Pierluigi Paganini
October 29, 2013
The hack of a social media account is a common incident that could have a serious impact of our digital identity. How to prevent it? What to do in case of hack? Social media, cloud computing and mobile are technologies that most of all attract cybercriminals due their high penetration, exploiting this channels attackers could […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 27, 2013
Hackers use to target subcontractors to hit big enterprises due the poor level of security they offer, in the energy sector this trend is very concerning. Let’s follow the discussion on the hacking world and the way hackers impact business with their activities. We discussed about the role of hackers for companies and their employment […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 24, 2013
The Antivirus vendor Malwarebytes revealed that the Wroba banking trojan distributed via file sharing sites and alternative markets targeted Korean users. Today I presented at Cyber Threat Summit 2013 the topic “Modern online-banking cybercrime” and just a few hours after it is appeared the new Android banking Trojan targeting Korean banks. The number of malware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 24, 2013
“Modern online-banking cybercrime” -The presentation analyzes current context for cybersecurity in Banking focusing on cyber threats and countermeasures. Today I presented at Cyber Threat Summit 2013 the topic “Modern online-banking cybercrime“, the presentation analyzes current context for cybersecurity in Banking focusing on cyber threats and countermeasures. The agenda is: Intro Phishing attacks Malware Based Attacks […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 23, 2013
Hackers are becoming a precious category of professionals also for organized crime, their effort is creating even more problems for law enforcement. A hacker illegally gained access to 60,000 servers worldwide and used them for large scam, the systems have been abused for online shopping with a stolen foreign credit card number. This time it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 20, 2013
Security Experts at Sophos have detected a new phishing campaign against the Italian brand Poste Italiane that makes use of an efficient social engineering technique. Sophos experts detected this week an intriguing case of phishing against the Italian postal service Poste Italiane, the scheme attracted the researcher’s attention due the reuse of an old social […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 18, 2013
Arbor Networks has published a quarterly report based on data pulled from ATLAS which includes new insight into DDoS attack trends having worrying characteristics. Arbor Networks has issued the report on global DDoS attack trends for the first three quarters of 2013, the report revealed that this kind of attack still represents a serious menace for IT […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 17, 2013
Security firm Imperva revealed that more than 35000 websites based on vBulletin CMS have been hacked exploiting a known vulnerability. Security experts warn of a massive attack against web sites that exploits security flaw sites powered by the forum software vBulletin. On August vBullettin authors warned on “Potential vBulletin Exploit (vBulletin 4.1+, vBulletin 5+)”. The exploits […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2013
A pro-Palestinian group of hacktivists known as KDMS Team hacked also the two popular antivirus vendors Bitdefender and ESET. Th3 hacker Th3 J35t3r has discovered the identities of its members. A pro-Palestinian group of hacktivists known as KDMS Team has hit again, this time the victims of the successful attacks were the two popular antivirus vendors Bitdefender and ESET. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2013
HP sponsored a study of Ponemon Institute that reveals Cost of Cybercrime in 2013 escalates 78 Percent while Time to Resolve Attacks More Than Doubles. HP and the Ponemon Institute have published The 2013 Cost of Cyber Crime Study, the fourth annual report that provides an estimation of the economic impact of cybercrime. “Information is a powerful […]
