Cybersecurity

Pierluigi Paganini November 02, 2021
Facebook is going to shut down Face Recognition system and data it collected

Facebook announced to shut down its Face Recognition system and is going to delete over 1 billion people’s facial recognition profiles. Facebook announced it will stop using the Face Recognition system on its platform and will delete over 1 billion people’s facial recognition profiles. Facebook is using the face recognition system to analyze photos taken […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 02, 2021
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) hit by a ransomware attack

A ransomware attack hit the systems at the Toronto Transit Commission public transportation agency and disrupted its operations. The Toronto Transit Commission announced on Friday that its systems have been infected with ransomware, the attack began on Thursday night and disrupted its activities. At this time, no ransomware gang has taken responsibility for the attack. TTC […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2021
How to hack Wincor Cineo ATMs to bypass black-box attack protections and withdraw cash

Researchers demonstrated how crooks could hack Diebold Nixdorf’s Wincor Cineo ATMs to bypass black-box attack protections and withdraw cash. Positive Technologies researchers Vladimir Kononovich and Alexey Stennikov have discovered security flaws Wincor Cineo ATMs that could be exploited to bypass Black-Box attack protections and withdraw cash. “According to Vladimir Kononovich, some manufacturers rely on security through […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2021
Pink Botnet infected over 1.6 Million Devices, it is one of the largest botnet ever seen

Cybersecurity researchers uncovered a huge botnet, tracked as Pink, that already infected over 1.6 million devices most of them located in China. Qihoo 360’s Netlab Cybersecurity researchers discovered a huge botnet, tracked as Pink, that already infected over 1.6 million devices. The botnet was created to launch DDoS attacks and to insert advertisements in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 31, 2021
Security Affairs newsletter Round 338

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Hacker accessed medical info at UMass Memorial Health Reading INTERPOL the African Cyberthreat Assessment […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 30, 2021
Hacker accessed medical info at UMass Memorial Health

A cyber attack hit the UMass Memorial Health, threat actors had access to employee email system, potentially exposing patients info. Threat actors hacked into the employee email system of the UMass Memorial Health healthcare system, potentially accessing the personal information of thousands of patients. The security breach took place between June 2020 and January and […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 28, 2021
Wslink, a previously undescribed loader for Windows binaries

ESET researchers discovered a previously undescribed loader for Windows binaries, tracked as Wslink, that runs as a server and executes modules in memory. ESET researchers discovered Wslink, a previously undescribed loader for Windows binaries that, unlike similar loaders, runs as a server and executes modules in memory. The name Wslink comes from one of its […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 28, 2021
Crooks steal $130 million worth of cryptocurrency assets from Cream Finance

Threat actors have stolen $130 million worth of cryptocurrency assets from the Cream Finance decentralized finance (DeFi) platform. C.R.E.A.M. Finance is a decentralized lending protocol for individuals, institutions and protocols to access financial services. It promises earnings to users who are passively holding ETH or wBTC. Threat actors have stolen $130 million worth of cryptocurrency […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2021
Grief ransomware gang hit US National Rifle Association (NRA)

Grief ransomware operators claim to have compromised computer systems at US National Rifle Association (NRA) and added it to their leak site. Grief ransomware operators announced to have hacked US National Rifle Association (NRA) and threaten to leak the stolen data. The NRA was added to the list of compromised organizations on the leak site […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2021
North Korea-linked Lazarus APT targets the IT supply chain

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group is extending its operations and started targeting the IT supply chain on new targets. North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group is now targeting also IT supply chain, researchers from Kaspersky Lab warns. The activity of the Lazarus APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks. […]