Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini January 24, 2017
A new loophole allowed an expert to delete any video on Facebook

Facebook has fixed a serious security bug that could have been exploited by hackers to delete any video shared by anyone on their wall. A new bug was discovered in the Facebook platform by the security researcher Dan Melamed, the flaw could be exploited to delete any video shared by anyone on their wall. Dan […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 23, 2017
Roughly 200,000 Devices still affected by the Heartbleed vulnerability

More than two years after the disclosure of the HeartBleed bug, 200,000 services are still affected. Systems susceptible to Heartbleed attacks are still too many, despite the flaw was discovered in 2014 nearly 200,000 systems are still affected. Shodan made a similar search in November 2015 when he found 238,000 results, the number dropped to 237,539 […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 23, 2017
BankBot, an Android malware based on a source code leaked online

Antivirus firm Dr. Web spotted a new Android malware dubbed BankBot that is based on a source code that was leaked on an underground forum. Bad news for Android users, researchers from the Russian antivirus maker Dr. Web have reported that the source code for another Android banking malware has been leaked on an underground hacking […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 23, 2017
OurMine crew hacked the New York Times Twitter video account

The New York Times is investigating the hack of its Twitter video account (@nytvideo) that was used to post a fake news on Sunday morning. @nytvideo is the newspaper is the New York Times video account and has more than 250,000 followers on the platform. Yesterday around 9:40 a.m. ET the Twitter account shared a fake news […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 22, 2017
The author of the NeverQuest banking Trojan arrested in Spain

The Spanish law enforcement has arrested an alleged Russian Vxer suspected of developing the infamous Neverquest banking Trojan. Today I report another success of law enforcement, the Spanish police have arrested an alleged Russian Vxer suspected of developing the infamous Neverquest banking Trojan. The malware was developed to target financial institutions across the world. Lisov is suspected of being […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 22, 2017
Cyber crimes spike in England and Wales, says ONS

For the first time the England the Office for National Statistics (ONS) includes data related hacking and fraud, and findings are shocking. Cyber criminal activities in England and Wales have shown a spike in the last twelve months, Cyber frauds and computer misuse offences are most common crimes of this worrisome trend. According to the report “Crime in […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2017
Supercell, Clash of Clans authors, hacked. 1 Million accounts compromised

Reportedly, over a million accounts on the Supercell community forum have been compromised after a data breach occurred in 2016. The firm Supercell, the authors of the notorious “The Clash of Clans” mobile game admitted that accounts on Supercell community forum have been hacked. Supercell is the creator of popular games such as Clash of Clans, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2017
National Aids Research Institute NARI hacked by the Shad0w Security crew

The hacker @Sc0rp10nGh0s7 from the Shad0w Security group has broken in the server of the National Aids Research Institute NARI (India). The hacker @Sc0rp10nGh0s7 from the Shad0w Security crew has broken in the server of the National Aids Research Institute NARI (India). The hacker accessed a more than 1 GB archive containing the results for dozens […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2017
Lavabit, the Snowden recommended encrypted email service, is back

Lavabit, the Snowden recommended encrypted email service, is back. Its CEO Ladar Levison announced new privacy-enhancing features. Do you remember Lavabit? It was the US Encrypted Email Service used by the popular whistleblower Edward Snowden. Lavabit was an encrypted webmail service founded in 2004 by Ladar Levison, it closed on August 8, 2013 after the US authorities ordered it to turn […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2017
Necurs botnet is back and starts delivering the Locky ransomware

Cisco Security Team has noticed traces of traffic from the dormant Necurs botnet and they are warning of a possible new massive ransomware spam campaign. Security researchers at Cisco Security Team have noticed traces of traffic from the dormant Necurs botnet and they are warning of a possible new massive ransomware spam campaign. “The research […]