Pierluigi Paganini
February 24, 2017
A security researcher discovered an Out-of-band resource load flaw in Google’s servers that allowed him to perform a DDoS attack on remote hosts. Young security researcher, Luka Sikic from Croatia found a serious vulnerability in Google. He was able to servers of the IT giant to perform a DDoS attack on remote hosts. Out-of-band resource load (classified […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 22, 2017
For the second time in a few months Montenegro suffered massive and prolonged cyberattacks against government and media websites. According to the Balkan Insight, attackers have launched a renewed attack on the Montenegrin government and media. The last wave of cyber attacks started on February 15 and lasted several days, according to the government experts it was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 29, 2017
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission revealed some brokerage websites have been hit by DDoS attacks and blackmailed by crooks. The Hong Kongâs SFC (Securities and Futures Commission) confirmed several brokers in the city has suffered DDoS attacks and were blackmailed by hackers. “We are alerted by the Police that some securities brokers have […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 05, 2017
Recently experts from MalwareHunterTeam discovered FireCrypt ransomware, a threat that comes as a malware building kit and includes DDoS code. Ransomware has become one of the fastest growing threats, new malware implements sophisticated features to avoid detection and rapidly spread among the greatest number of machines. Recently experts from MalwareHunterTeam discovered a new strain of ransomware dubbed FireCrypt, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 28, 2016
Just before Christmas a massive DDoS attack powered by a new botnet dubbed Leet Botnet hit the network of the firm Imperva. Security experts from the firm Imperva observed a massive attack against the company network on the morning of Dec. 21. The massive DDoS attack reached 650 Gbps, according to the researchers it was powered […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 27, 2016
Let’s speak with PhantomSquad, one of the most active groups of hackers that was involved in recent attacks against the gaming industry. You are a talented hacker that is very active online, could you tell me more about you. Could you tell me which his your technical background and when you started hacking? I was beginning […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 26, 2016
@cripthepoodle was one of the members of the dreaded PoodleCorp hacker crew recently he targeted Steam platform, let’s meet him. You are a talented hacker that is very active online, could you tell me more about you. Could you tell me which his your technical background and when you started hacking? I started to get into […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 13, 2016
The Europol announced a joint international operation targeting teenagers suspected to have used DDOS cyber attack tools. The Europan law enforcement agency Europol has announced that police from 13 countries across the world have arrested 34 users of DDoS attack tools and interviewed and warned 101 suspects. “From 5 to 9 December 2016, Europol and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 09, 2016
A Turkish hacker is advertising into the hacking underground a new DDoS platform, dubbed Surface Defense (Translation to English). According to the security firm Forcepoint the hacker started prompting the DDoS platform in Turkey. He was offering a tool known as Balyoz, the Turkish word for Sledgehammer, that can be exploited by hackers to launch […]
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 […]
