Pierluigi Paganini
April 13, 2020
Google and Apple recently announced a joint project for the development of a Coronavirus ‘contact tracing’ tool for mobile devices. A contact tracing app is a tool that could be used to contain new diseases, like Coronavirus, by tracking down and quarantining everyone that gets infected and localize any person that has been in contact […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 13, 2020
Dutch authorities have taken down 15 DDoS-for-hire services in a week, this is another success of law enforcement in the fight against cybercrime. An operation conducted by Dutch authorities last week has shut down 15 DDoS-for-hire services (aka DDoS booters or DDoS stressor), states a press release published by Dutch police. The operation was conducted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 13, 2020
DESMI, a global company specialised in the development and manufacture of pump solutions, discloses a cyber attack. Global pump maker DESMI said on Friday it was hit by cyber attack and it was restoring its IT systems after the security incident. The attack took place on the night to Thursday, during Coronavirus pandemic employees at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 12, 2020
In this post, I decided to share the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from April 05 to April 11, 2020. Threat actors exploit the interest in the Coronavirus outbreak while infections increase worldwide, experts are observing new campaigns on a daily bases. Below a list of attacks detected this week. April 09 – Phishers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 12, 2020
Experts discovered a new e-skimmer employed in MageCart attacks against WordPress websites using the WooCommerce plugin. Experts from security firm Sucuri discovered a new e-skimmer software that is different from similar malware used in Magecart attacks. The new software skimmed was employed in attacks on the WordPress-based e-store using the WooCommerce plugin. The e-skimmer doesn’t […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 11, 2020
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) disclosed a data breach, its websites SFOConnect.com and SFOConstruction.com were hacked last month. In March hackers compromised two websites of San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and now it disclosed a data breach. SFO is a major gateway to Europe and Asia, it serves 45 international carriers. The attackers may have […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2020
Sophos announced the public release of the source code of the sandbox-based isolation program Sandboxie. Sophos is going to release the Windows sandbox-based isolation program Sandboxie in open source. “Sandboxie has long been a favorite sandbox-based isolation tool since its original release over fifteen years ago. Now this technology will live on in the hands of its […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2020
The popular privacy-focused Tails OS has released version 4.5 this, for the first time it supports the security feature named UEFI Secure Boot. Tails, the popular privacy-focused OS, now supports the UEFI Secure Boot, this means that it could boot on systems where the UEFI Secure Boot is enabled. Tails is a live operating system that users […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 09, 2020
Travelex reportedly paid a $2.3 million ransom to decrypt its files after being encrypted by the infamous Sodinokibi ransomware. The UK-based currency exchange Travelex currency exchange has been forced offline following a malware attack launched on New Year’s Eve. The London-based company, which operates more than 1,500 stores globally, suffered the attack on December 31, 2019, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 09, 2020
Google and Mozilla released new versions of Chrome and Firefox browsers to addressed several high-severity vulnerabilities. Mozilla has released Firefox version 75 that includes six security patches for the desktop, and two patches targeting to address vulnerabilities in the Android app. “With today’s release, a number of improvements will help you search smarter, faster.” reads the […]
