Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini December 22, 2016
Fraudsters are stealing money from several Groupon users

Many Groupon customers reported massive theft after crooks have placed orders in their name by using victims’ credentials likely retrieved elsewhere. Fraudsters are targeting Groupon users stolen thousands of pounds from their bank accounts. Many customers reported a massive theft after crooks placed orders in their name by using victims’ credentials likely retrieved elsewhere. Hackers take over the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 22, 2016
Ourmine hacked the Netflix’s US Twitter account

The OurMine crew has hacked the Netflix US Twitter account (@Netflix) to post tweets promoting its website and hacking services. On Wednesday, hackers belonging to the OurMine group hijacked the Netflix’s US Twitter account (@Netflix). OurMine took over the Twitter account to promote its website. The incident is very serious, considering that the Netflix US Twitter account has 2.5 […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 21, 2016
New Alice ATM Malware, a lightweight and efficient threat

Alice ATM malware is a new threat targeting ATMs discovered by researchers at Trend Micro  as part of a joint research project with Europol EC3. Security experts from Trend Micro have discovered a strain of ATM malware, dubbed Alice, that was designed to target the safes of the self-serve machines. The malware is very essential, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 21, 2016
Linux/Rakos, the new Linux malware threatening devices and servers

A new Linux malware, dubbed Linux/Rakos is threatening devices and servers. The malware searches for victims via SSH scan. A new Linux malware, dubbed Linux/Rakos is threatening devices and servers. The malicious code is written in the Go language and the binary is usually compressed with the standard  UPX tool. Apparently, frustrated users complain more often recently […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 21, 2016
Google presents the Project Wycheproof to test crypto libraries against known attacks

Google released the Project Wycheproof, an open source tool designed to test most popular cryptographic software libraries against known attacks. Google presented the Project Wycheproof, an open source Crypto Library Testing Tool that was launched to allow development teams to discover security vulnerabilities in popular cryptographic software libraries. “Project Wycheproof tests crypto libraries against known attacks. It is […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2016
Wordfence warns of a huge increase in brute force attacks on WordPress

Security experts from Wordfence observed a huge increase in Brute Force attacks in the last three weeks. The security firm Wordfence is warning the WordPress community of a spike in the number of brute force attacks against websites running WordPress. has increased significantly in December compared to the previous period. The researchers observed brute force attacks […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2016
Kapustkiy hacked the Slovak Chamber of Commerce

Kapustkiy announced the data breach of the Slovak Chamber of Commerce (www.scci.sk), more than 4,000 users record were accessed. New Week, new hack! This is Kapustkiy ‘s motto that announced the breach of the Slovak Chamber of Commerce (www.scci.sk). The popular hacker accessed data belonging to more than 4,000 users and published it on Pastebin. The hacker exploited an SQLInjection […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2016
LinkedIn Lynda.com online learning platform started notifying users of data breach

Lynda.com is notifying customers a data breach, according to the company an unauthorized third party accessed a database containing user information. Lynda.com is an online learning platform that was acquired last year by LinkedIn. The company started notifying its customers over the weekend, hackers accessed learning data, including attempted courses and contact data. At the time […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2016
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur hacked by Cryptolulz666

Cryptolulz666 announced another data breach, he hacked the database of the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, the second of the country. Just after 24 hours of the hack of the Indian Institute of Technology – IIT Bombay, Cryptolulz666 notified me another data breach, he hacked the database of the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, the second of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2016
Russian hacker Rasputin allegedly stole logins from the US election agency EAC

The Russian-speaking hacker Rasputin was attempting to sell the allegedly stolen login credentials from the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC). According to the security firm Record Future, a Russian-speaking hacker was offering for sale stolen login credentials for a U.S. agency that tests and certifies voting equipment, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC). The EAC Agency […]