Pierluigi Paganini
August 12, 2018
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! ·     A malware paralyzed TSMC plants where also […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 11, 2018
Researchers demonstrated how a sophisticated threat actor can hack a brand new Apple Mac computer in enterprise environments through MDM. A security duo composed by Jesse Endahl, CPO and CSO at macOS management firm Fleetsmith, and Max BĂ©langer, staff engineer at Dropbox, demonstrated at the Black Hat security conference how a persistent attacker could compromise […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2018
Security researchers at Intezer and McAfee have conducted a joint investigation that allowed them to collect evidence that links malware families attributed to North Korean APT groups such as the notorious Lazarus Group and Group 123. The experts focused their analysis on the code reuse, past investigations revealed that some APT groups share portions of code […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2018
The popular expert Jens ‘Atom’ Steube devised a new WiFi hack that allows cracking WiFi passwords of most modern routers. Jens ‘Atom’ Steube, the lead developer of the popular password-cracking tool Hashcat, has developed a new WiFi hacking technique that allows cracking WiFi passwords of most modern routers. Jens ‘Atom’ Steube, the lead developer of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2018
Trustwave developed Social Mapper an Open Source Tool that uses facial recognition to correlate social media profiles across different social networks. Security experts at Trustwave have released Social Mapper, a new open-source tool that allows finding a person of interest across social media platform using facial recognition technology. The tool was developed to gather intelligence from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2018
A security issue exists in Kaspersky VPN <=v1.4.0.216 which leaks your DNS Address even after you’re connected to any virtual server. (Tested on Android 8.1.0) What is a DNS leaks? In this context, with the term “DNS leak” we indicate an unencrypted DNS query sent by your system OUTSIDE the established VPN tunnel. Kaspersky VPN is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2018
Security researchers at IBM Research developed a “highly targeted and evasive” AI-powered malware dubbed DeepLocker and will present today. What about Artificial Intelligence (AI) applied in malware development? Threat actors can use AI-powered malware to create powerful malicious codes that can evade sophisticated defenses. Security researchers at IBM Research developed a “highly targeted and evasive” attack tool powered […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2018
WhatsApp has been found vulnerable to multiple security flaws that could allow malicious users to spread fake news through group chats. WhatsApp, the most popular messaging application in the world, has been found vulnerable to multiple security flaws that could allow malicious users to intercept and modify the content of messages sent in both private […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2018
Security researchers at Checkpoint security have spotted a massive proxy botnet, tracked as ‘Black’ botnet, created by Ramnit operators. Security researchers at Checkpoint security have spotted a massive proxy botnet, tracked as ‘Black’ botnet, that could be the sign of a wider ongoing operation involving the Ramnit operators. Ramnit is one of the most popular […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2018
A security researcher has devised a new WiFi hacking technique that could be exploited to easily crack WiFi passwords of most modern routers. The security researcher Jens ‘Atom’ Steube, lead developer of the popular password-cracking tool Hashcat, has devised a new WiFi hacking technique that could be exploited to easily crack WiFi passwords of most modern routers. The […]
