Pierluigi Paganini
September 24, 2015
Trend Micro published a report that explains the dynamics triggered by data breaches, following data from the incidents to their offer in the Dark Web. Trend Micro published a report that explains the dynamics triggered by data breaches, following data from the incidents to their offer in the Dark Web. Stolen data is a precious commodity […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 22, 2015
Researchers from Citizen Lab and German security firm Cure53 analyzed the Govt child monitoring app Smart Sheriff discovered that it is full of bugs. It’s curious, thinking to a child monitoring app you imagine a solution that can protect your children, instead the situation could be really different. Researchers with the Canadian watchdog group Citizen Lab have […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 17, 2015
Despite DHS components have strengthened coordination in performing their cyber missions a recent audit made by the OIG has found several security issues. Among the missions assigned to the DHS there is the coordination of activities related to the prevention, mitigation and recovery from cyber incidents, the Department also oversees the IT security of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 17, 2015
F-Secure has published an interesting report on the cyber espionage operations conducted by the Dukes APT group, which appears linked to the Kremlin. Security researchers at F-Secure have published an interesting report detailing the cyber espionage operation of a Russian APT group, dubbed the Dukes, the experts speculate the group is backed by the Russian government. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 15, 2015
According to a report recently published by the Allianz Global the cybercrime costs UK businesses about ÂŁ2.8 billion annually. According to a report recently published by the Allianz Global the cyber criminal activities costs UK businesses about ÂŁ2.8 billion annually, accounting for 16 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). Cybercrime impacts on the global economy with ÂŁ289.6 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 13, 2015
The Telecommunications giant Vodafone denies âimproper behaviourâ after its employee accessed Natalie OâBrienâs phone records to discover its sources. Vodafone Australia has admitted it hacked a journalistâs phone records for espionage purpose. The company was trying to discover the sources for journalist’s stories, but Vodafone denies any âimproper behaviourâ. The journalist is Natalie OâBrien and in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 11, 2015
According to a report recently issued by Akamai, the DD4BC criminal group has been responsible for at least 114 DDoS attacks on its customers. According the Akamai firm, the criminal crews known as DD4BC has carried out at least 114 DDoS attacks with an average peak bandwidth of around 13.34 Gbps on its customers since April […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 10, 2015
Security experts at Kaspersky Lab published a report on the Turla APT revealing the use Satellite links to control its botnet. According to a new analysis published by the experts at Kaspersky Lab reported that the popular Turla APT group exploited poorly secured satellite infrastructure to hide command-and-control operations. Turla APT was active in the last decade, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 09, 2015
According to a recent report issued by the Mehr news agency, more than 10,000 cyber attacks are detected by Iran every day, mostly from Israel. According to a recent report, more than 10,000 Internet security attacks are detected by cyber security experts in Iran every day, a country that is spending a significant effort to improve […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 01, 2015
A group of researchers have developed a method dubbed Mass Vetting (MassVet) to find unknown malicious apps in app stores in 10 Seconds. A group of University researchers has created a new method for detecting malicious apps running on an Android devices called MassVet. MassVet doesnât use the old method of signatures scanning, instead it compares […]
