Pierluigi Paganini
May 04, 2013
When the DDoS topic is introduced it’s immediate to link it with the most popular tools usable for this type of attacks, but underground offers much more. When the DDoS topic is introduced it’s immediate to link it with the most popular tools usable for this type of attacks such as the popular LOIC, we must consider that underground offer […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2013
The systems of the US Army Corps of Engineersâ National Inventory of Dams (NID) were hacked back in January by hacker probably having Chinese origin. The systems of the US Army Corps of Engineersâ National Inventory of Dams (NID) were hacked back in January by hackers probably having Chinese origin, the discovery has been made […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 01, 2013
The McAfee security firm found an Adobe Reader vulnerability that reveals where a PDF document is opened. The McAfee security firm found an Adobe Reader vulnerability that reveals where a PDF document is opened, once again Adobe products are the center of attention of security experts after the numerous attacks that have exploited flaws in its products for cyber espionage campaigns. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 30, 2013
APWG issued the new edition of its APWG Global Phishing Survey report that identifies trends and their significance by quantifying the scope of the global phishing problem. The APWG Global Phishing Survey report analyzes phishing attacks detected in the second H2 2012, the overall data for the study was collected by the Anti-Phishing Working Group, and supplemented with […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2013
LivingSocial data breach exposed 50 million customer records, the news is shocking and is circulating on the Internet since last Friday. On The internet is circulating the news of the LivingSocial data breach, an incident that menace the privacy of million of users and that rekindling the debate on the level of security provided by major service companies […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2013
FireEye report on the evolution of sophisticated cyber threats and their diffusion on global scale FireEye security firm has published another interesting report, titled “FireEye report -The Advanced Cyber Attack Landscape”, that provides an overview of advanced cyber attack landscape, these events are a widespread global activity and during 2012. FireEye experts detected  12 million malware communications seeking instructions, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 25, 2013
Critical vulnerability in Viber allow bypass security mechanisms We have discussed in various occasions of security in mobile environments, mobile device are becoming the center of our digital life, they act as a bridge between our daily existence and our identity in cyberspace. Mobile follows our movements, knows our habits and maintains a history of our interaction with our contacts, itâs clear that  compromising them […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 24, 2013
Recently hackers have intensified the number of attacks against corporate social media accounts, the Twitter account is most targeted ones due the high interest of businesses in this comfortable communication channel. Various the companies that have recently been hacked on Twitter including 60 Minutes, 48 Hours and a Denver news affiliate, The New York Times, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 24, 2013
Verizon has issued the â2013 Data Breach Investigations Reportâ that investigates on a series of documented data breaches. Verizonâs RISK Team, in collaboration with other 18 partners, has issued the â2013 Data Breach Investigations Reportâ that investigates on a series of documented data breaches. Since 2008 the company yearly publishes data related to principal incidents occurred during […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2013
In the last months of 2012 a group of hackers known as âIzz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fightersâ conducted a series of attacks against principal banking and financial institutions including the U.S. Bancorp, JPMorgan Chase&co, Bank of America, PNC Financial Fervices Group, and SunTrust Banks. Security experts noted that the hackers adopted an anomalous strategy for the […]
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