Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2017
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) published the Phishing Trends Report for Q4 2016. APWG reported 1.2 million phishing attacks in 2016. The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) published the Phishing Trends Report for Q4 2016. The data are worrisome, 2016 ended as the worst year for phishing in history. The experts reported the total number of phishing attacks in 2016 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 26, 2017
A study commissioned by Siemens revealed that US oil and gas industry is unprepared to mitigate cybersecurity risks in operational technology environments. A new study commissioned by the engineering firm Siemens revealed that oil and gas industry in the United States is largely unprepared to mitigate cybersecurity risks in operational technology (OT) environments. The survey was conducted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 21, 2017
At the RSA security conference in San Francisco, the experts at Google Research explained that Corporate email addresses are privileged targets for hackers. At the RSA security conference in San Francisco, the experts at the Google Research team at the Google Research team have shared the results of an interesting study on cyber attacks against emails accounts. Corporate […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 11, 2017
The infamous Kelihos botnet climbed to the top position, while the Conficker worm dropped to fourth on the chart of malware. Which are the most active malware in the wild? According to a research conducted by CheckPoint Security, a malware landscape was characterized by some interesting changed in this first part of 2017. The Kelihos botnet […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 09, 2017
ENISA has issued the annual ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2016, a document that synthesizes the emerging trends in cyber security The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) is an EU Agency composed of security experts that work with these states, public organizations and private groups to develop advice and recommendations on good practice […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 24, 2017
Security researchers at the iSwatlab have conducted an analysis of a few methods for the creation of some malicious payloads or shellcodes. This work compares some infamous methods for the creation of malicious payloads or shellcodes. These payloads must be used to create a remote connection between the victimâs machine and the attackerâs machine that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 23, 2017
More than two years after the disclosure of the HeartBleed bug, 200,000 services are still affected. Systems susceptible to Heartbleed attacks are still too many, despite the flaw was discovered in 2014 nearly 200,000 systems are still affected. Shodan made a similar search in November 2015 when he found 238,000 results, the number dropped to 237,539 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 23, 2017
The Mozilla foundation has published its first Internet Health Report to analyze the dangers of the Internet that we can consider as a global commodity. The Mozilla foundation has published its first Internet Health Report to analyze the dangers of the Internet that we can consider as a global commodity. The oligarchy of internet companies. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 22, 2017
For the first time the England the Office for National Statistics (ONS) includes data related hacking and fraud, and findings are shocking. Cyber criminal activities in England and Wales have shown a spike in the last twelve months, Cyber frauds and computer misuse offences are most common crimes of this worrisome trend. According to the report “Crime in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 15, 2017
A raw intelligence document published last week claims Russian cyber experts have cracked Telegram messaging service to spy on opponents. A raw intelligence document published last week contains much information about President Donald Trump and the approach of the Kremlin to the cyber espionage. According to the report, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) offers bribes for back […]
