cyber security

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2017
Security Affairs newsletter Round 124 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. ·      Anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian IsraBye wiper spreads as a ransomware ·      Kenya opposition claims election results manipulated in cyber attack ·      MUGHTHESEC, a signed Mac adware that hijacks the victims browser for profit ·      Security Affairs newsletter […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2017
Security Affairs newsletter Round 123 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. ·      Flaws in solar panels potentially threatening European power grids ·      Hackers leak the fourth episode of Game of Thrones season 7 online ·      Security Affairs newsletter Round 122 – News of the week ·      US Army […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 12, 2017
DNA Contains Instructions for Biological and Computer Viruses

University of Washington scientists have created an experiment that shows how DNA can be used to not only create biologic viruses, but also viruses that can infect computers. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is one of the oldest methods for storing information. It is found in almost all living cells and DNA information is used in nature […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2017
Security Affairs newsletter Round 122 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. ·      Apple removed iOS VPN apps from Chinese App Store in compliance to censorship law ·      Bypassing locking mechanisms of a smart gun with $15 worth of magnets ·      DEF CON 25 – BBC Micro:bit could be […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2017
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg on Crypto weakening: Crypto War 2.0

Sheryl Sandberg on crypto weakening. The new Crypto war being started where government agencies are wanting a reduction in encryption strengths. DISCLAIMER: All views and facts explained in this article are the views of the author and does not in anyway related to the views of organization where the individual is employed. The article is […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 26, 2017
Adobe Flash end of life announced by 2020. Start thing of the migration

Adobe announced Flash end-of-life by 2020. Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla plans to stop supporting the Adobe Flash Media Player in 2020. It’s official, Adobe will kill Flash by 2020, the company will stop providing support for the popular browser plugin.by the end of that year. “Given this progress, and in collaboration with several of […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 23, 2017
Security Affairs newsletter Round 120 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. ·      Crooks used Infrared insert skimmers in a recent wave of ATM attacks ·      Did you receive a WhatsApp subscription ending email or text? Watch out! ·      Hackshit PhaaS platform, even more easy to power Phishing campaigns […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2017
Security Affairs newsletter Round 119 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. ·      Android SpyDealer Trojan is able to spy on more than 40 apps ·      European police shut down the Elysium website, a major child porn platform ·      Experts found an unpatched flaw in Humax WiFi Router model […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2017
Calling Artificial Intelligence to Counter Ransomware Attacks

The progression in Artificial Intelligence have incited intense debate worldwide, some experts are calling AI to counter malware attacks In a short span of six weeks, the world was hit twice by major ransomware attacks — malicious software that seizes the data stored on your computer systems and would only release it to you upon […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2017
Security Affairs newsletter Round 118 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. ·      FBI hacked a US Darknet shopper who tried to purchase Mail Bomb ·      NATO attributed the massive NotPetya attack to a ‘state actor and call for a joint investigation ·      NATO CCD COE attributed the massive […]