Security

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2015
Security Affairs newsletter Round 18 – Best of the week from best sources

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. A new Zero-Day Vulnerability arises from Hacking Team hack Hacking Team Another Flash Zero-Day: CVE-2015-5122 Hacking Team by Numbers – The Infographic Hacking Team chief: Were the GOOD GUYS […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2015
NSA Releases SIMP, An Open Source Network Security Tool

The US Intelligence National Security Agency (NSA) has just released a network security tool dubbed Systems Integrity Management Platform (SIMP). The US Intelligence National Security Agency (NSA) has released a network security tool. Dubbed Systems Integrity Management Platform (SIMP), designed and distributed to secure the networks of organizations improving the resilience to cyber attacks. According to […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2015
Bogus News mobile App discovered in Hacking Team arsenal

Experts at Trend Micro have discovered a malicious Android App while they were analyzing the package of data stolen from Hacking Team. Experts at Trendmicro analyzing package of data stolen from Hacking Team systems discovered a fake news app that was designed to circumvent filtering in Google Play. The malicious app was downloaded only 50 […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2015
Microsoft Ends Support for Windows Server 2003, Security Issues

Since 14 July 2015, Microsoft has ended the support for Windows Server 2003 operating system, which is the impact on the organizations? Since 14 July 2015, Microsoft has ended the support for Windows Server 2003 operating system, this means that the company will no longer provide patches, security updates, and security bulletins. As already happened for […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2015
The German Government wants to improve resilience from cyber-attacks

IIn response to the recent cyber-attacks against German targets the German Government has announced measures to improve the cyber security. In response to the recent cyber-attacks against German targets, including the hack of the systems at Bundestag, the central Government has announced measures to improve the cyber security. To avoid more problems, the German Government listed its […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2015
Seaduke, another weapon in the Duke arsenal

Security researchers at Symantec have analyzed Seaduke, a sophisticated Trojan used by threat actors behind the “Duke” malware family. Security experts at Symantec security firm have analyzed the Trojan.Seaduke, a malware that was used by the APT group behind the Duke espionage campaigns that targeted numerous government organizations worldwide. The Seaduke has many similarities with other […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2015
Hacking Team supported Italian Special Operations Group with BGP Routing Hijack

Documents leaked online after the Hacking Team hack revealed how the Italian firm supported the Italian Special Operations Group with BGP Routing Hijack. We are following day by day the evolution of the recent Hacking Team hack, the hackers posted online 400 GB of source code, company emails and documents, a treasure for hackers, cyber spies and […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2015
A new Zero-Day Vulnerability arises from Hacking Team hack

Security Researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a second Zero-Day Vulnerability that arises from Hacking Team cyber attack. Just Three days ago, Adobe released a new version of Flash to patch the zero-day vulnerability that was disclosed as part of the Hacking Team hack. Security experts at Trend Micro confirmed that the Adobe Flash vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2015
Security Affairs newsletter Round 17 – Best of the week from best sources

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. Anonymous India hacked BSNL website and compromised more than 30 Million records Cisco Unified CDM platform open to cyber attacks Argentine finds messenger to shoot after e-vote vuln allegations […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2015
UK to ban messaging applications under a new law

In the UK hard times for messaging applications like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, the Investigatory Powers Bill, probably will pass in Autumn. We have already discussed the plan of the UK Government to ban principal messaging applications for security reason, the authorities fear that they could be exploited by terrorist groups as a communication channel. Early this […]