Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2016
The users of the free version of the popular Spotify online music service have been served malicious advertisements. Spotify users have been targeted by a malvertising campaign, the malicious advertising served to the victims could automatically open a web browser and redirect victims websites hosting malware. Spotify is a popular online music service that allows its […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2016
Cisco has rolled out several critical software patches for the CISCO Nexus 7000-series switches and the related NX-OS software. According to the Cisco Security Advisory, an attacker could exploit the vulnerabilities to gain remote access to vulnerable systems and execute code or commands. According to Wednesdayâs Cisco Security Advisory, both the Nexus 7000 and 7700 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2016
Washington demands a strong response to the alleged Russian attempts to manipulate the Presidential Election 2016 with cyber attacks. US is officially accusing Russia trying to interfere the 2016 US presidential election, announcing it will adopt all necessary countermeasures to defeat the threat. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 07, 2016
A joint operation of international law enforcement agencies allowed the arrest of suspected Lizard Squad Hackers in the US and Netherlands. Law enforcement in the US and in the Netherlands have arrested last month two teenagers suspected of being members of the dreaded hacking groups Lizard Squad and PoodleCorp. Both hacking teams are known for powerful […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 06, 2016
Mac malware could spy on users by piggybacking on webcam sessions started by legitimate applications such as FaceTime, Skype and Google Hangouts. Security experts are worried about the presence of a new Mac malware in the wild that attempt to record video via the built-in webcam. The principal problem for this family of spyware is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 06, 2016
Which are principal cities hostages of malicious botnets? Symantec has tried to reply the difficult questions with an interesting study. It is not a mystery, there is a strict link between cybercrime and Geography. Cyber criminal organization used different tactics and offer different products depending on the country where they operate. Russian criminal communities specialize in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 06, 2016
Once again an NSA contractor is the headlines for the alleged theft of secret exploit codes and highly confidential documents. The FBI has arrested another NSA contractor over a massive secret data theft. The US DoJ has charged Harold Thomas Martin (51) with theft of secret documents and highly classified government material. According to a court […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 04, 2016
You don’t need to pay in order to receive the full dump from the DropBox data breach, security researcher leaked it online. In August, a data dump containing more than 68 Million account credentials for online cloud storage platform Dropbox was leaked online. Dropbox forced password resets for a number of accounts after discovering the data […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 04, 2016
The notorious hacker Peace_of_Mind has hacked and defaced the official hacking and trading forum w0rm.ws and doxed its alleged owners. ‘Peace_of_Mind‘ (PoM) is a very active actor in The Real Deal Market and The Hell black markets, he offered for sale the dumps from clamorous data breaches, including Yahoo, LinkedIn and MySpace The w0rm.ws a famous hacking platform, it is an âinvite onlyâ […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 03, 2016
The ShadowBrokers behind the Equation Group hack is very upset that no one is still bidding on the full dump of the NSA arsenal. Once again we are here to report about the NSA-linked Equation Group and its hacking arsenal leaked online by a group of hackers who called itself TheShadowBrokers. The group of hackers claimed to have […]
