Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2018
Timehop provides additional details on the recent security breach

Timehop has recently announced to have suffered a data breach that affected 21 million user accounts. The company now shares additional details about the incident. Timehop service aims to help people in finding new ways to connect with each other by analyzing past activities, earlier this month, the company revealed that one or more malicious hackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2018
Popular software VSDC official website was hacked and used to distribute malware

Hackers have compromised the website of VSDC, (http://www.videosoftdev.com), a popular company that provides free audio and video conversion and editing software. Experts from Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 Total Security discovered that attackers hijacked the download links of the popular audio and video editor, VSDC. The experts discovered that hackers hijacked download links on the websites […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2018
China-based TEMP.Periscope APT targets Cambodia’s elections

FireEye uncovered a large-scale Chinese phishing and hacking campaign powered by Temp.periscope APT aimed at Cambodia’s elections. Security researchers at FireEye have uncovered a large-scale Chinese phishing and hacking campaign aimed at Cambodia’s elections. The hackers distributed a remote access trojan (RAT) and data exfiltration operation targeting the poll. The experts from FireEye attributed the attacks to an APT group tracked […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2018
Do you want penetrate an airport network? An RDP access to internal machine goes for $10 on the dark web.

The access to a system at a major international airport via RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) could be paid only $10 on the Dark Web. Experts at McAfee have discovered hackers offering RDP access to compromised machines worldwide while analyzing several black markets. The researchers discovered shops offering between 15 to more than 40,000 RDP connections for sale, the largest […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2018
Hacker offered for sale US Military Reaper Drone documents for $200

Researchers at threat intelligence firm Recorded Future have reported that a hacker was trying to sell US Military Reaper drone documents for less than $200. The news is disconcerting, the hackers may have obtained the documents related to the Reaper drone by hacking into at least two computers belonging to U.S. military personnel. “Specifically, an English-speaking hacker claimed […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2018
A tainted version of Arch Linux PDF reader package found in a user-provided AUR

Hackers have poisoned the Arch Linux PDF reader package named “acroread” that was found in a user-provided Arch User Repository (AUR), Hackers have poisoned the Arch Linux PDF reader package, this means that users who have downloaded recently a PDF viewer named “acroread” may have been compromised. ThePDF reader package has been tainted with a malware and Arch […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2018
Hackers steal $13.5 Million from Israeli Bancor exchange

The Israeli-based decentralized cryptocurrency Bancor exchange is the last victim of a security breach in the cryptocurrency industry. According to a statement published by the Bancor exchange,  an unknown hacker has stolen roughly $13.5 million worth of cryptocurrency. The security breach occurred on July 9, 2018 at 00:00 UTC, the attackers gained access to one […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2018
Adobe July Patch Tuesday fixes over 100 flaws in Adobe Acrobat and Reader

Adobe released July Patch Tuesday security updates that address over 100 flaws in Acrobat and Reader, and other issues in Flash Player, Experience Manager, and Connect. Adobe on Tuesday has released July Patch Tuesday security updates that addressed more than 100 flaws in its products, including 105 vulnerabilities in Acrobat and Reader, two in Flash […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2018
Just using a $39 device it is possible to defeat new iOS USB Restricted Mode

Once USB Restricted Mode is enabled on a device, no data communications occur over the Lightning port, but experts found a way to reset the countdown timer. Recently Apple released the iOS 11.4.1 that introduced a new security feature, dubbed USB Restricted Mode, designed to protect your devices against USB accessories used by forensics experts and […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2018
BlackTech APT using stolen D-Link certificates to spread malware

A cyber-espionage group tracked as BlackTech is abusing code-signing certificates stolen from D-Link for the distribution of their malware. Security experts from ESET discovered that an APT group tracked as BlackTech is using code-signing certificates stolen from Taiwanese-based tech firm D-Link and the security company Changing Information Technology Inc. According to the experts, the cyber espionage group […]