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Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2018
Security firm attributes Cosmos Bank cyberheist to Lazarus APT

Security experts from Securonix have published a report that attributes the attack against on the Cosmos Bank to the Lazarus APT group. Cosmos Bank is one of the largest Indian cooperative banks, it was the victim of a cyberheist a couple of weeks ago when hackers stole over 940 million rupees ($13.5 million) in just three […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2018
Security Affairs newsletter Round 177 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! ·      Chinas Belt and Road project (BRI) is […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 12, 2018
Security Affairs newsletter Round 175 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! ·      A malware paralyzed TSMC plants where also […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2018
Lazarus APT hackers leverages HWP Documents in a recent string of attacks

Security researchers at AlienVault uncovered a series of cyber attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges leveraging weaponized Hangul Word Processor HWP documents (Hangul Word Processor documents). The string of attacks involving the HWP documents has been attributed to the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group, and includes the hack of the South Korean virtual currency exchange Bithumb. The hackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2018
Security Affairs newsletter Round 168 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! ·      ClipboardWalletHijacker miner hijacks your Ether and Bitcoin […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2018
Security Affairs newsletter Round 167 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! ·      Crooks used a KilllDisk wiper in an […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2018
Former GCHQ chief Hannigan warns of Russia’s aggressive approach to the cyberspace

According to former GCHQ chief, the recently discovered VPNFilter botnet is the demonstration that Russia appears to be live-testing cyberattacks. Former GCHQ chief Robert Hannigan has warned that the availability of hacking tools in the main marketplaces is rapidly changing the threat landscape. Hannigan served as the director of the UK intelligence agency between November 2014 until January 2017. Threat actors have an […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 07, 2018
Russia-linked Sofacy APT group adopts new tactics and tools in last campaign

Sofacy APT group (APT28, Pawn Storm, Fancy Bear, Sednit, Tsar Team, and Strontium) continues to operate and thanks to rapid and continuously changes of tactics the hackers are able to remain under the radar. According to experts from Palo Alto Networks, the hackers also used new tools in recent attacks, recently the APT group has shifted focus in their interest, from NATO member […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2018
Security Affairs newsletter Round 165 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! ·      A bug in T-Mobile site allowed anyone see any customers account details ·      […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 27, 2018
Security Affairs newsletter Round 164 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! ·      Experts propose a new variation of the Spectre attack to recover data from […]