Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2019
Hackers have stolen customer data from Titan Manufacturing and Distributing company for nearly one year

Cyber criminals have stolen customer data from the Titan Manufacturing and Distributing company for nearly one year using a malware. Hackers hit the Titan Manufacturing and Distributing company and compromised its computer system to steal customer payment card data for an entire year.  Attackers breached into the computer system at Titan Manufacturing and Distributing company to steal […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2019
ReiKey app for macOS can detect Mac Keyloggers using event taps

ReiKey is a free tool that allows to scan and detect keylogger that install persistent keyboard “event taps” to intercept your keystrokes. Good news for macOS users, a new open source tool dubbed ReiKey allows them to detect Mac Keyloggers. The ReiKey app monitor systems for applications that analyzed keyboard ‘event taps‘ to monitor and […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 06, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 195 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Facebook tracks non-users via Android Apps Hackers bypassed […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 05, 2019
Did Aurora Ransomware infect you? You can decrypt file for free

Victims of the Aurora Ransomware could use a decryptor tool developed by the popular malware researcher Michael Gillespie to decrypt their data for free. Good news for the victims of the Aurora Ransomware, there are many variants of this Windows malware but most of the victims have been infected by the version that appends the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 05, 2019
High Severity DoS bug affects Several Yokogawa products

A serious DoS flaw affects several industrial automation products manufactured by the Yokogawa Electric. The DoS vulnerability in several Yokogawa Electric products affects the Open Communication Driver for Vnet/IP, a real-time plant network system for process automation. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2018-16196, could be exploited by an attacker to stop communication function of Vnet/IP Open Communication […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 04, 2019
New NRSMiner cryptominer NSA-Linked EternalBlue Exploit

A new variant of the NRSMiner is infecting users in the southern region of Asia, most of the victims are in Vietnam (54%), Iran (16%) and Malaysia (12%). The new version leverages the EternalBlue exploit to spread, experts observed that the threat also updates existing NRSMiner installs. ETERNALBLUE is an NSA exploit that made the headlines […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 04, 2019
Hackers leak data on hundreds of German Politicians, including Chancellor Merkel

German politicians were impacted by a massive data leak that exposed their personal data online, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was affected too. Data belonging to hundreds of German politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, were exposed online due to a massive leak that is the biggest data dump of its kind in the country. According to […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 03, 2019
Adobe addressed two critical flaws in Adobe Acrobat, Reader

The first Adobe security updates for 2019 addresses two critical vulnerabilities in the Acrobat and Reader products. Adobe addressed two critical vulnerabilities in the Acrobat and Reader products, a use-after-free issue and a security bypass flaw. The flaws affect the latest versions of Acrobat DC, Acrobat Reader DC, Acrobat 2017 and Acrobat Reader DC 2017 for Windows […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 03, 2019
Hackers defaced Dublin Luas website and demand ransom

The website of the tram system in Dublin, the Luas, was hacked on Thursday, attackers claim to have the access to information stored on the organization’s systems. Attackers defaced the website of the Luas, the home page displayed a message demanding the payment of 1 bitcoin. The hackers asked the payment within 5 days threatening to “publish all data and send emails […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 03, 2019
After 3 years, Google partially fixes a bug in Android Google Chrome

Three years after its disclosure, Google has patched an information disclosure flaw in the Android version of the popular Chrome web browser. The issue exposes devices information, including device model and firmware version, an attacker could exploit this info to remotely identify unpatched devices and target them. The flaw ties the way the Android version […]