Pierluigi Paganini
January 05, 2020
Synoptek, A California-based IT service provider decided to pay the ransom to decrypt its files after being infected with the Sodinokibi ransomware. Synoptek, a California-based provider of IT management and cloud hosting services paid the ransom to decrypt its files following a Sodinokibi ransomware attack. The gang behind the Sodinokibi ransomware has been very active […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 05, 2020
A group of alleged Iranian hackers claims to have breached the website of a US government agency, Federal Depository Library Program, on Saturday after the killing of Qasem Soleimani. A group of Iranian hackers claims to have breached the website of a US government agency, the Federal Depository Library Program, vowing revenge for the killing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 04, 2020
US Government fears a new wave of cyber attacks from Iran as retaliation for the airstrike that killed Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani at the Baghdad airport in Iraq. Christopher C. Krebs, Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned of a potential new wave of cyber attacks carried out by Iran-linked hacker groups targeting U.S. assets. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 04, 2020
‘BusKill‘ is a cheap kill cord Dead Man Switch to trigger the machine to self-destruct in case the laptop is stolen, it was designed by the software engineer Michael Altfield. The idea is very simple, the BusKill cable connects a Linux laptop to the user, for example, to his belt. In case of theft, the USB […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 04, 2020
Maintainers of the OpenCV library addressed two buffer overflow flaws that could lead to arbitrary code execution. Maintainers of the OpenCV library addressed two high-severity buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code. OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) is an open-source library of programming functions mainly aimed at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 03, 2020
The U.S. Army this week has banned the popular TikTok app from government mobile amid fear of China-linked cyberespionage. The US Army has banned the use of the popular TikTok app on mobile phones used by its personnel for security reasons. TikTok is a social media app that allows its users to create and share […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 03, 2020
The Travelex currency exchange has been forced offline following a malware attack launched on New Year’s Eve. This week, the UK-based currency exchange Travelex announced that it has shut down its services as a “precautionary measure” following a malware attack. The London-based company, which operates more than 1,500 stores globally, suffered the attack on December […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 03, 2020
Experts disclosed PoC exploits for remote command execution and information disclosure vulnerabilities affecting many D-Link routers. Security researchers Miguel MĂ©ndez Zúñiga and Pablo Pollanco from TelefĂłnica Chile recently published Proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for remote command execution and information disclosure vulnerabilities affecting many D-Link routers. The security duo published on Medium the technical details of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 02, 2020
The popular US restaurant chain Landry’s announced that it was the victim of a cyber-attack, malware has infected its point of sale (POS) systems. The popular US restaurant chain Landry’s disclosed a security incident, its point of sale (POS) systems have been infected with malware specifically developed to steal customers’ payment card information (i.e. credit […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 02, 2020
The Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange is forcing users to reset their passwords following a data leak. Another bad news for the community of the virtual currencies communities, the Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange has forced its users to reset their passwords following a data leak. The measure was necessary to prevent spear-phishing attacks against the users aimed at […]
