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Pierluigi Paganini
February 11, 2020
According to IBM, OT attacks increased by over 2000 percent in 2019, most of them involved the Echobot IoT malware. IBM’s 2020 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index report analyzes the threat landscape in 2019, the experts observed a spike in the number of OT attacks. According to IBM X-Force, attacks targeting operational technology (OT) infrastructure increased […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 11, 2020
Dell addresses a flaw in the Dell SupportAssist Client software that could allow local attackers to execute arbitrary code with Administrator privileges. Dell released a security update to address a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-5316, in its SupportAssist Client software. The flaw could be exploited by local attackers to execute arbitrary code with Administrator privileges on affected systems. Dell SupportAssist software […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 11, 2020
Dear readers, I decided to create a simple Infographic that shows Cybercrime facts in 2019, I’ve done it for Safer Internet Day 2020. Enjoy it! [adrotate banner=”9″] [adrotate banner=”12″] Pierluigi Paganini (SecurityAffairs – cybercrime, hacking) [adrotate banner=”5″] [adrotate banner=”13″]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 11, 2020
Unauthorized use of customer information by Woori Bank, ‘crime act’ for customers. The bank changed 23,000 passwords in 2018 without consent. It is controversial that Woori Bank changed the passwords of 23,000 customer dormant accounts without consent in July 2018. The accounts are deactivated if there is no transaction for one year after their opening. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 11, 2020
The Italy-based cryptocurrency exchange Altsbit announced that it has suffered a security breach that led to the theft of its customer’s funds. Crypto-currency exchange Altsbit recently disclosed a security breach, the company claimed that hackers have stolen almost all its customers’ deposits. The Italian cryptocurrency trading firm disclosed the incident on February 5, only a “small […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 10, 2020
The United States Department of Justice charged 4 Chinese military hackers with hacking into credit reporting agency Equifax. The United States Department of Justice officially charged 4 members of the China’s PLA’s 54th Research Institute, a division of the Chinese military, with hacking into credit reporting agency Equifax. The four members of the Chinese military […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 10, 2020
A misconfiguration in the Elector election day app developed by Likud, the Netanyahu’s party might have exposed data on over 6.5 million Israelis. A misconfiguration in an election day app developed by the Netanyahu’s party Likud, might have exposed personal details of over 6.5 million Israelis. The incident was reported by the Verizon Media developer […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 10, 2020
A glitch in the TastSelv Borger tax service has sent over one million Danish CPR numbers to the US companies Google and Adobe. The Danish Agency for Development and Simplification has discovered the data leak that involved the TastSelv Borger service, which is managed by the US company DXC Technology. The TastSelv service allows everyone […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 10, 2020
The journalist Livio Varriale sheds the light on a story about pedophilia that starts from afar and still today finds its roots in the darker side of the internet. Today, I’m going to tell you a horrible story that dwells on the dark web, a story about pedophilia that starts from afar and still today […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 10, 2020
Malaysia’s MyCERT issued a security alert to warn of a hacking campaign targeting government officials that was carried out by the China-linked APT40 group. Malaysia’s Computer Emergency Response Team (MyCERT) warns of a cyber espionage campaign carried out by the China-linked APT40 group aimed at Malaysian government officials. The attackers aimed at stealing confidential documents […]
