Digital ID

Pierluigi Paganini May 10, 2020
Blue Mockingbird Monero-Mining campaign targets web apps

Crooks exploit CVE-2019-18935 deserialization vulnerability to achieve remote code execution in Blue Mockingbird Monero-Mining campaign. Researchers at security firm Red Canary uncovered a Monero cryptocurrency-mining campaign, tracked as Blue Mockingbird, that exploits the CVE-2019-18935 vulnerability in web applications built on the ASP.NET framework. The deserialization vulnerability CVE-2019-18935 could be exploited by attackers to achieve remote […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 28, 2020
Outlaw is Back, a New Crypto-Botnet Targets European Organizations

The Outlaw Hacking Group is back, malware researchers from Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab have uncovered a new botnet that is targeting European organizations Introduction During our daily monitoring activities, we intercepted a singular Linux malware trying to penetrate the network of some of our customers. The Linux malware is the well-known “Shellbot”, it is a crimetool belonging […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2020
Proposed government Coronavirus contact tracing app leaked data

A contact tracking app for the Coronavirus proposed to the government of the Netherlands is affected by security issues that could expose user data. Technologies play a crucial role in the containment of the Coronavirus outbreak, especially contact tracing applications that could pose a threat to user privacy. The app, called Covid19 Alert, was one […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 19, 2020
Tor Project cut a third of its staff due to the Coronavirus

The Tor Project cut a third of its staff due to the economic impact of the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak, 13 staffers out of 35 left the team. The ongoing Coronavirus outbreak has a significant impact on the Tor Project that was forced to cut a third of its staff due to the economic impact of […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2020
Google removed 49 Chrome Extensions that were hijacking cryptocurrency wallets

Google has removed 49 new Chrome browser extensions from its official Web Store that hide the code to hijack cryptocurrency wallets. Google has removed 49 new Chrome browser extensions from its official Web Store that contain the code to steal sensitive information and hijack cryptocurrency wallets. The Chrome browser extensions were discovered by researchers from […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2020
Updated: Apple and Google join forces to develop Contact Tracing app against Coronavirus

Google and Apple recently announced a joint project for the development of a Coronavirus ‘contact tracing’ tool for mobile devices. A contact tracing app is a tool that could be used to contain new diseases, like Coronavirus, by tracking down and quarantining everyone that gets infected and localize any person that has been in contact […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2020
Hacker stole $250K from decentralized Bitcoin exchange Bisq

Cryptocurrency exchange Bisq stopped trading activities due to a cyberattack, crooks have stolen $250,000 worth of virtual currency from the company. The decentralized exchange (DEX) Bisq rang stopped trading activities late Tuesday night after it uncovered a critical security vulnerability that was exploited by a hacker to steal more than $250,000 worth of cryptocurrency from […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2020
Tails OS version 4.5 supports the Secure Boot

The popular privacy-focused Tails OS has released version 4.5 this, for the first time it supports the security feature named UEFI Secure Boot. Tails, the popular privacy-focused OS, now supports the UEFI Secure Boot, this means that it could boot on systems where the UEFI Secure Boot is enabled. Tails is a live operating system that users […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2020
NSO CEO claims Facebook wanted NSO surveillance tool to spy on users

A new shocking revelation comes from the disputed from NSO Group and Facebook, NSO CEO claims Facebook tried to buy an Apple spying software in 2017. Reading this post you could have a better idea of the value of your privacy. In October 2019, WhatsApp sued the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group accusing it of carrying out malicious attacks […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2020
Twitter discloses privacy issue that caused caching of files sent via DMs in Firefox

Twitter discloses a privacy issue in the way the Mozilla Firefox cached private files sent or received via DM for up to 7 days. Twitter admitted that the private files sent via Twitter DMs were cached inside the users’ Firefox browsers for up to seven days, even if users have logged off. The problem is […]