Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2015
Mobile Malware is growing and crooks are targeting the advertising industry to redirect users to ad pages in a sort of Advertising hijacking. Mobile Malware is growing and crooks are targeting the advertising industry with malicious codes able to redirect users to ad pages, this practice is known as Advertising hijacking. These “rogue mobile apps” […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2015
FireEye published a report on the operations of a group of 419 scammers located in Nigeria, which is using malware as a component of their fraud scams. Security firm FireEye has published a new report on a new group of 419 scammers that is using keyloggers and other malware to implement its fraud scheme. According to the investigators, the fraudsters diverted potentially millions […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 26, 2015
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from the best sources free for you in your email box. Russian APT launched a new phishing campaign on the Pentagon Dead NIS agent left note denying spying on SK population Microsoft to spoofed Skype users: Change your account passwords […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 25, 2015
A study conducted by HP’s Fortify on security features implemented by Smartwatches revealed that not even a single device found to be 100 percent safe. Today we talk about a great passion of mine, watches. Let me tell you that I’m not attracted by Smartwatches, I consider watches and their gears a work of art […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 22, 2015
What will happen if hackers will hit critical infrastructure in the US, which will be the economic impact of a cyber attack against a power grid? According to a poll done by Morning Consult firm, cyber attacks are just behind terrorism attacks on the list of biggest threats to the US, it has been estimated that the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2015
According to a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), The Federal Government needs for stronger controls across Federal Agencies. According to a report submitted as testimony by Greg Wilshusen, director of information security issues at GAO, in a recent congressional hearing cybersecurity incidents that involved federal government have increased more than 1,000 percent since 2006. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 16, 2015
A former intern at FireEye firm has been arrested for developing and distributing the sophisticated Android malware dubbed Dendroid. A former intern at FireEye firm has been arrested for developing and distributing the sophisticated Android malware dubbed Dendroid.  Experts at Symantec in March 2014 discovered a new HTTP Android Remote administration tool, named Dendroid, available on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 03, 2015
Every 18 seconds a new mobile Android malware is discovered in the wild as reported in the G DATA Malware Report Mobile for Q1 2015. Security firm GDATAÂ has published a report on mobile malware detected in the first quarter of 2015. The researchers discovered 440,267 new strains of Android malware, a new malware strain for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 01, 2015
Researchers at ESET analyzed the Dino malware confirming that the sophisticated espionage platform belongs to the arsenal of the Animal Farm APT. Security experts at ESET have analyzed Dino, a sophisticated platform used by the Animal Farm ATP group. Earlier this year, security researchers discovered two powerful malware, dubbed Babar and Casper, likely developed by the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 28, 2015
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from the best sources free for you in your email box. Password Recovery Scam â how to hack a Gmail account Signal amplification and brute-force attack for car thieves Electronic Frontier Foundation â WhatsApp ranked as the worst at protecting […]
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