Pierluigi Paganini
November 01, 2019
sPower, a US-based renewable energy provider, was the victim of a cyber attack that disconnected the US power grid operator from its power generation station. sPower, a Utah-based renewable energy provider was hit by a cyber attack, the incident took place in March. This is the first time that a cyber attack hit a renewable […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 01, 2019
Google released security updates to address two high severity flaws in Chrome, one of which is actively exploited in attacks in the wild to hijack computers. Google released security updates to address two high severity vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser, one of which is a zero-day flaw actively exploited in attacks in the wild to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 31, 2019
China-linked APT41 group is targeting telecommunications companies with a new piece of malware used to spy on text messages of highly targeted individuals. Researchers at FireEye discovered a new backdoor tracked as MessageTap that China-linked APT41 group are using to spy on text messages sent or received by highly targeted individuals The experts found the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 31, 2019
Roughly 21 million login credentials for Fortune 500 companies are available for sale, in plain text, in multiple forums and black market places in the dark web. More than 21 million login credentials belonging to Fortune 500 companies are available for sale in various places on the dark web. Experts at ImmuniWeb discovered that 21,040,296 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 31, 2019
Israel justice minister approved the extradition of a Russian alleged hacker, Alexei Bourkov, to the United States, the man is accused of fraud. Israel justice minister Justice Minister Amir Ohana has finally decided to extradite the Russian alleged hacker Alexei Bourkov to the United States where the man will be judged for fraud accusation. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 31, 2019
Two hackers have pleaded guilty to hacking Uber and LinkedIn’s Lynda.com service in 2016 and attempted to extort money from the two companies. Brandon Charles Glover and Vasile Mereacre are two hackers that have pleaded guilty to hacking Uber and LinkedIn’s Lynda.com service in 2016. The defendants have also attempted to extort money from the companies requesting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 31, 2019
European authorities have addressed two security vulnerabilities affecting the eIDAS (electronic IDentification, Authentication and trust Services) system. European authorities have released security updates (v2.3.1) for its eIDAS (electronic IDentification, Authentication and trust Services) system that addressed two security vulnerabilities. ‘The electronic IDentification, Authentication and trust Services‘ is an EU regulation on / a set of standards for electronic identification and trust […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 30, 2019
Network Solutions, one of the worldâs biggest domain registrars, disclosed a data breach that impacted 22 million accounts. Network Solutions, one of the worldâs biggest domain registrars, disclosed a data breach that may have impacted 22 million accounts, no financial data was exposed. “On October 16, 2019, Network Solutions determined that a third-party gained unauthorized […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 30, 2019
The news is shocking, the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) that initially denied a malware infection, now admits the security breach. Yesterday a worrying news made the headlines, the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) was hit by a cyber attack. Some users are claiming on the social media that a piece of the âDTrackâ malware has infected […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 30, 2019
WhatsApp sued Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group, accusing it of using a flaw in its messaging service to conduct cyberespionage on journalists and activists. WhatsApp sued the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group accusing it of carrying out malicious attacks against its users. In May, Facebook has patched a critical zero-day vulnerability in WhatsApp, tracked as CVE-2019-3568, that has […]
