Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2019
Two former Twitter employees charged of spying on Users for Saudi Arabian Government

Two former Twitter employees have been charged with spying on thousands of Twitter user accounts on behalf of the Saudi Arabian government. Two former Twitter employees have been charged with spying on thousands of Twitter user accounts on behalf of the Saudi Arabian government. The two former Twitter employees operated for the Saudi Arabian government […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2019
Trend Micro rogue employee sold customer data to tech support scammers

A Trend Micro employee was spotted stealing consumer customer information and selling it to tech support scammers. TrendMicro confirmed that it has discovered one employee that was stealing consumer customer information and selling it to tech support scammers. In August 2019, the security firm was informed that some of their customers were receiving tech support […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2019
Bug Hunters Earn $195,000 for Hacking TVs, Routers, Phones at Pwn2Own Tokyo 2019

Bug hunters have earned a total of $195,000 for finding flaws in TVs, routers and smartphones on the first day of the Pwn2Own Tokyo 2019 contest. Pwn2Own is the annual hacking contest event organized by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI). Pwn2Own Tokyo 2019 contest offers over $750,000 in rewards for working exploits targeting one […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2019
A flaw in the Libarchive library impacts major Linux distros

Google experts found a flaw, tracked as CVE-2019-18408, in the compression library libarchive could lead to arbitrary code execution. Google experts found a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-18408, in the compression library libarchive could be exploited to execute arbitrary code.    The libarchive library is a multi-format archive and compression library that implements a single interface for reading/writing various compression formats. Several […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2019
Anonymous and LulzSecITA hacked professional orders and telephone operator Lyca Mobile

The #FifthOfNovember has arrived, the Italian branch of Anonymous and LulzSecITA hacked websites of professional orders, prefecture of Naples, and also the telephone operator Lyca Mobile. The Million Mask March, also known as “Operation Vendetta” is a worldwide, annual protest associated with the hacktivist group Anonymous occurring annually on Guy Fawkes Day, the 5th of November. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2019
Ransomware attack impacted government services in the territory of Nunavut, Canada

A ransomware attack disrupted IT operations in the territory of Nunavut (Canada), all government services requiring access to electronic data were impacted. A ransomware attack disrupted IT operations in the remote Canadian territory of Nunavut, all government services requiring access to electronic information were impacted. The territory is extended over more than 1.9 million square […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2019
Flaws in Able2Extract Professional tool allow hacking targeted machine with malicious image files

Researchers found serious flaws in Investintech’s Able2Extract Professional tool that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code using specially crafted image files. The Able2Extract Professional has over 250,000 licensed users across 135 countries, it allows them to view, convert and edit PDF files. Cisco Talos experts discovered two high-severity memory corruption vulnerabilities that can be […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2019
Ocala City in Florida lost $742,000 following BEC attack

Business email compromise scam (BEC) continues to target organizations worldwide, crooks stole $742,000 from Ocala City in Florida. The City of Ocala in Florida is the last victim in order of time of a profitable business email compromise scam (BEC) attack, fraudsters redirected over $742,000 to a bank account under their control. Attackers’ emails posed […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2019
New Gafgyt botnet targets Gaming Servers

Palo Alto Networks discovered a new version of Gafgyt botnet composed of Home & Small Office Wireless routers used to attack gaming servers. Palo Alto Networks researchers discovered a new version of Gafgyt botnet targeting home & small office wireless routers, including Zyxel and Huawei routers, as well as devices with Realtek RTL81xx chipset. According […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2019
First Cyber Attack ‘Mass Exploiting’ BlueKeep RDP Flaw Spotted in the Wild

Experts have spotted the first mass-hacking campaign exploiting the BlueKeep exploit, crooks leverage the exploit to install a cryptocurrency miner. Security researchers have spotted the first mass-hacking campaign exploiting the BlueKeep exploit, the attack aims at installing a cryptocurrency miner on the infected systems. In May, Microsoft warned users to update their systems to address […]