Pierluigi Paganini
June 22, 2013
Network security engineer “Richee” explained how to use a Raspberry Pi to realize a physical backdoor to gain remote access to an office network. Network security engineer “Richee” published an interesting post on how to use a tiny Raspberry Pi computer to obtain physical access into a corporate network. I decided to publish this post because […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 15, 2013
Google revealed that tens of thousands of Gmail accounts belonging to Iranian users have been targeted by state-sponsored attacks. The Google company announced that tens of thousands of Gmail accounts of Iranian users have been targeted hacked. The attacks seem to be organized by a group of state sponsored hackers few days before presidential elections. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 14, 2013
US Cloud hosting providers are chosen with increasing frequency as privileged targets of cybercrime, these platforms are ideal for the launch of cyber attacks financially motivated. Cloud hosting providers are becoming privileged targets of cybercrime, two malware researchers revealed in fact the number of cyber attacks financially motivated against those platforms is increasing. Mary Landesman, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 13, 2013
Which is the commercial value of a hacked email account in the underground? How cybercriminals use a compromised email account? Why do they have to hit me? Which is the commercial value of a hacked email account in the underground? Brian Krebs has recently published a valuable post on commercial value for a hacked email account, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 10, 2013
An introduction of DDoS mitigation techniques focused on Cloud-based DDoS Mitigation solution, an approach implemented by many companies. Despite their prevalence, DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks have been erroneously considered minor attacks by some parts of the security community due their “limited” duration. Victims of DDoS attacks are typically forced to interrupt their services […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 01, 2013
Private currency exchange system Liberty Reserve was shut down by US law enforcement, it is considered most popular payment system by cyber criminals. Liberty Reserve is a private currency exchange system issued by Liberty Reserve S.A. Of San José, Costa Rica that was shut down by US law enforcement with a deep impact on cybercriminal underground. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 31, 2013
Drupal data breach – The Drupal Association with an official notice revealed that Drupal was hit by a large-scale data breach that could have exposed data for nearly 1 million accounts. A Drupal data breach was announced by the official Drupal Association, Drupal hit by a large-scale data violation that could have exposed data for nearly […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 30, 2013
The Hacked PayPal Users Reports System has been hacked by popular researcher Nir Goldshlager exploiting a flaw in a third-party application. Hacked PayPal Users Reports System has been hacked by Nir Goldshlager, CEO at BreakSec, I desire to express my admiration for Nir that is giving various lessons to hacking community and to security teams of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 26, 2013
New cyber attacks from Iran hit US enterprises focusing on energy sector, the offensive has been revealed by American officials and private security experts. A new series of cyber attacks from Iran hit US enterprises, the offensive has been revealed by American officials and private security experts. The attacks are classified as “potentially destructive” and targeted IT […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 24, 2013
US Congressmen Ed Markey and Henry Waxman issued the report “Electric grid vulnerability” on the level of security for US critical infrastructure. Attack on critical infrastructure is the main concern for worldwide security community, every government has become aware of the risks related to a cyber attack against their own country and is investing to improve its cyber capabilities. […]
