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Pierluigi Paganini
July 08, 2018
Smart speaker Banking Is coming to a device near you, Which are the cyber risks associated with their use? Are they a new opportunity for attackers? The popularity of voice-activated smart speakers like the Google Home and Amazon Echo has made brands, and industries realize there’s adequate demand for introducing technology that lets people accomplish […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 08, 2018
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! · Data Broker Exactis data breach, one of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 08, 2018
The HNS IoT botnet (Hide and Seek) originally discovered by BitDefender in January evolves and now targets cross-platform database solutions. Do you remember the Hide ‘N Seek (HNS) botnet? The IoT botnet Hide ‘N Seek botnet appeared in the threat landscape in January, when it was first spotted on January 10th by malware researchers from Bitdefender. It was first discovered […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 07, 2018
Advanced Digital Broadcast has rolled out security patched to fix three critical vulnerabilities in Its Broadband gear. Advanced Digital Broadcast has released patches for three critical vulnerabilities affecting broadband gateways. All the ADB Broadband Gateways and Routers based on Epicentro platform are affected by the vulnerabilities. The flaws were discovered nearly two years ago, they are a privilege escalation bug, an […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 07, 2018
Security researchers at Kaspersky Labs have discovered a new strain of the Rakhni malware that could infect systems with either a ransomware or a cryptocurrency miner. Experts from Kaspersky Labs have discovered a new strain of the Rakhni ransomware family that could infect systems with either a ransomware or a cryptocurrency miner depending upon their configurations. “Way back in 2013 our malware analysts […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 06, 2018
This week Google released the July 2018 Android patches that address tens of vulnerabilities in the popular mobile operating system. Google released the July 2018 Android patches that address a total of 11 vulnerabilities, including three Critical issues and 8 High-risk flaws that affect the framework, media framework, and system. The critical vulnerabilities are remote code […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 06, 2018
Chinese hackers breached into the systems of Australian National University (ANU) and according to the experts they are still there. Chinese hackers continue to target organizations worldwide, this time attackers based in China breached into the systems of Australian National University (ANU), one of the most prestigious Australian universities. The bad news is that experts are still working to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 06, 2018
Ex-employee at the surveillance firm NSO Group has been arrested and charged with stealing phone hacking tools from the company and attempting to sell it. A former employee of one of the most popular surveillance firm, NSO Group, has been arrested and charged with stealing phone hacking tools from the company and attempting to sell […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 06, 2018
Israeli military intelligence accused Hamas operatives of creating tainted apps to lure soldiers into downloading spyware onto their phones. According to a report published by the Israeli military, Hamas hackers are attempting to lure Israel Defence Forces (IDF) soldiers into installing tainted apps on their devices. Israeli military already blamed Hamas of similar attacks, but this […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 05, 2018
Recently experts from Talos security spotted a malware campaign leveraging Smoke Loader to steal credentials from a broad range of applications. Security experts have discovered a new malware campaign leveraging Smoke Loader to steal credentials from web browsers, email clients, and other popular applications. The attack chain starts with messages using a weaponized Word document […]
