Reports

Pierluigi Paganini September 18, 2019
More than 737 million medical radiological images found on open PACS servers

Researchers at Greenbone Networks vulnerability analysis and management company discovered 400 Million medical radiological images exposed online via unsecured PACS servers. The experts at Greenbone Networks vulnerability analysis and management company discovered 600 unprotected servers exposed online that contained medical radiological images. The research was conducted between mid-July 2019 and early September 2019. The unprotected […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2019
Cyber Defense Magazine – September 2019 has arrived. Enjoy it!

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Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2019
A total of six hackers already become millionaires on HackerOne

HackerOne announced that five more hackers have become millionaires thanks to their contributes to the bug bounty programs managed by the platform. Bug bounty platform HackerOne announced that four more hackers have become millionaires after participating in the bug bounty programs managed by the platform. In March, HackerOne announced that two of its members have […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2019
Watch out! Malware Analysis Sandboxes could expose sensitive data of your organization

A study conducted by researchers at Cyjax revealed that organizations expose sensitive data via sandboxes used for malware analysis. Experts at the threat intelligence firm Cyjax analyzed file uploaded by organizations via malware analysis sandboxes and discovered that they were exposing sensitive data. The researchers analyzed PDF documents and email files (.msg and .eml) uploaded […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2019
Sonicwall warns of a spike in the number of attacks involving encrypted malware and IoT malware

According to experts at Sonicwall, scanning of random ports and the diffusion of encrypted malware are characterizing the threat landscape. In 2018, global malware volume recorded by SonicWall hit a record-breaking 10.52 billion attacks. The situation is better in the first half of 2019, when SonicWall recorded 4.8 billion attacks, a 20% drop compared to […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 28, 2019
Over 23 million stolen payment card data traded on the Dark Web in H1 2019

According to a report published by cyber security firm Sixgill data for over 23 million payment card were on offer in underground forums in the first half of 2019.  A report published by cybersecurity firm Sixgill revealed that data for over 23 million payment card were offered for sale in the cybercrime underground. The report, […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2019
NCSC report warns of DNS Hijacking Attacks

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued a security advisory to warn organizations of DNS hijacking attacks and provided recommendations this type of attack. In response to the numerous DNS hijacking attacks the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued an alert to warn organizations of this type of attack. “In January 2019 the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2019
Reading the Yoroi Cyber Security Annual Report 2018

Yoroi Cyber Security Annual Report 2018 – In 2018 cyber-security experts observed an increased number of cyber attacks, malware endure to be the most aggressive and pervasive threat. For this reason, analyzing the last year occurred events would help cyber-security professionals to prevent further attacks during the next few months. In many cases the attacks […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 10, 2019
DHS and FBI published a Malware Analysis Report on North Korea-linked tool ELECTRICFISH

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FCI published a new joint report on ELECTRICFISH, a malware used by North Korea. US DHS and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) conducted a joint analysis of a traffic tunneling tool dubbed ELECTRICFISH used by North Korea-linked APT group tracked as Hidden Cobra (aka Lazarus). It […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2019
MIVD Dutch intelligence warns of Russian, Chinese cyber espionage

The Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) warn of “worrying” cyber espionage activities carried out by Russia and China. The Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) warn of “worrying” cyber espionage activities carried out by Russia and China. The warning is included in the annual report published by the Dutch intelligence that cited as an […]