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Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2017

Here you are the distribution network behind the Ursnif banking Trojan

The security experts at Palo Alto Networks published a detailed analysis of the architecture used to spread the Ursnif banking Trojan worldwide. Malware researchers from Palo Alto Networks are monitoring the diffusion of the Ursnif banking Trojan worldwide and have identified the architecture used to spread it. The Ursnif Trojan is spread via spam emails that contain […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2017

A group of Iraqi hackers called Pro_Mast3r defaced a Trump website

The group of Iraqi hackers called “Pro_Mast3r” has breached the server hosting a Trump website associated with campaign donations. A group of hackers who is calling themselves “Pro_Mast3r” has defaced a website associated with President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign fundraising on Sunday. The website was hosted on the server secure2.donaldjtrump.com that is managed by the Cloudflare content […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 19, 2017

RSA Conference 2017 attendees hacked with rogue access points

Experts at Pwnie Express discovered multiple rogue access points on the show floor that were used to hack the RSA conference attendees. The news is very curious, the attendees at the 2017 RSA conference, one of the world’s largest security events, may have been hacked. Security researchers at reports at Pwnie Express were scanning the conference […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 19, 2017

An implementation bug in Zerocoin helped hackers steal ZCoins worth $585,000

A hacker exploited an implementation bug in the source code of the Zerocoin currency scheme to steal ZCoins worth $585,000. “Zerocoin is a project to fix a major weakness in Bitcoin: the lack of privacy guarantees we take for granted in using credit cards and cash.” reads the description on the project. Zerocoin cryptocurrency protocol […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2017

Microsoft failed to patch a flaw in GDI library, Google released a PoC exploit

Security experts at the Google Project Zero group have publicly disclosed a vulnerability affecting Microsoft’s Windows OS. It has happened again, the hackers at Google Project Zero have publicly disclosed a vulnerability affecting Microsoft’s Windows operating systems ranging from Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to the latest Windows 10, that had yet to be patched by […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2017

Former employee hacked paper maker Georgia-Pacific and caused $1m damage

Servers at a paper maker Georgia-Pacific were hacked by a former sysadmin that was arrested by feds. The incident caused $1m in damage. A system administrator, Brian Johnson (44) from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been jailed for hacking the control systems of his ex-employer. Johnson had worked at paper maker Georgia-Pacific for years until the Valentine’s Day […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2017

Mobile car apps implement poor security measures advantaging car thieves

Experts at Kaspersky Lab have analyzed several Android car apps and discovered that most of them lack proper security features to protect vehicles. Security researchers from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab have analyzed seven of the most popular Android apps that allow to remotely control millions of modern cars. The experts discovered that the Android apps, whose name […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2017

The ViperRAT APT group is targeting the Israeli Defense Force

A group of hackers tracked as ViperRAT is spying on the Israeli military by hacking into the soldiers’ personal Android mobile devices. A group of hackers, tracked as ViperRAT, is spying on the Israeli military by hacking into the soldiers’ personal Android mobile devices to track their activities and steal sensitive data. Experts from security firms […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2017

A new SQL malware Targets online shops running on Magento

Security experts have discovered a new SQL malware targeting online shops running on Magento that hides the code in the website’s database. Security experts have discovered a new strain of malware that is targeted websites raising Russian the Magento eCommerce platform. The novelty is that this is the first a malware that hides the code in the website’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2017

ASLR Protection could be bypassed by visiting a website. Millions of devices at risk

A group of security researcher has devised a new attack technique dubbed AnC attack that allows to bypass the ASLR Protection on 22 CPU architectures. The Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR Protection) is a security mechanism used by operating systems to randomize the memory addresses used by key areas of processes, it makes hard for attackers […]

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Here you are the distribution network behind the Ursnif banking Trojan

A group of Iraqi hackers called Pro_Mast3r defaced a Trump website

RSA Conference 2017 attendees hacked with rogue access points

An implementation bug in Zerocoin helped hackers steal ZCoins worth $585,000

Microsoft failed to patch a flaw in GDI library, Google released a PoC exploit

Former employee hacked paper maker Georgia-Pacific and caused $1m damage

Mobile car apps implement poor security measures advantaging car thieves

The ViperRAT APT group is targeting the Israeli Defense Force

A new SQL malware Targets online shops running on Magento

ASLR Protection could be bypassed by visiting a website. Millions of devices at risk

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