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Pierluigi Paganini
December 10, 2018
The Linux.org website was defaced last week via DNS hijack, attackers breached into associated registrar account and changed the DNS settings. Attackers changed the defacement page a few times, they protested against the new Linux kernel developer code of conduct in a regrettable way with racial slurs and the image of an individual showing the anus. The defacement page also includes links […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 09, 2018
Experts from security firm Wordfence discovered a Botnet of 20,000 WordPress Sites Infecting other WordPress installs. Experts from security firm Wordfence uncovered a botnet composed of over 20,000 WordPress sites that is being used to compromise other websites running on the popular CMS and recruit them. “The threat actors (hackers) use a group of four command […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 09, 2018
STOLEN PENCIL campaign – North Korea-linked APT group has been targeting academic institutions since at least May of this year. North Korea-linked threat actors are targeting academic institutions with spear phishing attacks. The phishing messages include a link to a website where a decoy document that attempts to trick users into installing a malicious Google Chrome […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 08, 2018
Europol announced the arrest of 168 people under the European Money Mule Action ‘EMMA 4′, a massive operation that resulted in the identification of 1,504 money mules. Europol announced that 168 people have been arrested under the ‘EMMA 4’, an international operation conducted by law enforcement. EMMA 4 lasted from September to November 2018. Law enforcement in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2018
The popular expert Jens ‘Atom’ Steube devised a new WiFi hack that allows cracking WiFi passwords of most modern routers. Jens ‘Atom’ Steube, the lead developer of the popular password-cracking tool Hashcat, has developed a new WiFi hacking technique that allows cracking WiFi passwords of most modern routers. Jens ‘Atom’ Steube, the lead developer of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 15, 2017
A raw intelligence document published last week claims Russian cyber experts have cracked Telegram messaging service to spy on opponents. A raw intelligence document published last week contains much information about President Donald Trump and the approach of the Kremlin to the cyber espionage. According to the report, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) offers bribes for back […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 15, 2017
Security experts from Cisco Talos discovered several flaws in the Aerospike Database Server, a high-performance, and open source NoSQL database. Security experts from Cisco Talos have discovered several vulnerabilities in the Aerospike Database Server, a high-performance, and open source NoSQL database. It is used by several major brands for high-performance applications, including Kayak, AppNexus, Adform, adMarketplace and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2017
The Hello Kitty MongoDB database leaked online one year ago recently surface on the web, it includes 3.3 million records belonging to Hello Kitty fans. The security researcher Chris Vickery discovered a Sanrio database that was misconfigured and exposed to the public in 2015. On December 2015, Vickery reported the discovery to Databreaches.net and Salted Hash. According […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 20, 2016
A cyber attack against the Government Ukraine energy company Ukrenergo may be the root cause of power outage that occurred in Ukraine late on Saturday. A new cyber attack may be the root cause of power outage that occurred in Ukraine late on Saturday. According to the Ukraine energy company Ukrenergo, the power outage occurred at the midnight between […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 18, 2016
The FBI raided another the second home in Chicago to arrest the second alleged culprit in the Fappening hack Investigation. In 2014 an unknown hacker leaked online nude pictures of celebrities, including the popular and Kate Upton. We are speaking about the case known as The Fappening, the hacker took over a large number of Apple iCloud accounts, […]
