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Pierluigi Paganini
September 19, 2017
Hackers have exploited security weaknesses in SS7 protocol to break into a GMail account, take control of a bitcoin wallet and steal funds. In June 2016, researchers with Positive Technologies demonstrated that it is possible to hack Facebook accounts by knowing phone numbers by exploiting a flaw in the SS7 protocol. The technique allows bypassing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 19, 2017
Users noticed a cryptocurrency miner surfaced on The Pirate Bay, the world’s largest torrenting for a day over the weekend. Pop quiz: would you rather A) see ad banners displayed at the top of the website, or B) mine Monero cryptocurrency when you visit a website? Judging by the number of downloads for ad blocking browser […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 19, 2017
Kaspersky researchers discovered a new attack technique leveraging an undocumented Word feature to gather information on users. Kaspersky researchers discovered a new attack technique leveraging Microsoft Word documents to gather information on users. The technique is innovative because it doesn’t use active content such as macros or exploits, it exploits an undocumented Word feature to fingerprint users. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 18, 2017
CCleaner app version 5.33 that was available for download between August 15 and September 12 was modified to include the Floxif malware Bad news for the users of the CCleaner app, according to researchers with Cisco Talos, version 5.33 that was available for download between August 15 and September 12 was modified to include the Floxif […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 18, 2017
I’m proud to share with you the first report produced by Z-Lab, the Malware Lab launched by the company CSE CybSec. Enjoy the Analysis Report NotPetya. As most of you already know I have officially presented my new Co a couple of months ago, CybSec Enterprise is its name and we already started to work on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 18, 2017
A hacker using the online moniker of ‘Kuroi’SH’ defaced the Google Brazil domain on Tuesday afternoon, this isn’t the first high-profile target he breached. A hacker using the online moniker of ‘Kuroi’SH’ defaced the official Google Brazil domain on Tuesday afternoon. The defaced page displayed a message greeting his friends for the successful attack on such a high-profile […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 18, 2017
Experts at Trend Micro reported malware attacks that leveraged the Hangul Word Processor (HWP) word processing application to target users. It has happened again, attackers leveraged the Hangul Word Processor (HWP) word processing application to target users in South Korea. The application is very popular in South Korea and was exploited in several hacking campaigns against entities in the country. In the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 17, 2017
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned 11 entities and Iranian nationals for malicious cyber-enabled activity. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned 11 entities and individuals for malicious cyber-enabled activity. US Dept. of Treasury announced sanctions against 7 Iranian nationals and security firms […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 17, 2017
Google continues the ongoing effort to communicate the transport security status of a given page labeling resources delivered via FTP as “Not secure” in Chrome, Last week, Google announced that future versions of Chrome will label resources delivered via the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) as “Not secure.” The security improvement will be implemented starting with […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 17, 2017
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. ·     Crooks leverage Facebook CDN servers to bypass security solutions ·     Mexican tax refund MoneyBack site exposed 400GB of sensitive customer data ·     Security Affairs newsletter Round 127 – News of the week ·     Apache Foundation rejects […]
