Pierluigi Paganini
December 13, 2014
A group of hackers claims to have compromised the national database system stolen all information related to citizens resident in Serbia. Hackers claim to have data about all citizens in Serbia, if the news is confirmed this is another clamorous data breach that could have serious repercussion on the Government. It seems that cyber criminals hacked […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 12, 2014
Shockingly, for the last five years, hackers have been using a banking malware to siphon unencrypted credit/debit card information from the computer networks of Charge Anywhere, an electronic payment service used by millions of merchants worldwide. Charge Anywhere, an electronic payment service provider to merchant publicly admitted to a security breach that may have compromise […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 12, 2014
The ICS-CERT revealed that the BlackEnergy malware targeted SCADA HMI systems may be exploiting a recently patched flaw in the Siemens SIMATIC WinCC. Security experts at the Industrial Control System Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) reported that the BlackEnergy malware was used by threat actors in the wild to compromise HMI (human-machine interface) systems. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 10, 2014
GOP released a new archive of Sony Pictures Entertainment confidential data including private information of employees, celebrity phone numbers, film scripts and many more. The Sony Pictures data breach is becoming a never ending history, the GOP is leaking company data and much more since the attack while security firms are providing the details of their […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 10, 2014
Security experts at Kaspersky Lab have detected a strain of Destover Malware that has been digitally signed with the certificates stolen during Sony attack. Security experts have detected a new strain of the Destover malware that was used in the recent Sony Pictures Entertainment breaches characterized by a singular feature, the sample is signed by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 08, 2014
Lizard Squad claims to have hacked also Sony PlayStation Network that suffered a DDoS attack. A week ago the hacking team known as the Lizard Squad brought down the Xbox Live online service with a DDoS attack. Microsoft users were not able to access the online platform for several hours, the service has several problems […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 08, 2014
Trend Micro has analyzed the diffusion of Crypto-Ransomware in the EMEA Region, such attacks are very effective and Italy is in the Top infected countries. The holiday season is the period of the year in which cybercrime appears more active because it is advantaged by a fervid online activity of the Internet users. This is the period of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 08, 2014
Xbox Live online service was not available for the second time in a few days due to a new DDoS attack by the Lizard Squad hacking team. Just a week ago the hacking team Lizard Squad has hit the Xbox Live service with a DDoS attack that caused its interruption. The Microsoft’s Xbox Live servers were not […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 06, 2014
A non-public report realized by the US Treasury Department found that a majority of bank account takeovers exploits the anonymizing the Tor network. A report from the U.S. Treasury Department found that a majority of bank account takeovers by cyber criminals, affected organizations over the past decade, exploited the anonymizing Tor network. The news is shared by the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 05, 2014
The number of Pre-loaded mobile trojan in the wild is increasing, DeathRing is the last one discovered by the experts at Lookout firm. It’s not first the time that Android handsets come preloaded with malware, but cyber security experts are warning of a worrying increase of the cases. The problem is widespread in Asia and Africa, […]
