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Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2014

AdThief malware infected jailbroken Apple devices

Malware expert Axelle Apvrille explained how the iOS AdThief malware infected more than 75000 jailbroken iOS devices hijacking millions advertisements. More than 75,000 jailbroken iPhones have been infected by a Chinese malware which were used by cyber criminals to hijack nearly 22 million advertisements and steal revenue from developers on the iOS jailbreak community. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2014

Espionage campaign hit embassies of former Soviet states

Security experts at Symantec detected a large-scale cyber espionage campaign which hit personnel at embassies of former Soviet states. Security researchers at Symantec discovered a large-scale cyber attack which is targeting embassies of former soviet states worldwide. The experts detected a huge cyber attack that has been carried out across more than 15 countries, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 12, 2014

CVE-2014-0546 vulnerability is being exploited in limited attacks

Experts at Kaspersky Lab have detected a vulnerability in Adobe solutions coded as CVE-2014-0546 which has been already exploited in limited attacks. Kaspersky Lab was the first team of experts to report the CVE-2014-0546 vulnerability in Adobe solutions, the Adobe firm has issued a security bulletin to describe the security update provided by the company to […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 12, 2014

The network of USIS compromised by a cyber attack

Internal network of USIS was compromised by a cyber attack which has exposed Government Employees’ Data. Investigators speculate on a state-sponsored attack The USIS (U.S. Investigations Services), which provides background checks for the US government was recently hacked. This is the second data breach in a few months that threaten US government. The USIS recently acknowledged […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 11, 2014

Sophisticated evasion techniques adopted in the Op Poisoned Hurricane

Researchers at FireEye have uncovered a new campaign dubbed Poisoned Hurricane characterized by the use of some clever techniques to avoid being detected. Security experts at FireEye revealed that several Internet infrastructure service providers in the United States and Asia, a financial institution, a government organization located in Asia and a US-based media company suffered […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 10, 2014

Malicious Facebook color changer App infected 10000 Users worldwide

Security Experts at Cheetah Mobile have uncovered a new scam based on a fake Facebook Color Changer App which infected 10000 users worldwide. Facebook is a privileged target for cyber criminals, in many cases old fraud schema are proposed again by bad actors, it is the case of the bogus Facebook “Color Changer” app. Researchers at China-based Internet company […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 10, 2014

Attacks on ISP Networks allows to steal $83,000 from Bitcoin Mining pools

Researchers at Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit discovered a theft of Bitcoin made hijacking networks of at least 19 Internet service providers. With the rise of Bitcon value has increased the interest of cybercrime, since now we have read of botnet able to mine virtual currency with victim’s resources and malicious codes able to steal Bitcoin […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 08, 2014

Poweliks the persistent malware which doesn’t install any file

Experts at GData discovered Poweliks, a persistent malware able to infect machines without installing any files on the targeted machine. Researchers at GData software have discovered a new surprising strain of malware named Poweliks which is able to infect systems and steals data without installing any file onto the victim’s machine. This malware maintains persistence storing its components […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2014

FBI infected PCs on a large scale to persecute alleged criminals

A report disclosed by Wired suggests that the FBI is using a malware to identify Tor users by infecting machines on a large scale. It’s not a mystery that usage of the Tor network represents a problem for investigators of law enforcement agencies and for government entities that need to track users on the popular anonymizing network. […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2014

Russian crime ring amasses over a Billion credentials

Experts at Hold Security firm discovered a Russian group of hackers that collected 1.2B stolen credentials obtained in different data breaches worldwide. Experts at Hold Security revealed to have discovered the biggest database of stolen user names and passwords and email addresses, the news is reported by The New York Times that hired an independent security expert who verified […]

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AdThief malware infected jailbroken Apple devices

Espionage campaign hit embassies of former Soviet states

CVE-2014-0546 vulnerability is being exploited in limited attacks

The network of USIS compromised by a cyber attack

Sophisticated evasion techniques adopted in the Op Poisoned Hurricane

Malicious Facebook color changer App infected 10000 Users worldwide

Attacks on ISP Networks allows to steal $83,000 from Bitcoin Mining pools

Poweliks the persistent malware which doesn’t install any file

FBI infected PCs on a large scale to persecute alleged criminals

Russian crime ring amasses over a Billion credentials

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