Pierluigi Paganini
May 06, 2017
Experts from Bitdefender have uncovered the Netrepser Cyber espionage campaign that compromised more than 500 Government organizations worldwide. Security experts at Bitdefender uncovered a cyber espionage campaign that leverages a strain of malware dubbed Netrepser to target government organizations. Netrepser Trojan samples were first discovered by the Bitdefender in May 2016, according to experts the analysis […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 05, 2017
WikiLeaks has released a news batch of documents detailing the Archimedes tool, a MitM attack tool allegedly used by the CIA to target LAN networks. WikiLeaks has released a new batch of documents detailing a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack tool dubbed Archimedes allegedly used by the CIA to target local networks. The leaked documents, dated between […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 05, 2017
According to experts from the Fox-IT firm, the notorious Russian Snake APT group is ready to target also Mac users with a new variant of its malicious code. The sophisticated Russian Snake APT group is back and is leveraging on new malware to target Mac users.The Snake APT group, also known as Turla or Uroburos, has ported its Windows […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2017
A researcher reported a WordPress Password Reset vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-8295, and detailed it in a security advisory. On Wednesday, the popular security experts Dawid Golunski reported a WordPress Password Reset vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-8295, and detailed it in a security advisory. Golunski classified the flaw as a “medium/high severity,” he explained that the issue is caused by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2017
The company O2-Telefonica in Germany has confirmed to SĂĽddeutsche Zeitung agency that some of its customers suffered cyber heists exploiting the SS7 flaws. Security experts have been warning for years about security vulnerabilities affecting the SS7 protocol widely adopted in mobile communications. SS7, aka Signalling System No. 7, is a set of protocols used in telecommunications ever since the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2017
The installation of monitoring software has been conducted either by NSA highly sophisticated hacking team or by hackers who leveraged the tools leaked by the Shadow Brokers. Last week, a collection of spy tools allegedly used by the National Security Agency for operations against global targets of interest was leaked online by the underground hacking group, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2017
Don’t click Google Docs link! A Google Docs phishing scheme is quickly spreading across the Internet targeting a large number of users. Did you receive an unsolicited Google Doc from someone? First, do not click on that Google Doc link embedded in the email you have received and delete the message, even if it’s from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2017
Experts from security firm WordFence reported a rapid reduction of WordPress attacks originating from hundreds of ISPs worldwide. Experts at the security firm Wordfence a few weeks ago reported that tens of thousands of flawed routers from dozens of ISPs worldwide were recruited in a botnet used to power several types of attacks against WordPress […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 02, 2017
A critical remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-5689 in Intel Management Engine affects Intel enterprise PCs dates back 9 years. A critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-5689Â has been discovered in the remote management features implemented on computers shipped with Intel Chipset in past 9 years. The vulnerability affects the Intel Management […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 02, 2017
Kaspersky is currently monitoring the activities of more than 100 threat actors, from the From Lazarus APT to StoneDrill. According to the experts from KasperskyLab, the infamous Lazarus APT group, aka BlueNoroff, is the most dangerous threat against financial institutions worldwide. The activity of the Lazarus Group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware […]
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