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Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2015

FBI: researcher hacked plane in-flight, causing it to “climb”

The computer security researcher Chris Roberts reported the FBI that he obtained the control of at least one commercial flight causing it to “climb”. A new search warrant filed in a federal court in New York state published Friday by the Canadian website APTN revealed that the aviation computer security researcher Chris Roberts reported the FBI that […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2015

mSpy data breach exposes thousand kids to online predators

Recently e-mails, text messages, payments, locations, and other data related with mSpy users were posted on the Deep Web, thousand of kids are at risk. Last week, e-mails, text messages, payments, locations, and other data related with mSpy users were posted on the Deep Web. mSpy, is a software-as-a-service product that officially was designed to […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2015

Cyberattacks on Oil and Gas Firms Launched with no Malware at all

Oil and gas industry targeted by hackers with a genuine looking windows file, not a malware. The attacks are ongoing for about two years. A unique targeted attack being underway for about two consecutive years exploits Windows file functions that look legitimate and a couple of homemade scripts – but not malware – in order […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2015

Chinese APT17 exploits Microsoft’s TechNet Portal to Host C&C IPs

The Chinese threat actor known as APT17 and DeputyDog has been using profile pages and forum threads on Microsoft’s TechNet web portal to host IP addresses for command and control (C&C) servers. Security experts at FireEye and the colleagues at Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center have published a report on the activities of the Chinese group […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 14, 2015

APT28 hacking crew plans attacks on financial institutions

According to a report published by the experts at root9B the hacking crew APT28 is planning to attack several financial institutions worldwide. In October 2014, security expert at FireEye published a report on the activities conducted by a group of Russian hackers, dubbed APT28, the hacking crew is behind long-running cyber espionage campaigns that targeted US defense contractors, European security organizations and […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 14, 2015

Hackers drain money from Starbucks accounts linked to users’ credit cards

Hackers steal money from Starbucks mobile customers using linked credit cards, nearly 16 million customers who use the company app are at risk. Starbucks is the last victim of scammers, cyber criminals are syphoning money from the credit or debit card linked to the customers’ Starbucks accounts. The attack is quite simple for fraudsters, the criminal […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2015

Cyber threats scare a society increasingly dependent on technology

Experts estimated that between 25 to 50 billion devices will be connected to the internet by 2020 will be exposed to an increasing number of cyber threats. Until the end of 2020, experts estimated that between 25 to 50 billion devices on the planet will be connected to the internet, and counting that the Internet […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2015

Mass-Scale Abuse of poorly configured SOHO Routers

Several dozen Imperva Incapsula customers were targeted by a DDoS botnet comprised of tens of thousands of hijacked SOHO routers. Security experts at Incapsula firm spotted a DDoS botnet composed of tens of thousands of malware-infected Small Office / Home Office SOHO routers engaged in application layer HTTP flood attacks. The SOHO routers were infected with a strain […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2015

Crooks use iPods to steal card at ATM machines

British Law enforcement has published a collection of pictures showing the use of pinhole cameras and iPods to steal card details at ATM machines. Law enforcement has shared a collection of images showing a last trend in the criminal underground, the use of pinhole cameras and iPods to steal card details at ATM machines. These […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 10, 2015

Security Affairs newsletter Round 8 – Best of the week from best sources

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from the best sources free for you in your email box. Trustwave discovered the first political malvertising campaign Mozilla Fundation, a step toward to full HTTPS implementation How Selerity reported Twitter’s earnings—before Twitter did Carders crack Hard Rock casino Australian […]

Cyber Crime

FBI: researcher hacked plane in-flight, causing it to “climb”

mSpy data breach exposes thousand kids to online predators

Cyberattacks on Oil and Gas Firms Launched with no Malware at all

Chinese APT17 exploits Microsoft’s TechNet Portal to Host C&C IPs

APT28 hacking crew plans attacks on financial institutions

Hackers drain money from Starbucks accounts linked to users’ credit cards

Cyber threats scare a society increasingly dependent on technology

Mass-Scale Abuse of poorly configured SOHO Routers

Crooks use iPods to steal card at ATM machines

Security Affairs newsletter Round 8 – Best of the week from best sources

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