Pierluigi Paganini
January 19, 2017
Ukrenergo confirmed that preliminary results of its investigation showed that the Ukraine power outage that occurred in December was caused by hackers. In December 2016, the Government Ukraine energy company Ukrenergo suffered a severe power outage that affected the ”North” substation at Pivnichna. The incident caused blackouts in the city of Kyiv and neighboring regions. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 18, 2017
A new ransomware campaign has targeted the not-for-profit cancer services organisation “Little Red Door” requesting a US$44,000 ransom. A new ransomware campaign has targeted a not-for-profit cancer services organisation, the Little Red Door. The organization provides a number of cancer support services, including diagnostics and treatment. The system at the agency was infected by a ransomware last Wednesday, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 17, 2017
A security expert discovered a flaw in the Facebook Messenger audio clip recording feature that could be exploited to listen to audio chats. Voice recording is one of the most important features of instant messaging systems, it allows users to rapidly send messages in an easy way avoiding typing them. WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and others […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 16, 2017
Key findings of a new study conducted by Keeper Security that analyzed 10 million hacked accounts from breached data dumps for the most popular passwords. Users’ bad habits are still one of the biggest problems for the IT industry, weak passwords and their reuse on multiple websites every day potentially expose a billion users to cyber […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 14, 2017
A security issue can be used to intercept and read encrypted messages. Is this a WhatsApp backdoor? Which are potential risks? Is the popular messaging service Whatsapp affected by a backdoor? According to a blog post published by The Guardian, the application was affected by a vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers to intercept and read messages. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 12, 2017
The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has issued security updates to address four high severity flaws in the DNS software BIND. The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has issued updates to solve four high severity flaws in the DNS software BIND. The flaw could be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a DoS condition. An attacker can […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 12, 2017
2016 was the biggest year by far for all sorts of bots. From Chatbots to bad bots, the past year was eventful to say the least. With more than 980+ cyber security breaches across all online businesses and 35 million accounts exposed. Yahoo! In a 2016 report, disclosed that more than 1 billion accounts have […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2017
The Los Angeles Community College District has paid a US$28,000 ransomware after crooks compromised its network. Fortunately, the school retrieved data. A Los Angeles school has paid a US$28,000 ransomware after crooks compromised its network. Cyber criminals encrypted computer services, including email systems, at the Los Angeles Community College District. The ransomware used in the attack encrypted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 09, 2017
Turkish Energy Minister Berat Albayrak believes that power outages in Istanbul and other areas in Turkey have also been caused by cyber attacks. According to Turkish Energy Minister Berat Albayrak, Istanbul and other areas in Turkey have been experiencing power outages since last week. The power outages were caused by sabotage of underground powerlines and cyberattacks originating in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 04, 2017
The notorious black hat hacker CyberZeist (@cyberzeist2) has broken into the FBI website FBI.gov and leaked data on Pastebin. The notorious black hat hacker CyberZeist (@cyberzeist2) has broken into the FBI website FBI.gov and leaked data on Pastebin. The hacker leaked the FBI.GOV accounts that he found in several backup files (acc_102016.bck, acc_112016.bck, old_acc16.bck, etc). […]
