cyber security

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2016
Canada – Military data found in hard drive at the recycling depot

A man has found a 30-gigabyte hard drive at a recycling depot in Halifax containing at least 10 GB Canadian military data. According to the Canadian CBC, a man named Pete Stevens has found a 30-gigabyte hard drive at a recycling depot in Halifax. The media support contains personal information including the names and numbers of defence […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2016
Law enforcement arrested operators behind the MegalodonHTTP Botnet

The operators behind the MegalodonHTTP botnet have been arrested in an international joint effort of law enforcement and a private security firm. In December, Norway law enforcement arrested five people accused of running the MegalodonHTTP Remote Access Trojan (RAT) as part of a joint operation between Norway’s Kripos National Criminal Investigation Service and Europol, codenamed “OP […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2016
Hackers show how reuse barcodes to be able to get fuel discounts

Two New Zealand researchers demonstrated at last Kiwicon conference how to print their own non-expiring 40c vouchers for fuel discounts. Bar codes are used all over the world, but to be fair, it’s a very outdated technology, and from time to time we get to know new holes in the technology. At last Kiwicon conference edition, two […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2016
Hyatt hotels data breach, 250 hotels impacted in 50 countries

The Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced a total of 250 of its resorts were compromised last year in a malware-based attack that stole customer payment card information. Hyatt Hotels revealed that 250 of its resorts have been involved in the data breach suffered last year. In December the Hyatt Hotels Corporation issued an official announcement to inform its users that unknown hackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2016
Android banking malware SlemBunk continues to evolve

Experts at FireEye noticed a significant evolution of SlemBunk, a powerful Android Trojan is targeting bank users worldwide. In December security experts at FireEye first spotted the Android banking Trojan SlemBunk, a threat specifically designed to target mobile banking users. The trojan first variants were distributed as copies of legitimate bank apps through third-party websites. The SlemBunk Trojan […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2016
Cisco wireless points include hardcoded passwords

A number of Cisco wireless devices have been designed with hardcoded passwords, including Wi-Fi gear, WLAN controllers, and ISE.Cisco wireless points designed with hardcoded passwords. Bad days for IT giants, recently an unwanted code was discovered in Juniper appliances and a hardcoded backdoor affects some Fortinet Firewalls. Problems of a different nature, but equally uncomfortable, afflicts Cisco wireless LAN controllers, the Cisco […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2016
Silverlight exploit discovered by analyzing Hacking Team leaked emails

Microsoft patched a Silverlight zero-day discovered by analyzing internal emails stolen to Hacking Team about Silverlight exploit. Microsoft recently fixed a number of vulnerabilities with the MS16-006 critical bulletin, including a Silverlight flaw CVE-2016-0034 that could be exploited for remote code execution. The Silverlight flaw discovered by the experts at Kaspersky Lab as a result of an investigation on the Hacking Team arsenal disclosed in […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2016
Security Affairs newsletter Round 42 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Analyzing Ransom32, the first JavaScript ransomware variant @FFD8FFDB Twitter bot spies on poorly configured cameras Turkish hackers took over a Russian Govt Instagram account Security Affairs newsletter Round 41 – News of the week Mac OS X […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 03, 2016
Security Affairs newsletter Round 41 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs InterApp, the device that can hack any Smartphone European credit card payment terminals are plagued with serious flaws The Ramnit Botnet is back after the law enforcement takedown Darkweb, a look back at 2015 events and 2016 […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2015
Security Affairs newsletter Round 40 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs FBI investigates on Juniper hack, is it a nation-state attack? Phone House – Personal data of 12+ million Dutch mobile customers open to hackers Phantom Squad plans to hack PSN and Xbox, SkidNP hacks its website Hillary […]