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Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2016
Europol Operation Daylight, arrested 75 suspects for sharing child sex images

The Europol coordinated the Operation Daylight against criminals that were sharing child sex images on the internet, 75 suspects have been arrested. It’s summertime, but there is no vacation for the agents of the Europol that arrested 75 suspects in 28 European countries for sharing child sex images on the internet. The European law enforcement […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 23, 2016
Linux.Rex.1, a new Linux Trojan the creates a P2P Botnet

Security researchers discovered a new Linux Trojan dubbed Linux.Rex.1 that is capable of self-spreading and create a peer-to-peer botnet. A newly observed Linux Trojan is capable of self-spreading through infected websites and can recruit the infected machines into a peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet, Doctor Web researchers warn. Security researchers from the firm Dr. Web have discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2016
Security Affairs newsletter Round 74 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. First of all let me inform you that at the #infosec16 SecurityAffairs was awarded as The Best European Personal Security Blog http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/48202/breaking-news/securityaffairs-best-european-personal-security-blog.html THANK YOU! Hitler ransomware just deletes files instead encrypt them Security Affairs newsletter Round 73 – News […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2016
The alleged NSA’s unit The Equation Group has been hacked. Exploits and tools leaked online.

A group of hackers claims to have hacked the NSA Equation Group, it is selling hacking tools and exploits in online auction. Security experts discussed several times about potential effects of the militarization of the cyberspace. Government-built malware and cyber weapons may run out of control, cyber weapons and hacking tools developed by nation-state hackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2016
Hacker Interviews – Dêfãult Vírüsa (@_d3f4ult)

Dear Readers, today I want to present you Dêfãult Vírüsa one of the most intriguing hackers on the Internet. He is the Admin of #AnonSec & @L0sExtraditable hacker groups Enjoy the Interview. You are a talented hacker that has already participated in several hacking campaigns, could you tell me more about. Our page on EncyclopediaDramatica should […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2016
DDoSCoin, the cryptocurrency that pays the participation in DDoS attacks

Two researchers have devised a cryptocurrency scheme dubbed DDoSCoin that pays everytime a user participates in a DDoS attack against certain servers. The assistant professor at the University of Colorado Eric Wustrow and the phD student at the University of Michigan Benjamin VanderSloot have conducted a curious proof-of-concept project aimed at the creation of a cryptocurrency that […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 10, 2016
Exodus announces a bug bounty program. Who will pay more for a zero-day?

The bug hunting company Exodus announced its bug bounty program. Who will pay more for a 0-day exploit? Reflecting on the zero-day market. Almost every IT giant has launched its bug bounty program, the last in order of time is Apple that last week announced the initiative during the Black Hat Conference. How much is […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 09, 2016
Automated systems crawl the DarkWeb to find Zero-Days

A team researchers at Arizona State University (ASU) is crawling the Darkweb searching for zero-days for Proactive Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence Can finding zero-day vulnerabilities be as easy as crawling the Darkweb? Security researchers at Arizona State University (ASU) think so and they’re already seeing some success.  In a paper titled, “Darknet and Deepnet Mining for […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2016
Security Affairs newsletter Round 72 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. First of all let inform you that at the #infosec16 SecurityAffairs was awarded as The Best European Personal Security Blog http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/48202/breaking-news/securityaffairs-best-european-personal-security-blog.html THANK YOU! Danger Drone, the flying hacking machine devised by a cyber security duo A close look at […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2016
Kasidet PoS malware bypasses Account Control posing as Microsoft App

Experts from Dr Web discovered a new PoS malware dubbed Kasidet that can bypass User Account Control (UAC) by posing as a legitimate Microsoft application. A new strain of PoS malware is in the wild, experts from security firm Doctor Web  named it Trojan.Kasidet.1 and it is able to bypass defense mechanism such as the Microsoft […]