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Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2016

Hackers stole records of 1.5 million customers of Verizon Enterprise

Hackers reportedly stole the records of 1.5 million customers of Verizon Enterprise which are offered for sale in the criminal underground. According to KrebsOnSecurity, data leaked after a security reach at Verizon Enterprise Solutions are available in the cyber criminal underground. Records of 1.5 million customers of Verizon Enterprise are available for sale, the entire archive is offered for $100,000, but […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2016

Seven Iranian Hackers indicted by the US government for hacking

US authorities announced charges against seven Iranian hackers for attacking computer systems at banks and a dam in New York. A couple of days after the US DoJ announced that three components of the Syrian Electronic Army were inserted by the FBI in the Most Wanted list, today the US authorities announced charges against seven Iranian nationals for hacking […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2016

The Apple System Integrity Protection feature bypassed

Security researchers from SentinelOne have discovered a security vulnerability affecting the Apple System Integrity Protection (SIP). Security researcher Pedro Vilaça from SentinelOne has discovered a security vulnerability ( CVE-2016-1757) affecting the Apple System Integrity Protection (SIP). The SIP is a security mechanism implemented by Apple in the OS X El Capitan operating system for the protection of certain […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2016

Chinese hacker admitted hacking US Defense contractors

A Chinese national pleaded guilty yesterday, March 23, on charges with hacking trade secrets from US defense contractors. A Chinese national pleaded guilty yesterday, March 23, on charges with hacking trade secrets from US defense contractors. The man, Su Bin (also known as Stephen Su and Stephen Subin), 50, had been charged in a 2014 indictment with […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2016

Three Syrian Electronic Army Hackers are in the FBI Most Wanted

Three members of the Syrian Electronic Army hacker crew have been inserted by the US authorities in the list of most wanted criminals. The Syrian Electronic Army, aka SEA, is considered one of most dreaded hacking crew that first appeared in 2011. According to the report “Syrian Electronic Army – Hacktivision to Cyber Espionage?,” published in 2014, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2016

The FBI is investigating ransomware-based attack at Methodist Hospital

The FBI is investigating cyber-attack at Methodist Hospital in Henderson, once again a ransomware hit a critical infrastructure. Ransomware is one of the most dangerous cyber threats for businesses and government organizations, the number of infections worldwide is in constant increase. Recently I reported the discovery in the wild of the a new variant of the TeslaCrypt, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 21, 2016

Hackers brought down the websites of principal Swedish Newspapers

The online editions of principal Swedish newspapers were knocked out for several hours by a cyber attack during the weekend. The websites if a Swedish were shut down in the weekend due to an “extremely dangerous and serious” cyber attack. The websites hit by the hackers are the Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet, Expressen, Aftonbladet, Dagens Industri, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2016

Olympic Vision BEC attacks target businesses worldwide with keyloggers

Trend Micro discovered a Business Email Compromise Campaign leveraging on the Olympic Vision keylogger that targets Middle East and Asia Pacific Companies. A new malware-based campaign is targeting key employees from companies in the US, Middle East and Asia. The attackers are using malware in a classic business email compromise (BEC) attack in order to […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2016

Be aware the unbreakable TeslaCrypt 4 was detected in the wild

According to the experts at Heimdal Security firm, the ransomware Teslacrypt 4 arrived and it is infecting systems in the wild. According to the experts at Heimdal Security, the fourth version of the infamous Teslacrypt ransomware has just been launched. Teslacrypt 4 implements new functionalities and is more stable of previous versions, stability, it also […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 18, 2016

New Android Gmobi adware found in firmware and popular apps

Malware researchers at the Dr Web firm have found an Android malware named Gmobi specifically designed to spread as a software development kit (SDK). Malware researchers at security firm Dr.Web have detected a new strain of malware that was specifically designed to spread as a software development kit (SDK) used by software developers and mobile device […]

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Hackers stole records of 1.5 million customers of Verizon Enterprise

Seven Iranian Hackers indicted by the US government for hacking

The Apple System Integrity Protection feature bypassed

Chinese hacker admitted hacking US Defense contractors

Three Syrian Electronic Army Hackers are in the FBI Most Wanted

The FBI is investigating ransomware-based attack at Methodist Hospital

Hackers brought down the websites of principal Swedish Newspapers

Olympic Vision BEC attacks target businesses worldwide with keyloggers

Be aware the unbreakable TeslaCrypt 4 was detected in the wild

New Android Gmobi adware found in firmware and popular apps

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