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Pierluigi Paganini October 16, 2014
How to gain control of any Addthis user account

The security expert Federico Fazzi has disclosed a serious vulnerability in the Addthis.com service that allows attackers to take control of any account. The Italian security expert Federico Fazzi has discovered a serious vulnerability in the Addthis.com service that allows attackers to take control of any Addthis account. AddThis is the world’s largest content sharing and social […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 14, 2014
7 million DropBox credentials apparently leaked

Hundreds of Dropbox Passwords allegedly Leaked were publisehd online, but the company reassures its users confirming that its systems were not violated. It’s up to DropBox, an archive of nearly 7 million Dropbox login credentials has been published on PasteBin. A guest account post on Pastebin four different documents, all claiming to be part of […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 30, 2014
Europol issued 2014 iOCTA report on evolution of cybercrime

The Europol issued 2014 Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (iOCTA) report to provide details about on-going developments in the cyber criminal ecosystem. The Europol European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) has issued the 2014 Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (iOCTA) which describes the evolution of cybercrime an the models of sales adopted in the criminal ecosystem. This ‘Crime-as-a-Service‘ business […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 16, 2014
New BoSSaBoTv2 botnet targeting vulnerable Servers

Trustwave has detected a new series of attacks on servers worldwide based on the exploitation of old CGI-PHP vulnerability to spread BoSSaBoTv2 botnet. It was 2012 when security experts discovered a security flaw (CVE-2012-1823) in some PHP builds that could be exploited by a threat actor to remotely execute commands on the affected server, if PHP was […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 10, 2014
Nearly 5 million alleged Google account credentials leaked

A database containing nearly million login and passwords for Google accounts has been leaked online on a Russian cyber security internet forum. A database containing 5 million alleged Google login and password has been leaked online on a Russian cyber security internet forum. The news was spread by online media agencies, including RT.com. The huge archive is […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2014
The rapid growth of the Darknet black markets

The Digital Citizen’s Alliance provided an updating to the study which analyzes online black markets, focusing on the sales of illegal drugs. The cybercrime ecosystem has no limit, it is a prolific industry that evolves with time and is always full of new players as reported in a recent report published by the Digital Citizen’s Alliance. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2014
Alleged iCloud flaw exploited in Naked celebrity hack

Investigation on celebrities naked pictures leaked online raises suspicion that hackers breached iCloud accounts exploiting a flaw in the “Find my IPhone” feature. An alleged hack of Apple’s iCloud accounts of many celebrities seems to be the cause of the leakage online hundreds of naked photos purportedly belonging to more than 100 actors and singers.  On […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2014
APWG Q2 2014 report, phishing is even more dangerous

The APWG Report Q2 2014 states that phishing activities continue to increase, phishers are targeting Crypto Currency, Payment Services and Retail Sites. The APWG has published its new report related to phishing activities in the period April – June 2014, the document titled “Phishing Activity Trends Report, 2nd Quarter 2014” states that online payment services […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2014
Bifrose malware leveraging on Tor caught in a targeted attack on a device manufacturer

Security experts at TrendMicro have detected a new variant of the BIFROSE malware leveraging on the Tor network in a targeted attack. Security experts at TrendMicro have been investigating a targeted attack against a device manufacturer when they discovered that BIFROSE malware, a well-known backdoor, has infected the systems of the company.  BIFROSE has been around for many […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2014
Russian Hackers disguise Kelihos bot as Anti-Government Software

Russian Hackers are spreading the Kelihos Trojan leading victims into believing that it is a software to hit Western Governments. Kelihos botnet is still active and exploited by the cybercrime ecosystem to monetize its effort as discovered by security experts at Bitdefender. Cyber criminals have a single purpose, to earn money by any means, for this reason it is […]