a 2016 report, disclosed that more than 1 billion accounts have […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 12, 2017
Security experts from Emsisoft spotted a new strain of malware, the Spora ransomware, that allows potential victims to pay for immunity from future attacks. Security experts from Emsisoft spotted a new strain of ransomware dubbed Spora that implements a singular extortion mechanism, it allows potential victims to pay for immunity from future attacks. According to the experts, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 11, 2017
According to the BSI more than 6,000 online stores running eBay’s Magento platform have been hacked across the last two years. According to the Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security, more than 6,000 online stores running eBay’s Magento platform have been hacked across the last two years. Crooks targeted the e-commerce platform in order to steal credit […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 11, 2017
The ShadowBrokers is the hacker crew stolen the arsenal of the NSA-Linked Equation Group is offering for sale the stolen NSA Windows Hacking Tools. The ShadowBrokers is the hacker crew that leaked a portion of the arsenal of the NSA-Linked Equation Group, a precious archive containing hacking tools and exploits. At the end of October, the hackers leaked a fresh […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2017
A second variant of the Shamoon 2 malware was discovered by researchers at Palo Alto Networks, this threat also targets virtualization products. A new strain of the Shamoon 2 malware was spotted by the security experts at Palo Alto Networks, this variant targets virtualization products. Shamoon, also known as Disttrack, was first spotted in a wave of attacks that targeted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2017
The Los Angeles Community College District has paid a US$28,000 ransomware after crooks compromised its network. Fortunately, the school retrieved data. A Los Angeles school has paid a US$28,000 ransomware after crooks compromised its network. Cyber criminals encrypted computer services, including email systems, at the Los Angeles Community College District. The ransomware used in the attack encrypted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2017
The operators behind the Sundown exploit kit have started using two Microsoft Edge flaws just a few days after researchers published a PoC exploit. The Sundown exploit kit is becoming one of the most popular crimeware kits in the hacking underground. The last time we saw it was at the end of 2016 when malware researchers spotted a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2017
The Hello Kitty MongoDB database leaked online one year ago recently surface on the web, it includes 3.3 million records belonging to Hello Kitty fans. The security researcher Chris Vickery discovered a Sanrio database that was misconfigured and exposed to the public in 2015. On December 2015, Vickery reported the discovery to Databreaches.net and Salted Hash. According […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 09, 2017
According to the Australian Communications and Media Authority Antipodes the number of hacked MongoDB databases more than double to 27,000 in just a day. MongoDB ransom attacks soar, according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority Antipodes the number of hacked systems more than double to 27,000 in just a day. According to the experts, […]
