Pierluigi Paganini
May 27, 2017
The Fast-food chain Chipotle notified users a security breach, hackers compromised its point of sale terminals to steal payment card data. The Mexican Grill Fast-food chain Chipotle notified users a data breach, hackers infected its point of sale terminals to steal payment card data. The malicious code infected systems in 47 states and Washington earlier […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 24, 2017
Target, the US retail giant, has entered a settlement with the US Attorneys General and it has agreed to pay $18.5 million over the 2013 data breach. Target, the US retail giant, has entered a settlement with the Attorneys General of 47 states and it has agreed to pay $18.5 million over the data breach […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 19, 2017
Wikileaks released the documentation for the Athena Spyware, a malware that could infect and remote control almost any Windows machine. Last Friday, Wikileaks released the documentation for AfterMidnight and Assassin malware platforms, today the organization leaked a new batch of the CIA Vault 7 dump that includes the documentation related to a spyware framework dubbed Athena /Hera. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 18, 2017
Nearly 17 million Zomato usernames and hashed passwords have been stolen by hackers., the company suspects it is an insider’s job. Nearly 17 million Zomato usernames and hashed passwords have been stolen by hackers. Zomato is the Indian largest online restaurant guide, the company confirmed data breach announcing that hackers have stolen accounts details of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 17, 2017
The telco giant Bell Canada was the victim of a security breach that exposed roughly two million customer account details. The long string of data breach continues, while I’m writing about the intrusion in the systems of the technology provider DocuSign, another incident made the headlines, this time the victim is Bell Canada. The company admitted on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 17, 2017
Hackers broke into the system of the technology provider DocuSign and accessed customers email addresses. The experts warn of possible spear phishing attacks. The Electronic signature technology provider DocuSign suffered a data breach, hackers have stolen email addresses from one of its servers. On Monday the company informed its customers of the data breach and warned them of fake […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 16, 2017
Crooks claim have stolen the Walt Disneyâs forthcoming Pirates of the Caribbean film and are threatening to release it in 20 minutes chunks. Cybercriminals claim have stolen the Walt Disneyâs forthcoming Pirates of the Caribbean film and are threatening to release it online if the company will not pay the ransom. CEO Bob Iger, told a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 15, 2017
WikiLeaks Reveals two distinct malware platforms codenamed AfterMidnight and Assassin used by the CIA operators to target Windows systems. While critical infrastructure worldwide and private organizations were ridiculed by the WannaCry attack, WikiLeaks released a new batch of CIA documents from the Vault 7 leaks. The new dump included the documentation related to two CIA frameworks used to create […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2017
Travel giant Sabre investigating a data breach that could have exposed payment and customer data tied to bookings processed through its reservations system. Another day, another data breach, this time the victim is the Travel Tech Giant Sabre that in a SEC filing confirmed it is âinvestigating an incident involving unauthorized access to payment information contained in a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2017
A CIS study estimated number of Aadhaar numbers leaked through 4 gov portals could be around 135 million and 100M bank account numbers. The Aadhaar is the worldâs largest biometric ID system, with over 1.123 billion enrolled members as of 28 February 2017. The role of the system is crucial for both authenticating and authorizing transactions and […]
