Security

Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2016
SAP fixed a flaw in xMII that could open the door to nation-state hackers

SAP fixed a vulnerability affecting SAP MII can be used as a starting point of multi-stage attacks aiming to get control over plant devices and manufacturing systems. SAP fixed a critical vulnerability in its application that could be exploited by hackers, especially nation-state actors, to compromise industrial manufacturing software. SAP issued a critical software update that […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2016
Crooks are offering Apple employees up to $23,000 for their login credentials

According to former Apple employees interviewed by the Business Insider, cyber criminals are offering Apple staffers in Ireland up to $23,000 for their login details. Insiders are one of the greatest security problems for any organizations, working from the inside they can operate under the radar for a log time stealing information and sabotaging processes and infrastructures. […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2016
February 2016 Patch Tuesday – All Windows are affected by a critical flaw

Microsoft February 2016 Patch Tuesday updates include a total of 13 bulletins that resolve a total of 41 security flaws in Windows, one of them affects all supported versions. All supported versions of Windows are affected by a critical vulnerability recently fixed by Microsoft. The IT giant has released 13 security bulletins, six issues are rated as […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2016
Russian Metel group manipulated ruble-dollar exchange rate with malware

A Russian group of cyber criminals known as METEL has hacked the systems at the Kazan-based Energobank and manipulate Ruble-Dollar Exchange Rate infecting them with a malware. A Russian cyber gang has hacked the systems at the Kazan-based Energobank and manipulate Ruble-Dollar Exchange Rate infecting them with a malware. The event occurred exactly one year ago, in […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 09, 2016
Are you searching for a Facebook Hacking Tool? Be careful!

Security Experts at ESET security firm discovered a new variant of a known trojan disguised as a Facebook Hacking Tool. Security researchers at ESET have published an interesting post about a new Facebook hacking tool. I receive every week dozen emails requesting me instruction to hack Facebook accounts. The hacking tool recently discovered is not […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 09, 2016
Global and Modern Terrorism/Cyber Terrorism

In the following brief I will describe kinetic plot based modern terrorism/Cyber-terrorism and religious affiliations. Both Jihadist and Non-Jihadist, organized crime associations, data and statistics to show that Radical Muslim Terrorism is the most prominent form in America today. Modern terrorism and cyberterrorism display the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, normally […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 08, 2016
CVE-2016-0603 – Oracle Issues out-of-box Java emergency patch for Windows

Oracle issued an out-of-box emergency patch for Java platform running on Windows machines that fixes the critical vulnerability coded as CVE-2016-0603. Oracle issued an out-of-box emergency patch for Java software running on Windows systems that fixes a critical vulnerability coded as CVE-2016-0603. The vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker to trick users into visiting a malicious […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2016
Researchers spotted a new OS X scareware campaign

Experts at the SANS Technology Institute spotted an OS X scareware campaign that leverages fake Adobe Flash Player installers. Johannes Ullrich, security expert at the SANS Technology Institute, spotted an OS X scareware campaign that leverages fake Adobe Flash Player installers to trick users into downloading malicious software. The expert discovered the malicious campaign while analyzing […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2016
Malwarebytes is working hard to fix flaws in its antivirus

The Antivirus firm Malwarebytes is spending a significant effort to fix serious vulnerabilities in its defense solution that was reported by the experts at the Google’s Project Zero team. The Antivirus firm Malwarebytes is spending a significant effort to fix serious vulnerabilities in its defense solution that was reported by the experts at the Google’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 03, 2016
Comodo Chromodo Secure Internet Browser exposes you at risks

Security Expert discovered that the Comodo Chromodo browser has ‘Same Origin Policy’ (SOP) disabled by default, if you are using it you are at risk. Chromodo is the name of a free browser offered by the Comodo Antivirus firm, it is a customized version of Google’s Chrome browser developed to improve users’ security and privacy. Unfortunately this […]