Pierluigi Paganini
August 11, 2018
Journalists revealed a new surveillance program that targets US citizens, the program was previously-undisclosed and code named ‘Quiet Skies’. According to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), that has admitted the Quiet Skies, the program has monitored about 5,000 U.S. citizens on domestic flights in recent months. Quiet Skies was criticized by privacy advocates because the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2018
The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) announced the presence of a serious flaw in the BIND DNS software that can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2018-5740 was discovered by Tony Finch of the University of Cambridge. The flaw has been assigned a CVSS score of 7.5, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2018
In order to improve the security of its users, the popular software code hosting service GitHub is now alerting account holders whenever it detects that a password has been exposed by data breaches on other services. Last week the popular software code hosting service GitHub has introduced a new feature to protect its users, it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 07, 2018
Group-IB researchers have investigated user data leaks from cryptocurrency exchanges and has analyzed the nature of these incidents. Security experts from Group-IB, an international company specializing in preventing cyberattacks and developing information security solutions, has investigated user data leaks from cryptocurrency exchanges and has analyzed the nature of these incidents. Within a year, the number […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 06, 2018
Fortnite, the most popular game will be soon available for Android users but the Fortnite APK will not be in the Play Store. Fortnite continues to be the most popular game, it is a co-op sandbox survival game developed by Epic Games and People Can Fly. The great success obtained by the Fortnite attracted cyber criminals that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 06, 2018
DoE announced the Liberty Eclipse exercise to test the electrical grid ‘s ability to recover from a blackout caused by cyberattacks. This is the first time the Department of Energy will test the electrical grid’s ability to recover from a blackout caused by cyberattacks. We have discussed many times the effects of a cyber attack […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 03, 2018
Google announced that has implemented an alerting system for G Suite admins when users have been targeted by state-sponsored attacks. Google announced it will alert G Suite admins when state-sponsored hackers will target their users. The new feature will be available in the G Suite Admin console very soon, it confirms the effort spent by the tech […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 02, 2018
Researchers at CSE Cybsec ZLab analyzed shared published their analysis of the Telegram-based Android RAT tracked as HeroRAT. In June, researchers from security firm ESET discovered a new family of Android Remote Administration Tool (RAT), dubbed HeroRAT, that leverages the Telegram BOT API to communicate with the attacker. The use of Telegram API can be considered […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 01, 2018
Facebook removed 32 Facebook and Instagram accounts and pages that were involved in a coordinated operation aimed at influencing the midterm US elections Facebook has removed 32 Facebook and Instagram accounts and pages that were involved in a coordinated operation aimed at influencing the forthcoming midterm US elections. Facebook is shutting down content and accounts “engaged in coordinated […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 30, 2018
Google will start offering Titan Security Keys to provide a further layer of security to its users and protect them from Phishing and MiTM attacks. Google announced at Google Cloud Next ’18 convention in San Francisco the launch of the Titan Security Keys, a USB device that is used as part of its hardware-based two-factor authentication scheme for […]
