Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2014
The last report issued by Arbor ATLAS Shows an increase in Reflection DDoS Attacks in Q3 2014, specifically for SSDP reflection attacks. Arbor Networks has published the quarterly report on global DDoS attack data related to Q3 2014, the slides show the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack trends for the first three quarters of 2013. The data […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2014
Security expert Boris Mutina made an analysis of IT Security landscape, highlighting critical trends and suggesting a proactive approach to cyber security The world of IT security was recently shocked by the Bash Bug vulnerability and I believe that none of the readers do need to explain the impact of this vulnerability. We are in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2014
A team of German researchers developed an innovative Android app dubbed DREBIN capable of detecting 94 percent of mobile malware. A team of German researchers composed by Daniel Arp, Konrad Rieck, Malte Hubner, Michael Spreitzenbarth of Siemens computer emergency response team and Hugo Gascon of the University of Gottingen have developed an Android app capable […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2014
The student Andrew Aude discovered a still unreleased feature for payments of Facebook Messenger by using the iOS and Mac OS X hacking tool Cycript. Facebook is preparing to enter the world of mobile payments according to a recent report published by Techcrunch. The student at Stanford, Andrew Aude discovered a still unreleased feature of Facebook Messenger by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2014
Proofpoint firm uncovered a malicious campaign run by the Northern Gold criminal group which is targeting online banking users with a botnet of 500,000 PCs . Security experts at Proofpoint firm have identified a Russian-speaking cybercrime gang, dubbed Northern Gold, that has compromised more than 500,000 machines worldwide to steal users’ online credentials for major banks in the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 06, 2014
A zero-day in Bugzilla bug-tracking tool allows anyone to view detailed reports about unfixed vulnerabilities in a wide range of vulnerability repositories. A new vulnerability in Bugzilla is scaring the security industry, it affects the Mozillaâs bug-tracking software, and could have a serious impact. The vulnerability in Bugzilla could be exploited by attackers to view […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 05, 2014
The security researcher Michal Zalewski revealed the details of other two additional bugs he discovered in the Bourne Again Shell after the Bash Bug case. IT community worldwide has been shocked by the discovery of the Bash Bug flaw, a vulnerability that was present in the popular Bash component for more than two decades. While principal […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 04, 2014
Two researchers Brandon Wilson and Adam Caudill released their attack code to reprogram USB sticks and use them as an undetectable hacking instrument. Recently, two independent researchers, Brandon Wilson and Adam Caudill, have released the code which can reprogram, benign USB devices turning them in malicious components. The experts published the code on the Github raising the question related […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 03, 2014
A digitally signed version of the popular CryptoWall ransomware is distributed via five Alexa top-ranked websites in a widespread malvertising campaign. Security experts at Barracuda Labs have discovered a new variant of CryptoWall ransomware in the wild, the new strain of malware presents a valid digital signature and it is being delivered as part of a widespread malvertising […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 02, 2014
Security experts speculate that the Chinese government is using mobile spyware, MITM attacks and Internet monitoring to control Hong Kong protesters. In the last days I published the news regarding a spyware used to spy on activists in Hong Kong, a Fake Occupy Central app is targeting the smartphones of the activists belonging to the Occupy Central […]
