Pierluigi Paganini
July 03, 2017
Google has notified some employees that they may have been hit by the data breach suffered by travel technology firm Sabre. In May, the Travel Tech Giant Sabre confirmed in a SEC filing it was “investigating an incident involving unauthorized access to payment information contained in a subset of hotel reservations processed through the Sabre Hospitality Solutions SynXis […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 02, 2017
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. · SamSam ransomware attacks increase and crooks demand higher ransom · Security Affairs newsletter Round 116 – News of the week · UK Parliament shut down external access to email accounts after cyberattack · Company fired an […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 25, 2017
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. · BAE Systems accused of selling mass surveillance software Evident across the Middle East · Facebook inadvertently revealed moderators identities to suspected terrorists · Kasperagent malware used in a new campaign leveraging Palestine-Themed decoy files · Security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 18, 2017
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. · Critical kernel command line injection flaw found in Motorola handsets MOTO G4, G5 · Police seized two Tor relays investigating WannaCry attack, others disappeared in the same period · US Defense is working on new multifactor […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 13, 2017
Companies operating Industrial Control Systems (ICS) have a special set of challenges to deal with. Which is the state of the art? The equipment was expected to be installed and left alone for a long time. Pressures to reduce operating costs led to this equipment being connected, and the easiest networking equipment to find was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 06, 2017
Is the hack back legal? There is a heated debate about the concept of active defense. What about the Active Cyber Defense Certainty (ACDC) Act? In a time where attribution of cyber crimes is all but impossible, the idea of allowing companies to ‘hack back‘ at their attackers seems far-fetched. However, Tom Graves (R-GA) has […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 04, 2017
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. · British Airways cancels thousands of flights, there is no evidence of cyber-attacks · Security Affairs newsletter Round 112 – News of the week · Tainted Leaks – Widespead Russias disinformation campaign hit 39 Countries · Austrian […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 28, 2017
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. · Google is rolling out Google Play Protect, a machine-learning system to protect Android users · Medical Devices infected by WannaCry Ransomware in US hospitals · Researchers found a link between the APT3 Threat Group and the Chinese […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 26, 2017
The nations participant at the G7 Summit in Taormina, Italy, demand action from internet service providers and social media giants against extremist content online. The effort is necessary to fight against terrorism in a wake of the recent tragic Manchester attack. “The G7 calls for Communication Service Providers and social media companies to substantially increase their efforts […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 24, 2017
Target, the US retail giant, has entered a settlement with the US Attorneys General and it has agreed to pay $18.5 million over the 2013 data breach. Target, the US retail giant, has entered a settlement with the Attorneys General of 47 states and it has agreed to pay $18.5 million over the data breach […]
