Pierluigi Paganini
February 20, 2019
Security expert discovered an exposed MongoDB that reveals facial recognition abuse for tracking the Uyghur Muslim minority in China.Exposed MongoDB revealed facial recognition abuse for tracking the Uyghur Muslim minority in China. We have debated for a long time the surveillance campaigns conducted by the Chinese government, now the news of the day is the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 16, 2019
Russia plans to disconnect the country from the internet as part of an experiment aimed at testing the response to cyber attacks that should isolate it. Russia plans to disconnect the country from the Internet for a limited period of time to conduct a test aimed at assessing the security of its infrastructure. Russian citizens […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 06, 2019
A malware campaign using new LuckyCat-Linked RAT dubbed ExileRAT has been targeting the mailing list of the organization officially representing the Tibetan government-in-exile. Security experts at Talos group have uncovered a malware campaign using the ExileRAT backdoor to target the mailing list of the organization officially representing the Tibetan government-in-exile. Threat actors are delivering the malware via […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 01, 2019
Facebook took down hundreds of fake accounts from Iran that were involved in a vast manipulation campaign active in more than 20 countries. Facebook took down 783 inauthentic accounts, pages and groups from Iran that were involved in a vast manipulation campaign active in more than 20 countries. “The world’s biggest social network said it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 30, 2019
According to the ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2018, 2018 has brought significant changes in the techniques, tactics, and procedures associated with cybercrime organizations and nation-state actors. I’m proud to present you the ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2018, the annual report published by the ENISA ETL group that provides insights on the evolution of the cyber […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 30, 2019
An Iran-linked cyber-espionage group tracked as APT39 is carrying out a widespread campaign using a broad range of custom and off-the-shelf tools. The APT39 cyberespionage group is carrying out a widespread campaign using a broad range of custom and off-the-shelf tools. The group has been active at least since November 2014, its operations are aligned […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 27, 2019
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! Collection #1 Data Breach Analysis – Part 1 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 17, 2019
South Korea – Allegedstate-sponsored hackers compromised 10 PCs at ministry’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration. Unknown hackers compromised 10 PCs at ministry’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration which is the office that manages the military procurement. The news was confirmed by the South Korea Ministry of National Defense. “It has been turned out that 30 computers installed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 13, 2019
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! Blur data leak potentially exposed data of 2.4 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2019
Security expert uncovered a DNS hijacking campaign targeting organizations in various industries worldwide and suspects Iranian APT groups. Security experts at FireEye uncovered a DNS hijacking campaign that is targeting government agencies, ISPs and other telecommunications providers, Internet infrastructure entities, and sensitive commercial organizations in the Middle East, North Africa, North America and Europe. According […]
