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Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2017

Two Ztorg Trojans Removed from Google Play Store Are Definitely Better

For the second time in a month, Google removed malicious apps infected with the Ztorg Trojans that could allow attackers to root targeted devices. Most software developers update their apps to patch vulnerabilities and add new features. But when the software is malware, an update could be the worst thing to do. The Google Play […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2017

Mexican Government was spying on Journalists and Activists with Pegasus Surveillance software

Journalists and activists in Mexico accused the government of spying on them with the powerful surveillance software Pegasus developed by the NSO Group. Journalists and activists in Mexico accused the government of spying on them with a powerful surveillance software. According to the journalists, the authorities used an Israeli spyware to hack their mobile devices. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2017

Stack Clash vulnerability allows an attacker to execute code as root

Stack Clash is a local privilege escalation flaw in Linux, BSD, Solaris and other open source systems that allows an attacker to execute code as root. Linux, BSD, Solaris and other open source systems are vulnerable to a local privilege escalation vulnerability known as Stack Clash that allows an attacker to execute code as root. Stack Clash is […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2017

Canada’ CSE warns of cyber attacks against next 2019 Election

The Canada Communications Security Establishment (CSE) published a report that reveals that hackers will attempt to hack into 2019 country’s Election. The Canada Communications Security Establishment (CSE) published a report that reveals that cyber criminals and hacktivists had leaked sensitive government documents, and attempted to hack into 2015 country’s Election. The hackers targeted candidates and […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2017

Facebook inadvertently revealed moderators’ identities to suspected terrorists

A bug in the software used by Facebook moderators to review inappropriate content resulted in the disclosure of identities of moderators to suspected terrorists. According to the Guardian, the social network giant Facebook put the safety of its content moderators at risk after inadvertently exposing their personal details to suspected terrorist users on the social network. A […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2017

Kasperagent malware used in a new campaign leveraging Palestine-Themed decoy files

Researchers uncovered a new cyber espionage campaign involving the Kasperagent spyware delivered with Palestine-Themed decoy files. In March, experts at security firm Qihoo 360 have spotted a cyber espionage campaign conducted by a threat actor tracked as APT-C-23 and Two-Tailed Scorpion. A few weeks later, in April, researchers at Palo Alto Networks and ClearSky also shared the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2017

With this PHP rootkit you can take over a server hiding it in PHP server modules

The Dutch developer Luke Paris has created a PHP rootkit that hides in PHP server modules, he also explained why it is more dangerous of classic rootkits. The Dutch developer Luke Paris has created a rootkit that hides in PHP server modules that could be used by attackers to take over web servers. While classic […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2017

Hacker pleaded guilty to stealing satellite data from US DoD

The British hacker Sean Caffrey, 25, from Sutton Coldfield pleaded guilty to stealing satellite data from US Department of Defense (DoD). The British hacker Sean Caffrey, 25, from Sutton Coldfield pleaded guilty to stealing user accounts from a U.S. military communications system. According to the NCA, the man admitted in the Birmingham Crown Court to stealing […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2017

Nmap 7.50 released with many significant improvements

The Nmap project announced the release of Nmap 7.50, the first big release since last December that has hundreds of improvements. Nmap 7.50 is the new release of the popular the Network Mapper, the previous release dates back December 2016 and the new one brings hundreds of improvements. Nmap 7.50 includes the Npcap packet capturing driver […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2017

New Code-injecting SOREBRECT Fileless Ransomware detected in the wild

The number of fileless malware continues to increase, recently security researchers spotted a new Fileless Ransomware dubbed Sorebrect. Sorebrect is able to inject malicious code into a legitimate system process (svchost.exe) on a targeted system and it terminates its binary to evade detection. It also make hard forensics analysis by deleting the affected system’s event logs using […]

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Two Ztorg Trojans Removed from Google Play Store Are Definitely Better

Mexican Government was spying on Journalists and Activists with Pegasus Surveillance software

Stack Clash vulnerability allows an attacker to execute code as root

Canada’ CSE warns of cyber attacks against next 2019 Election

Facebook inadvertently revealed moderators’ identities to suspected terrorists

Kasperagent malware used in a new campaign leveraging Palestine-Themed decoy files

With this PHP rootkit you can take over a server hiding it in PHP server modules

Hacker pleaded guilty to stealing satellite data from US DoD

Nmap 7.50 released with many significant improvements

New Code-injecting SOREBRECT Fileless Ransomware detected in the wild

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