Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2016
Watch out! This iPhone-freezing video will CRASH any iPhone!

It has happened again, most of the Apple devices crashes when the owner plays this iPhone-freezing video. Be careful when clicking on suspicious links. A new bug  in iPhone is threatening Apple users, most of the Apple devices crashes when the owner plays a video. An iPhone-freezing video is circulating online, when users play it in […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2016
Registral Function of the State Mexico (FREM) hacked. Shad0wS3C is back

The hacker group Shad0wS3C is back and hacked the Institute of the Registral Function of the State Mexico (FREM), it leaked the database. Shad0wS3C is Back and hacked the Institute of the Registral Function of the State Mexico (FREM) and leaked a dump of its database. The hacker leaked the database at the following URL https://t.co/6XgwSf4uWW The […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2016
Tropic Trooper APT targets Taiwanese Government and companies in the energy sector

The Tropic Trooper APT continues to target Asia, this time government Taiwanese organizations and companies in the energy sector. The Tropic Trooper APT that has been active at least since 2012, it was first spotted last year by security experts at Trend Micro when it targeted government ministries and heavy industries in Taiwan and the military in the Philippines. Now […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2016
Credit cards stolen from Madison Square Garden venues in the last year

Madison Square Garden Company informed users that their payment card data may have been stolen by cybercriminals Yesterday, the Madison Square Garden Company notified users that their payment card data may have been stolen by cybercriminals. According to the company, crooks have used a PoS malware on its payment processing system and have stolen payment […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2016
Armed Forces recruitment website hacked, visitors redirected to China

Canada Armed Forces recruitment website was taken down after it was hacked and would-be recruits are redirected to a Chinese government page. The Canadian Armed Forces recruitment website was hacked last week, visitors have been redirected to the Chinese government’s main page instead of the legitimate website. According to CTV television, anyone trying to sign […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2016
Michigan State University Data Breach, 400,000 Records Exposed

Hackers attempted to extort Michigan State University after they have breached into its database containing 400,000 records of students and employees. Crooks hacked the Michigan State University breaching into a database containing 400,000 student and employee records, then tried to monetize the efforts attempted to extort the organization. Michigan State University reported the data breach occurred on November 13 when an unauthorized […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2016
Watch out, Locky ransomware spread via SVG images on Facebook Messenger

Researchers have discovered a new hacking campaign leveraging on Facebook Messenger to spread the Locky ransomware via SVG images. The Locky Ransomware is spread via a downloader, experts noticed that it is able to bypass Facebook defense measures by pretending to be a harmless  image file. The campaign was first spotted during the weekend by the malware […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2016
Security expert presented a PhishLulz tool for professional phishing pen test

The security expert Michele Orru from FortConsult has released an automated phishing toolkit dubbed ‘PhishLulz’ for penetration testing activities. The security expert Michele Orru from FortConsult, aka @antisnatchor, has released an automated phishing toolkit dubbed ‘PhishLulz’ for penetration testing activities. The PhishLulz tool was presented at the Kiwicon hacking event held Wellington New Zealand last week. PhishLulz is […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2016
An Android Spyware revealed the existence of a new Italian surveillance firm

A strain of Android spyware recently analyzed by security experts from RedNaga Security team points to an another Italian company. A new strain of Android malware reveals the existence of a new Italian player in the surveillance landscape. The Android spyware was analyzed by researchers from the RedNaga Security team, that is a first time […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2016
Eastern India Regional Council hacked by Kapustkiy

Kapustkiy, one of the most prolific hackers at this moment announced a new data breach, the victim is the India Regional Council. Last week, I was contacted by a young hacker that breached Indian embassies across the worlds, he goes online with the moniker Kapustkiy. Kapustkiy is a seventeen years old pentester that is targeting […]