Pierluigi Paganini
September 22, 2019
A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Once again thank you! A bug in Instagram exposed user […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 04, 2019
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Pierluigi Paganini
August 30, 2019
A Russian security researcher has found that hardware wiretapping equipment composing Russia’s SORM surveillance system had been leaking user data. The Russian researcher Leonid Evdokimov has found that hardware wiretapping equipment used by the Kremlin as part of the SORM surveillance system (Russian: Система оперативно-разыскных мероприятий, lit. ‘System for Operative Investigative Activities’) had been leaking data online. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 25, 2019
A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Once again thank you! At least 23 Texas local governments […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 21, 2019
Romania will ban Chinese giant Huawei from its 5G network, reads a joint statement signed by the Romanian and US presidents. Romania could be the last state in order of time to ban Chinese giant Huawei from its 5G network, reads a joint statement signed by the Romanian and US presidents. The document was signed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 20, 2019
Twitter announced it has banned 936 accounts managed by China-linked actors that attempted to sow political discord in Hong Kong. Twitter has observed and banned 936 accounts managed by China-linked actors that attempted to stir up riots and sow political discord in Hong Kong. The tweets aimed at discrediting the motivation of the Hong Kong […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 13, 2019
Cloud Atlas threat actors used a new piece of polymorphic malware in recent attacks against government organizations. The Cloud Atlas cyberespionage group, aka Inception, continues to carry out attacks against government organizations and was observed using a new piece of polymorphic malware dubbed VBShower. The Cloud Atlas was first observed by researchers at Kaspersky Lab […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 12, 2019
The FBI is searching for contractors to monitor social media for potential threats, the announcement raises concerns for user privacy. The abuse of social media passwords for malicious purpose is quite common, for this reason, the FBI is searching for contractors to monitor them. However, monitoring activity could threaten user privacy and set up possible […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 06, 2019
The experts at Yoroi-Cybaze ZLab discovered a new wave of attacks linked to the cyber espionage campaign tracked as Roma225. Introduction Few months ago we started observing a cyber operation aiming to attack private companies in various business sectors, from automotive to luxury, education, and media/marketing. The attack attribution is still unclear but the large scale of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 05, 2019
The US government is testing high-altitude balloons manufactured by Sierra Nevada to conduct surveillance over American soil. The US government is planning to use high-altitude balloons to conduct surveillance over Americans. The high-altitude balloons are manufactured by Sierra Nevada Corporation, they will cover a large area in the United States’ Midwest. The project is to […]
