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Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2014

Mac OS X is no longer immune, reveals Kaspersky’s 2014 Malware countdown

Apple’s Mac OS X is no longer immune to malware and bugs says Kaspersky Security Lab.A survey of 2014 reveals that more malware attacks targeted Mac. For years, Mac OS X has been flaunted as the most immune OS to malwares and bugs. Well, the reign of Mac might end in 2014, with users’ on […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2014

Are CloudAtlas and RedOctober campaigns managed by same APT?

Kaspersky Lab suspects that the bad actor who is managing a new campaign dubbed CloudAtlas is the same that run the Operation Red October two years ago. Red October is the name of a cyber espionage campaign discovered by security experts at Kaspersky Lab in late 2012 and disclosed in January 2013. The threat actors behind the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2014

Hackers leak scripts, celebrity phones and aliases at Sony Pictures Entertainment

GOP released a new archive of Sony Pictures Entertainment confidential data including private information of employees, celebrity phone numbers, film scripts and many more. The Sony Pictures data breach is becoming a never ending history, the GOP is leaking company data and much more since the attack while security firms are providing the details of their […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2014

Stolen Sony certificates used to digitally sign Destover Malware

Security experts at Kaspersky Lab have detected a strain of Destover Malware that has been digitally signed with the certificates stolen during Sony attack. Security experts have detected a new strain of the Destover malware that was used in the recent Sony Pictures Entertainment breaches characterized by a singular feature, the sample is signed by […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2014

Lizard Squad launches DDoS attack also on PlayStation network

Lizard Squad claims to have hacked also Sony PlayStation Network that suffered a DDoS attack. A week ago the hacking team known as the Lizard Squad brought down the Xbox Live online service with a DDoS attack. Microsoft users were not able to access the online platform for several hours, the service has several problems […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2014

Italy is within most targeted countries by Crypto-Ransomware in EMEA Region

Trend Micro has analyzed the diffusion of Crypto-Ransomware in the EMEA Region, such attacks are very effective and Italy is in the Top infected countries. The holiday season is the period of the year in which cybercrime appears more active because it is advantaged by a fervid online activity of the Internet users. This is the period of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2014

Xbox Live service down again due to a new DDoS attack by the Lizard Squad

Xbox Live online service was not available for the second time in a few days due to a new DDoS attack by the Lizard Squad hacking team. Just a week ago the hacking team Lizard Squad has hit the Xbox Live service with a DDoS attack that caused its interruption. The Microsoft’s Xbox Live servers were not […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 07, 2014

The wiper malware that hit Sony Picture was written in Korean

Security experts at AlienVault discovered further elements of the wiper malware used for the attack on Sony Pictures that link it to North Korean hackers. New evidence has emerged from the investigation on the clamorous cyber attack against the Sony Pictures, experts at Alien Vault provided further elements to link the attack to the North Korea. Last […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 07, 2014

GOP sent threatening emails to Sony Pictures Employees

Hackers behind the major attack against the Sony Pictures Entertainment hit again the company by sending threatening emails to its employees. The massive cybar attack that compromised the corporate computer network at Sony Pictures Entertainment is having a serious impact on the organization and its employees. The GOP crew, aka the Guardians of Peace, that hacked Sony Picture accessed a huge […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 06, 2014

Treasury Dept report confirms Tor network abuse in financial crimes

A non-public report realized by the US Treasury Department found that a majority of bank account takeovers exploits the anonymizing the Tor network. A report from the U.S. Treasury Department found that a majority of bank account takeovers by cyber criminals, affected organizations over the past decade, exploited the anonymizing Tor network. The news is shared by the […]

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Mac OS X is no longer immune, reveals Kaspersky’s 2014 Malware countdown

Are CloudAtlas and RedOctober campaigns managed by same APT?

Hackers leak scripts, celebrity phones and aliases at Sony Pictures Entertainment

Stolen Sony certificates used to digitally sign Destover Malware

Lizard Squad launches DDoS attack also on PlayStation network

Italy is within most targeted countries by Crypto-Ransomware in EMEA Region

Xbox Live service down again due to a new DDoS attack by the Lizard Squad

The wiper malware that hit Sony Picture was written in Korean

GOP sent threatening emails to Sony Pictures Employees

Treasury Dept report confirms Tor network abuse in financial crimes

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