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Pierluigi Paganini July 25, 2013
KINS trojan is threatening banking sector

KINS trojan is the name of the new banking malware that RSA researchers discovered thanks to an announcement on the Russian black market. Early 2013 RSA discovered traces of a news banking trojan named KINS, security experts have followed the evolution of the malware in the underground community. RSA researchers discovered an announcement on the Russian […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 24, 2013
Vulnerability disclosed pwds of all Barracuda Network Employees

Security expert Ebrahim Hegazy has found a Password disclosure vulnerability in Barracuda update servers which allows to gain access to employee credentials. The cyber security Analyst @Qcert Ebrahim Hegazy(@Zigoo0) has found a Password disclosure vulnerability in one of Barracuda update servers which allows the attackers to gain access to all its employee data. When the system administrator needs to […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 24, 2013
Web Application Vulnerabilities 2013 – Context Information Security

Context Information Security  issued the report “Web Application Vulnerability Statistics 2013” that provides statistic on Web Application Vulnerabilities based on data gathered from a range of IT security activities and consultancy engagements during last three years. The number of data breaches is increasing in concerning way also thanks to numerous cyber attacks that exploited Web Application Vulnerabilities in many web […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 23, 2013
Researcher demonstrated SmartTV hacking on Samsung models

The researcher Malik Mesellem demonstrated that SmartTV hacking is a real menace, Samsung models could be forced to reboot sending an HTTP GET request It is known that smartTV hacking is a reality, these devices are connected to the Internet and suffers cyber threats exactly as any other device. Principal security firms predict a bleak future […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 23, 2013
Who has hacked the Apple iOS Developer Center?

After a weekend of outage and various mysterious password reset emails Apple has revealed that the iOS Developer Center was hacked. After 3 days of absolute silence of the voice of a possible hack to the IOS Developer Center, Apple has just confirmed that it was the victim of a cyber attack. The iOS Developer Center web […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2013
Utopian security. Clamorous data breaches on Ubuntu Forums and Tango

The news for clamorous data breaches on Tango Application and The Ubuntu Forum create concerns on the level of security offered by principal service providers News of numerous and clamorous data breaches due cyber attacks is circulating on the internet, massive database from the Tango messenger server was hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army and […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2013
Vulnerability on SIM cards compromises security for millions of phones

A vulnerability on SIM cards, and in particular on the DES algorithm for the encryption, could compromise the security of mobile phones. A serious vulnerability on SIM cards used in some mobile phones has been found, exploiting the flaw an attacker could eavesdrop on phone conversations, could install malicious applications on the device or it could impersonalize […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2013
Uncovered an unusual attacks based on anomalous file infector

Security experts uncovered an unusual cyber espionage campaign based on file infector belonging to the PE_EXPIRO family that includes information theft module Security experts at TrendMicro uncovered an unusual espionage campaign that hit United States users based  on malware having file infector with stealing capabilities. The attackers acted with specific intent to steal information from organizations or […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2013
Anonymous leaked incorrect credentials of Congress members

Alleged members of the hacker collective Anonymous posted alleged passwords of Hill staffers, but according expert they are outdated and inaccurate. Anonymous claimed to have stolen credentials of members of Congress to protest against the popular surveillance program PRISM. Anonymous is back and once again it targeted US institutions, the group leaked over 2000 username […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2013
Brute-forcing applications spotted in the wild … pros and cons

Brute forcing applications spotted in the wild demonstrates the continual interest of cybercrime … What is the limitations of this attack technique? Cybercrime industry has a fervent creativity and  new products are daily offered in the underground. I desire to close this week with a look to the offer on the black market speaking of brute-forcing applications […]