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Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2014
Snowden has leaked secret documents with a common web crawler

According an internal investigation Snowden has leaked the secret NSA’documents using a web crawler software designed to search, index and backup a website. The last assumption of the Snowden case is related to the way the whistleblower has collected the huge quantity of secret document from the National Security Agency (NSA). The leaked documents have shown […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2014
CERT POLSKA detected large-scale DNS hacking on home routers

Attackers changed the DNS configuration of vulnerable home routers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks on a large scale against Polish online banking users. The Polish Computer Emergency Response Team has documented a series of cyber attacks observed in Poland involved cybercriminals hacking into home routers and changing their DNS settings so they can conduct MITM attacks on […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 09, 2014
CAN Hacking Tools, 20 USD to hack a car remotely

Two security researchers have designed a kit to hack a car made up of a tiny device, smaller than your Smartphone, they called it CAN Hacking Tools (CHT) Imagine that a hacker wants to hijack your car hack remotely, the thought is scaring but it’s reality! The high level of technological penetration into the objects that surround […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 09, 2014
Cost of conducting APT campaigns is dramatically dropping

Speaking at Kaspersky Lab’s Industry Analyst Summit Costin Raiu, revealed that the cost for APT campaign is dramatically dropping. The cost of developing advanced malware has fallen dramatically malicious code like Stuxnet and Flame are today economically more affordable. It has been estimated that the expense for the development of a cyber weapon like Stuxnet,or for a […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 08, 2014
Bank of America customers targeted by a new malware campaign

Security experts at AppRiver detected a traffic spam spike linked to a new malware Campaign Targeting customers of Bank of America. Bank of America is being targeted by a new malicious campaign, cybercriminals are spreading a stealthy malicious financial malware to hit the clients of the financial institution. Security experts at AppRiver recently detected and blocked a set of […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 08, 2014
Linkup , the ransomware that blocks Internet access and mines Bitcoin

Emsisoft has detected a new variant of malware dubbed Linkup (Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Linkup), it is ransomware that blocks Internet access and mines Bitcoin. Emsisoft has detected a new variant of malware dubbed Linkup (Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Linkup), it is ransomware presenting a singular behavior. Usually a ransomware locks victim’s computer or encrypts files requesting the payment of a ransom to unlock it, but […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 07, 2014
Sochi visitors Hacked in few minutes to prevent attacks

According to NBC News, Olympics attendees are being hacked just the arrive in Sochi,  the reporter Richard Engel demonstrated it conducting an experiment. Sochi Olympics are starting, but Intelligence agencies of all participating governments fear the possibility of an terrorist attack or a cyber attack. The event is a great occasion for hackers, hacktivists and cyber criminals which […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 07, 2014
Disconcerting Report on cybersecurity for US Government entities

A report issued by The Federal Government’s Track Record provides a scaring picture on cybersecurity for US Government entities. The US Government is a privileged target for cybercriminals, state-sponsored hackers and hacktivists, for years now, officials and politicians have warned of the risks related to a cyber attack. Leon Panetta, former Director of the Central […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2014
GCHQ ran DoS attack on chatrooms used by Anonymous and LulzSec

New slides leaked by Snowden, and published by NBC NEWS, reveal that GCHQ ran DoS attack on chatrooms used by Anonymous and LulzSec. The last revelation on the investigation conducted by NBC News on Snowden case reveals that British intelligence GCHQ ran denial-of-service attacks against Anonymous and LulzSec. Documents leaked by the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden reports the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2014
Syrian Electronic Army hacks into Facebook’s domain

The Syrian Electronic Army claimed Wednesday that it managed to hack into Facebook violating an administrator account of the Facebook’s Domain Registrar. Syrian Electronic Army hit again, 2014 has started with the exploits of the popular group hackers that hit the giants of IT industry. Microsoft, PayPal, Ebay and also the CNN were hacked in the […]