Hackers

Pierluigi Paganini April 30, 2017
Turkey banned Wikipedia because its content web contents that represents a threat to national security

The monitoring group Turkey Blocks confirmed that Turkey banned Wikipedia because its content web content that represents a threat to national security. According to the telecommunications watchdog, Turkey has blocked the access to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia on Saturday, the Government has taken this decision citing a law that allows it to ban access to […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2016
The Carbanak gang is now targeting the hospitality industry

The notorious Carbanak cybercrime gang is now changing strategy and it is targeting the hospitality and restaurant industries. The notorious Carbanak cybercrime gang that allegedly stole $1 billion from financial institutions worldwide is now changing strategy and target and it is targeting the hospitality and restaurant industries. “In the last month Trustwave was engaged by two separate hospitality clients, and one […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 05, 2016
WiFox mobile app shows names and passwords for Wi-Fi airports networks worldwide

The WiFox mobile app was designed as a huge container of network names and passwords for Wi-Fi airports networks worldwide. Do you travel a lot? Probably you have already read about WiFox, it is a legitimate Android/iOS mobile app that includes indications of thousands of airport Wi-Fi networks and their passwords. We have spoken several times about the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2016
Guccifer 2.0 leaks personal data of nearly 200 Congressional Democrats

Guccifer 2.0, the alleged hacker behind the DNC hack released another trove of documents about House Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi’s sensitive data. The hack to the US Presidential election is becoming even more mysterious, while security experts are blaming the Russia for the cyber espionage, a strange figure claims the responsibility for the security breach. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2016
DCCC website redirected donors to a fake contribution page

Another attack hit the Democratic Party organization, this time, the Democratic Party’s congressional fundraising DCCC committee was hit by hackers. The Democratic Party organization continues to be under attack, this time, the Democratic Party’s congressional fundraising committee was hit by hackers. According to the Reuters, the FBI is investigating a security breach of the systems of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2016
Android.Fakebank.B inhibits outgoing calls to bank customer services

Security researchers from Symantec have discovered a new variant of the Android.Fakebank.B banking trojan that prevents users from calling banks. Security experts from Symantec have spotted a new strain of mobile Trojan dubbed Android.Fakebank.B that prevents users from making outgoing calls to banks from their mobile devices. Android.Fakebank.B was first spotted in October 2013, it was able to […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2016
Ghost Squad hackers dox United Cyber Caliphate including Mauritania Attacker

Hacktivists from Ghost Squad Hacker group made revealed the identities of hackers affiliated with the ISIS cyber army called United Cyber Caliphate. Ghost Squad Hackers (GSH), a hacktivist group made public the identities of hackers affiliated with the ISIS cyber army called United Cyber Caliphate, including leader Mauritania Attacker. Facebook:https://t.co/VU25BTX4Gc pic.twitter.com/h7g4D1gQjd — s1ege (@s1ege_) 7 […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2016
Hacker Interviews – Speaking with Mikko Hypponen

Mikko Hypponen does not need any introduction, he is a true star, one of those professionals who have indelibly marked the evolution of the cyber security industry. I consider Mikko a legend, and I’m happy to share with you this interview. Enjoy it!   Hi Mikko, you are a legend of the hacking community, can […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2016
Hacker Interviews – Claudio Nex Guarnieri

Hacker interview – Today I have the honor to interview Claudio Guarnieri, aka Nex, one of the most talented hackers and security researchers. Claudio is known as one of the most active civil rights advocate, he is known for his researchers at the Citizenlab, he is creator of the @cuckoosandbox and @malwr. Enjoy the interview! Hi Claudio, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 27, 2016
Hacker Interviews – Sneaker (GhostSec)

Today I propose you an interview with Sneaker, one of the members of the GhostSec crew. The Sneaker is a very intriguing expert involved in counterterrorism operations against the ISIL members online. Ghost Security (GhostSec) is an internationally-based counterterrorism group that specializes in intel collection, threat analysis and digital weapons. Its cyber operations consist of collecting actionable […]