Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2019
A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Hacker is auctioning a database containing details of 92 million […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 03, 2019
Security experts linked a number of cyber-espionage campaigns observed over the years to the same Chinese threat actor, tracked as PKPLUG. Security experts linked a number of cyber-espionage campaigns observed over the years to the same Chinese threat actor, tracked as PKPLUG. The name comes from the threat actor using PlugX inside ZIP archives containing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 01, 2019
Iran ’s Passive Defense Organization chief Gholamreza Jalali declared that the US government has started its cyber war against the country. Gholamreza Jalali, Iran’s Passive Defense Organization chief, announced that that “America has started its cyber war against Iran, without providing more details. The news was reported by the ISNA news website on October 1, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 30, 2019
Iran ‘s oil minister on Sunday ordered representatives of the energy sector to be on ‘full alert’ to the threat of “physical and cyber” attacks. Iran’s oil minister, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, ordered companies operating in the energy sector to be on ‘full alert’ to the threat of “physical and cyber” attacks. “it is necessary for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 29, 2019
A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Once again thank you! 0patch will provide micropatches for Windows […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 26, 2019
A joint research from Intezer and Check Point Research shows connections between nearly 2,000 malware samples developed by Russian APT groups. A joint research from Intezer and Check Point Research shed light on Russian hacking ecosystem and reveals connections between nearly 2,000 malware samples developed by Russian APT groups. The report is extremely interesting because gives to the analysts […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 25, 2019
The Czech Intelligence agency blames China for a major cyber attack that hit a key government institution in the Czech Republic in 2018. According to a report published by the NUKIB Czech National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NUKIB), China carried out a major cyber attack on a key government institution in the Czech Republic […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 24, 2019
Security experts at ESET have uncovered a new campaign carried out by Russia-linked Fancy Bear APT group aimed at political targets. Security researchers at ESET have uncovered a new campaign carried out by Russia-linked Fancy Bear APT group (i.e. APT28, Sednit, Sofacy, Zebrocy, and Strontium) aimed at political targets. In the recent attacks, the hackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 23, 2019
Symantec spotted a new threat actor, tracked as TortoiseShell, that is compromising IT providers to target their specific customers. Symantec researchers spotted a new threat group, tracked as TortoiseShell, that is compromising IT providers to target their specific customers. The group was first spotted in 2018, but experts speculate that it has been active for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 22, 2019
A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Once again thank you! A bug in Instagram exposed user […]
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