Pierluigi Paganini
February 16, 2014
Hold Security reported it has discovered a list of credentials for close to 7,800 FTP servers being circulated in cybercrime forums in the Deep Web. FTP servers are considered a privileged target for cyber criminals, hackers can exploit them for example to spread malware infecting webservers that rely on FTP applications for updates. The Hold Security firm […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 15, 2014
Security researchers from FireEye have recently discovered a new IE 10 Zero-Day exploit being used in a watering hole attack. Security experts at FireEye discovered a new IE 10 Zero-Day exploit (CVE-2014-0322) being used in a watering hole attack on the US Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) website. The zero-day allows the attacker to modify one byte […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 14, 2014
Cybercriminals targeting mobile applications with fake SSL Certificates to run man-in-the-middle attacks against the affected companies and their customers. There is the wrong conviction that SSL certification user can protect users from be tricked to visit a fake website. Netcraft has uncovered numerous attacks based on fake SSL certificates used to impersonate online banking websites, ecommerce , ISPs and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 12, 2014
Largest Ever 400Gbps Distributed Denial of Service NTP Amplification attack hits Europe servers of anti-DDoS protection firm Cloudfare. Despite the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is a type of offensive easy to arrange, it is a very insidious threat for web services. A recent analysis revealed that the Distributed Denial of Service attack are increasing in magnitude […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 11, 2014
Speaking at Kaspersky Lab’s Industry Analyst Summit,Costin Raiu revealed details on The Mask campaign, the most sophisticated operation they’ve seen to date. The Kaspersky team recently announced to have detected a new significant APT campaign dubbed The Mask or “Careto” (Spanish for “Ugly Face” or “Mask”), a group of high-level state-sponsored hackers have been targeting government agencies, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 10, 2014
Attackers changed the DNS configuration of vulnerable home routers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks on a large scale against Polish online banking users. The Polish Computer Emergency Response Team has documented a series of cyber attacks observed in Poland involved cybercriminals hacking into home routers and changing their DNS settings so they can conduct MITM attacks on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 09, 2014
Speaking at Kaspersky Lab’s Industry Analyst Summit Costin Raiu, revealed that the cost for APT campaign is dramatically dropping. The cost of developing advanced malware has fallen dramatically malicious code like Stuxnet and Flame are today economically more affordable. It has been estimated that the expense for the development of a cyber weapon like Stuxnet,or for a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 08, 2014
Security experts at AppRiver detected a traffic spam spike linked to a new malware Campaign Targeting customers of Bank of America. Bank of America is being targeted by a new malicious campaign, cybercriminals are spreading a stealthy malicious financial malware to hit the clients of the financial institution. Security experts at AppRiver recently detected and blocked a set of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 08, 2014
Emsisoft has detected a new variant of malware dubbed Linkup (Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Linkup), it is ransomware that blocks Internet access and mines Bitcoin. Emsisoft has detected a new variant of malware dubbed Linkup (Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Linkup), it is ransomware presenting a singular behavior. Usually a ransomware locks victim’s computer or encrypts files requesting the payment of a ransom to unlock it, but […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2014
Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player to fix a critical vulnerability exploited in a sophisticated cyber espionage campaign. Adobe has released today a new patch for the Flash Player product to fix a vulnerability which is currently being exploited. The vulnerability (CVE-2014-0497), allows an attacker to remotely take control of the targeted system […]
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