Pierluigi Paganini
September 03, 2014
In this article published on the Infosec Institute are analyzed the principal studies on the security of traffic light systems and techniques to hack them. http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/hacking-traffic-light-systems/ We often see movie scenes in which hackers are able to hack systems for the control of traffic lights, with catastrophic consequences, unfortunately we must be conscious that threat […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 03, 2014
Hosting provider Namecheap warned its customers that hackers compromised some of its users’ accounts using the CyberVor’s archive of credentials. Hosting provider Namecheap announced that earlier this week that hackers compromised some of its users’ accounts, apparently using the âCyberVorâ collection of 1.2 billion usernames and passwords compiled by Russian hackers.  âCyberVorâ (âvorâ means âthiefâ in Russian) […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 02, 2014
CryptoPhone 500 security firm has found 17 bogus cellphone towers in the US with a heavily customized handset exploited for surveillance activities. Seventeen mysterious cellphone towers have been discovered in the USA, they are identical to legitimate towers, the unique difference is related a heavily customized handset built for Android security. According to the Popular Science, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 02, 2014
Investigation on celebrities naked pictures leaked online raises suspicion that hackers breached iCloud accounts exploiting a flaw in the “Find my IPhone” feature. An alleged hack of Apple’s iCloud accounts of many celebrities seems to be the cause of the leakage online hundreds of naked photos purportedly belonging to more than 100 actors and singers.  On […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 01, 2014
Experts at Dr.Web detected a Linux DDoS Trojan designed to infect also Windows OS, the circumstance is considered rare in the criminal ecosystem. The Russian antivirus company Dr. Web discovered that a Chinese DDoS Trojan written for Linux operating system seems have jumped to Windows, an event considered rare. “Cases of Linux malware being tailored by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 01, 2014
The APWG Report Q2 2014 states that phishing activities continue to increase, phishers are targeting Crypto Currency, Payment Services and Retail Sites. The APWG has published its new report related to phishing activities in the period April – June 2014, the document titled “Phishing Activity Trends Report, 2nd Quarter 2014” states that online payment services […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 31, 2014
A new malvertising campaign has been spotted by experts at Fox-IT, the researchers discovered malicious ads on high-profile websites including Java.com. Experts at Fox-IT revealed in a blog post the Internet firm AppNexus is the origin of a new “malvertising” campaign, which is based on the Angler Exploit Kit to redirect visitors to malicious websites serving the Asprox malware. AppNexus provides a platform […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 30, 2014
According to a government agencies around 300 oil and energy companies in Norway have been targeted by one of the biggest hacking campaign. Nearly 300 oil and energy companies in Norway have been targeted by one of the biggest cyber attacks ever to happen in the country, a government source reported last week. The identities of the firms […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 30, 2014
Security experts at TrendMicro have detected a new variant of the BIFROSE malware leveraging on the Tor network in a targeted attack. Security experts at TrendMicro have been investigating a targeted attack against a device manufacturer when they discovered that BIFROSE malware, a well-known backdoor, has infected the systems of the company.  BIFROSE has been around for many […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 29, 2014
US law enforcement and private security firms are investigating on a series of cyber attacks which hit JPMorgan and other financial institutions. The FBI announced that the Bureau is investigating media reports of cyber attacks on US banks and financial firms, but law enforcement hasn’t provided further information on the incidents neither on the affected companies. […]
