Security

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2015
Google Internet Authority G2 has become untrusted due to an expired certificate

Gmail and Google Apps have noticed on Saturday that the Google Internet Authority G2 has become untrusted due to an expired digital certificate. On Saturday April 4, the Google Internet Certificate Authority G2 has become untrusted due to an expired digital certificate in the chain of trust. The Google Internet Authority G2 is an essential component of the Google PKI […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2015
Malware infections on Android devices have been halved in 2014

Android presented its Security State of the Union 2014 and confirmed that the number of infections have been halved in a year due to Google’s improvements. Google confirmed that malware infections have been halved in a year due to  security upgrades for the Android mobile platform. Android security engineer Adrian Ludwig explained in a blog post that […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2015
TrueCrypt doesn’t include a backdoor according to a security audit

The security audit of the popular encryption software TrueCrypt reveals the absence of the backdoor and other significant flaws exploitable by the NSA. The news of the day is the conclusion of the security audit of the popular encryption tool TrueCrypt that confirmed the absence of any backdoor neither critical design vulnerabilities inside the source code. TrueCrypt is a […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2015
Google goes on the Offensive versus Ad Injectors

Google has announced serious actions to prevent ad injectors that compromise the integrity of users’ browsing experience across the globe. Google has declared “war” on programs that compromise the integrity of users’ browsing experience across the globe.  In a recent blog post featured on Google’s Online Security Blog, Google has released information surrounding research that […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2015
Fake Pirate Bay website exploited to serve banking Trojan to WordPress users

Security experts at MalwareBytes discovered that unaware WordPress users are infected with a banking trojan served by a fake Pirate Bay website. Some WordPress websites are being used to redirect users to a fake Pirate Bay that is being used to make the reader to push malware, says Malwarebytes. WordPress websites were injected with the same iframe during the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2015
POODLE flaw still affects hundred thousand Australian home routers

Security experts revealed that more than 100,000 home routers belonging to Australian households are still vulnerable to the PODDLE vulnerability. Once again, home routers are exposed to the risk of cyber attacks. This time the news is related to the Australian consumer broadband modems that resulted affected by the Poodle and Freak vulnerabilities. Many Australian households […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2015
PRESIDENT OF ECIPS, MR BARETZKY SPEAKS AT 2015

President of ECIPS warns of cyber terror problems ahead at C I P R congress.  Terrorism is evolving with cyber warfare capability. Critical Infrastructure Protection & Resilience meetings were attended by almost every agency in EU and US defense department. The Critical Border Cyber Defense Infrastructure of the EU Critical Infrastructure Protection & Resilience     […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2015
Anonymous collective threatens Israel with electronic-holocaust

Anonymous has posted a video message threatening Israel with “the electronic holocaust” which would “erase it from cyberspace” on next April 7. Once again the group of  hacktivits Anonymous has threatened Israel with “the electronic holocaust” which would “erase it from cyberspace.” The massive cyber attack announced by Anonymous is planned on April 7 for “crimes in the Palestinian territories.” […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2015
Hacking Ships: Maritime Shipping Industry at Risk

Modern maritime ships are considered a privileged target for hackers and pirates that are increasing their pressure on the Maritime Shipping Industry. Hackers target Cyber Attack on Ships: Maritime Shipping Industry at Risk  Modern maritime ships are often monitored and controlled remotely from shore-based facilities thousands of miles away to ensure efficiency. This creates a […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2015
Symantec spotted a wide spam operation on Twitter

Security experts at Symantec security firm have uncovered a persistent diet spam operation on Twitter that presents interesting aspects. In July 2014, experts at Symantec have uncovered a spam campaign offering the Green Coffee Bean Extract, a diet supplement, a few months later the experts discovered that the same operators behind campaign is continuing its activities […]