Pierluigi Paganini
December 29, 2012
In line with expectations a new cyber threat is menacing the mobile, in particular the most diffused OS, Android. The Russian anti-virus vendor Doctor Web has detected a new malware, dubbed TheAndroid.DDoS.1.origin, that target Android mobile allowing the attacker to carry out mobile denial of service attacks. Currently is not known how the trojan has […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 25, 2012
Everywhere is possible to read rivers of words on the impressive diffusion of social networks and mobile devices, both technologies used in the last months as privileged channels of attacks due their large audience. We all know how much dangerous are botnets and how many malicious purposes could be achieved with their diffusion, today I […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 06, 2012
F-Secure security firm has recently published the “Mobile threat report Q3/2012” related the past quarter that presents the mobile threat landscape, a scenario that has been characterized by Android’s dominance. The rapid diffusion of Android devices has had the effect of increasing the number of malware developed for the famous OS, during the third quarter […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 21, 2012
Today I had the opportunity to analyze the a majority-owned subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent, that shows a worrying scenario, around 14 percent of home networks were infected with malware in the period between April and June 2012. Researchers declared: “We saw an increase in the number of home networks infected as compared to first quarter 2012,” One […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 01, 2012
The news is sensational and is associated with the imminent spread of the new operating system from Microsoft, Windows 8. The Redmond has announced in its systems the presence of a “kill switch” feature, a system that allows the company to remotely access the terminal to proceed with the killing of processes that could cause […]
