cyber security

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2016
What is a SOC (Security Operations Center)?

What is a SOC? What is its mission? Which are the Security tools and technology components of a SOC? Here come all the answers. A definition What is a SOC? A Security Operations Center (SOC) is an organized and highly skilled team whose mission is to continuously monitor and improve an organization’s security posture while […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 22, 2016
Security Affairs newsletter Round 61 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that I’m one of the finalists for the best European Security Blog, please vote for SecurityAffairs in all the sessions it is mentioned. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/secbloggerwards2016 #securityaffairs Malware used in the recent banking cyberheists is […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 17, 2016
GhostShell is back and exposed data from 32 companies hacked through Open FTP

GhostShell is back, it exposed data from 32 companies and  launched a new campaign to punish negligent network administrators. The popular hacker crew GhostShell is back and is launching a new campaign to sensitize administrators to the importance of a proper security posture, but he’s doing it in his own way. GhostShell is a group of hacktivists most […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2016
Security Affairs newsletter Round 60 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs How terrorists abuse online services for propaganda? Hacker Interviews – The hacker: zurael sTz Liberty Reserve founder sentenced 20 years in jail Security Affairs newsletter Round 59 – News of the week 2015 intelligence transparency report, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2016
Security Affairs newsletter Round 59 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Pirate Bay visitors infected with Cerber ransomware via bad ads The British GCHQ has disclosed dozens vulnerabilities this year Garage4hackers Webcast – Bypass Modern WAFs Exemplified at XSS Security Affairs newsletter Round 58 – News of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2016
Now we know the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the Bitcoin inventor

The mystery about the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the founder of the Bitcoin currency scheme, seems to be resolved, the man is Craig Steven Wright. The mystery about the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the founder of the Bitcoin virtual currency scheme, seems to be resolved, the man is the Australian entrepreneur Craig Steven Wright. Craig Wright publicly […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2016
Security Affairs newsletter Round 58 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Snap packaging could reveal private data in Ubuntu 16.04 version Bangladesh Bank hacked due to inadequate defense systems Dutch police seize the Ennetcom encrypted communication network Security Affairs newsletter Round 57 – News of the week The […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2016
Security Affairs newsletter Round 57 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs American company lost $100 million to BEC fraud Europol and Italian Carabinieri an international ATM Skimming network Lottery security director hacked random-number generator to rig lotteries Security Affairs newsletter Round 56 – News of the week Experts […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2016
Google is a ‘Partially Dangerous’ Website … According to Google

According to Google, Google is a ‘partially dangerous’ website because some pages on google.com contain deceptive content. According to Google’s online transparency report, Google’s main search engine is a “partially dangerous” website. The company has advised that people should exercise caution when using it. The search engine could attempt to steal the personal information of […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2016
MIT designed AI2, the system that can detect 85% of Cyber Attacks

Security researchers at the MIT designed an Artificial Intelligence system called AI2 that is able to detect 85 percent of attacks. While the number of cyber attacks continues to increase it is becoming even more difficult to detect and mitigate them in order to avoid serious consequences. A group of researchers at MIT’s Computer Science […]