Pierluigi Paganini
December 06, 2016
Experts from the firm Recorded Future published a report on the most common vulnerabilities used by threat actors in the exploit kits. Recorded Future published an interesting report on the most common vulnerabilities used by threat actors in the exploit kits. The experts observed that Adobe Flash Player and Microsoft products (Internet Explorer, Silverlight, Windows) continue […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 06, 2016
The popular video sharing website Dailymotion has suffered a massive data breach that leads the exposure of 87 million accounts. According to the data breach notification service LeakedSource, millions of user accounts allegedly stolen from the Video-sharing Website Dailymotion. LeakedSource confirmed to have received a database containing 87.6 million accounts belonging to roughly 85 million users having […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 05, 2016
The Russian state-controlled bank VTB confirmed that its websites had been targeted by a cyber attack. It is the last attack in order of time. The Russian state-controlled bank VTB confirmed that its websites had been targeted by a cyber attack. The VTB is the second largest bank in the country. Fortunately, the defenses of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 05, 2016
The Japanese giant of the cosmetic industry Shiseido Co. announced a data breach. Data leak on 420,000 shoppers, including financial information. Another week, a new data breach has been announced by the press, this time the victim is the Japanese giant of the cosmetic industry Shiseido Co. The company Shiseido announced the incident on Friday, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 04, 2016
Security experts from CloudFlare observed a new botnet that emerged in the wild and it could be dangerous as its predecessor Mirai. Which is the most dreaded botnet in the current threat landscape? The Mirai botnet of course, it was used by threat actors in the wild to power massive DDoS attack, such as the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 03, 2016
A group of security researchers discovered a new method dubbed Distributed Guessing Attack to hack VISA credit card in just 6 seconds. A group of security researchers from the Newcastle University devised a method to hack VISA credit cards is just six seconds. The technique relies on a Distributed Guessing Attack in which online payment websites […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 02, 2016
According to the FSB unnamed foreign hackers are planning to undermine Russian Banks with cyber attacks and PSYOPS via social media. The Kremlin is accusing unnamed foreign hackers of plotting to undermine the Russian banks in the country. The Russian Government believes that foreign powers plan to conduct a PSYOps to destabilize the banks. Hackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 01, 2016
Experts from the security firm CheckPoint discovered a new Android malware dubbed Gooligan that has already compromised more than a million Google Accounts. Another malware, dubbed Gooligan, is threatening Android users. The Android malware has already compromised more than 1 Million Google accounts. The Gooligan Android malware roots vulnerable Android devices in the attempt of stealing email addresses and authentication […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 29, 2016
Hackers first breached Liechtenstein banks then tried to monetize their efforts by threatening to disclose customers sensitive information. Hackers are targeting Liechtenstein banks, they breached a financial institution and accessed its data threatening to disclose it. The situation is particularly concerning due to sensitive nature of the data that are stolen by crooks. Cyber criminals, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 28, 2016
Deutsche Telekom confirmed that more than 900,000 routers began to have serious problems connectivity problems due to a cyber attack. More than 900,000 routers belonging to Deutsche Telekom users in Germany were not able to connect to the Internet due to an alleged cyber-attack. The affected routers were used by the Deutsche Telekom customers also […]
