Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2019
The Human Factor has a fundamental importance for the success of a cyber attack, for this reason it is important to create a culture of cyber security within organizations. Every day we see a large number of tools being implemented within enterprises and institutions due to the need to keep their environments more secure, along […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2019
Cisco released security patches to address tens of vulnerabilities in its products, including a critical vulnerability affecting Nexus 9000 switches. Cisco released security patches to address tens of vulnerabilities in its products. Among the flaws fixed by Cisco, there is also a critical vulnerability in Nexus 9000 switches that is tracked as CVE-2019-1804 and that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 02, 2019
The Department of Energy confirmed that in March a cyber event disrupted power grid operations in California, Wyoming, and Utah. The Department of Energy confirmed that on March 2019, between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., a cyber event disrupted energy grid operations in California, Wyoming, and Utah. The news was first reported by E&E News, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 01, 2019
Julian Assange has been sentenced to 11 months in prison for breaching his bail conditions in 2012 and finding asylum into Ecuadorian embassy for more than seven years. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for breaching his bail conditions in 2012 and finding asylum into Ecuador’s London embassy for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 01, 2019
The US DHS issued a new Binding Operational Directive (BOD 19-02) instructing federal agencies and departments to patch critical flaws in within 15 days. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a new Binding Operational Directive (BOD 19-02) ordering federal agencies and departments quickly patch serious vulnerabilities in Internet-facing systems. The BOD 19-02 gives […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 30, 2019
Huawei made the headlines again, Vodafone identified backdoors in software that could have handed Huawei unauthorized access to the carrier’s fixed-line network. According to Bloomberg, Vodafone identified hidden backdoors in software that could have handed Huawei unauthorized access to the carrier’s fixed-line network in Italy used to connect to the internet. “Now Vodafone Group Plc […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 30, 2019
Aluminum producer Norsk Hydro estimated the cost of the massive attack cyber attack targeting the company in March at around $50 million. How much cost a security breach? I can tell you that potential damages could be very expensive for companies, for example, the transportation giant Maersk announced in 2017 that it would incur hundreds of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 30, 2019
Facebook is going to fund academic research on the impact of social media on elections, aimed at preventing manipulation of these platforms. Facebook is committed to preventing manipulation of elections through social media by funding research on the impact of social media on elections. Facebook announced the involvement of 60 researchers from 30 academic institutions […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 29, 2019
A cyber survey conducted by the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) revealed that ‘123456’ is still the most hacked password. Security experts at the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) analyzed the 100,000 most-commonly re-occurring breached passwords using data from Have I Been Pwned (HIBP). Have I Been Pwned allows users to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 29, 2019
Microsoft presented a series of security enhancements for its Windows 10, including the removal of the password-expiration policy. Microsoft announced the removal of the password-expiration policy from its operating system starting with the next Windows 10 feature update (Windows 10 version 1903, a.k.a., “19H1” ) and Windows Server version 1903. The idea behind this change […]
