Digital ID

Pierluigi Paganini September 18, 2019
Skidmap Linux miner leverages kernel-mode rootkits to evade detection

Trend Micro researchers spotted a piece of Linux cryptocurrency miner, dubbed Skidmap that leverages kernel-mode rootkits to evade the detection. Skidmap is a new piece of crypto-miner detected by Trend Micro that target Linux machines, it uses kernel-mode rootkits to evade the detection. This malware outstands similar miners because of the way it loads malicious […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2019
Experts warn of the exposure of thousands of Google Calendars online

The news is shocking, thousands of Google Calendars are leaking private information posing a severe threat to the privacy of the users. Thousands of Google Calendars are leaking private information online threatening the privacy of the users. Google Calendar has more than q billion users that can potentially expose their private affairs due to the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 16, 2019
France and Germany will block Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency

Bad news for Facebook and its projects, France and Germany agreed to block Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency, the French finance ministry said. France and Germany governments announced that they will block Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency, the news was reported by French finance ministry Bruno Le Maire. “We believe that no private entity can claim monetary power, which […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 16, 2019
Tor Project’s Bug Smash Fund raises $86K in August

The Tor Project has raised $86,000 for a Bug Smash fund that it will use to pay developers that will address critical flaws in the popular anonymizing network. The Tor Project has raised $86,000 for a Bug Smash fund that was created to pay developers that will address critical security and privacy issues in the popular anonymizing […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2019
Hundreds of millions of Facebook users’ phone numbers exposed online

New problems to Facebook, phone numbers associated with more than 400 million accounts of the social network giant were exposed online. A new privacy incident involved Facebook, according to TechCruch, phone numbers associated with 419 million accounts of the social network giant were exposed online. The data was found by Sanyam Jain, a security researcher […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2019
Zao app went viral but raised serious privacy concerns

The Chinese face-swapping ZAO app that allows users to create photos starring along their favorite characters is raising privacy concerns. The ZAO app is one of the most downloaded applications, but it made the headlines due to privacy concerns. The AI-based iPhone app was released on august 30, 2019, it allows its users to create […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2019
Expert found Russia’s SORM surveillance equipment leaking user data

A Russian security researcher has found that hardware wiretapping equipment composing Russia’s SORM surveillance system had been leaking user data. The Russian researcher Leonid Evdokimov has found that hardware wiretapping equipment used by the Kremlin as part of the SORM surveillance system (Russian: Система оперативно-разыскных мероприятий, lit. ‘System for Operative Investigative Activities’) had been leaking data online. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2019
Binance says that leaked KYC Data are from third-party vendor.

The Binance cryptocurrency exchange revealed that leaked users’ KYC data were obtained by hackers from a third-party vendor. In July, the hack of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange made the headlines, hackers stole$41 Million worth of Bitcoin (over 7,000 bitcoins) from Binance. Binance is one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, its founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao confirmed that the hackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 23, 2019
Employees abused systems at Ukrainian nuclear power plant to mine cryptocurrency

The Ukrainian Secret Service is investigating the case of employees at a nuclear power plant that connected its system online to mine cryptocurrency. The Ukrainian Secret Service (SBU) launched an investigation after employees at a local nuclear power plant connected some systems of the internal network to the Internet to mine cryptocurrency. The incident was […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2019
Watch out! Malware Analysis Sandboxes could expose sensitive data of your organization

A study conducted by researchers at Cyjax revealed that organizations expose sensitive data via sandboxes used for malware analysis. Experts at the threat intelligence firm Cyjax analyzed file uploaded by organizations via malware analysis sandboxes and discovered that they were exposing sensitive data. The researchers analyzed PDF documents and email files (.msg and .eml) uploaded […]