Pierluigi Paganini
September 27, 2017
Security experts at Trend Micro have recently spotted a new strain of Android malware, dubbed ZNIU, that exploits the Dirty COW Linux kernel vulnerability. The Dirty COW vulnerability was discovered by the security expert Phil Oester in October 2016, it could be exploited by a local attacker to escalate privileges. The name ‘Dirty COW’ is due to the fact that it’s […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 26, 2017
Cyber criminals are targeting ATM machines through the banks’ networks, the operations involve squads of money mules for the cashout. The Europe’s policing agency warns of a rise of cyber attacks against ATM machines. Criminal organizations are targeting ATM machines through the banks’ networks, the operations involve squads of money mules for the cashout. “The malware being used has […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 26, 2017
The websites of the CBS’s Showtime was found containing a JavaScript code that allowed someone to secretly mine cryptocurrency in viewers’ web browsers. Over the weekend, the websites of the CBS’s Showtime were found containing a JavaScript code that allowed someone to secretly mine cryptocurrency in viewers’ web browsers. The websites Showtime.com and iShowtimeAnytime.com silently […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 26, 2017
Evidence that Russian hackers attempted to interfere with the 2016 US Election continues to pile up, DHS notified states whose systems were hit by APTs. Evidence that Russia attempted to interfere with the 2016 US Election continues to pile up. Rumours started almost as soon as the 2016 US Election was completed, individuals with the White House have […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 26, 2017
Oracle fixed several issues in the Apache Struts 2 framework including the flaw CVE-2017-9805 that has been exploited in the wild for the past few weeks. Oracle has released patches for vulnerabilities affecting many of its products, the IT giant has fixed several issues in the Apache Struts 2 framework, including the flaw CVE-2017-9805 that has been exploited […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 25, 2017
The accountancy firm Deloitte announced it is has been targeted by a sophisticated hack that compromised its global email server. Today the accountancy firm giant Deloitte revealed that is has been targeted by a sophisticated hack that compromised the confidential emails and plans of some of its blue-chip clients. According to The Guardian that first reported the incident, hackers may have accessed company […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 25, 2017
United Cyber Caliphate members stopped trying to develop their own hacking and communication tools and used to search them into the criminal underground. According to Kyle Wilhoit, a senior security researcher at DomainTools, who made a speech at the DerbyCon hacking conference in US, ISIS members stopped trying to develop their own hacking and communication […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 24, 2017
Researchers at PhishMe found the names of Game of Thrones show characters and other references into the script used to spread the Locky ransomware. The fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones has an amazing number of fans, including the authors of the Locky ransomware. The discovery was made by researchers at security firm PhishMe that found the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 24, 2017
Researchers spotted a new widespread ransomware campaign leveraging emails with malicious attachments using Herbalife branded messages. Researchers at security firm Barracuda have spotted a new widespread ransomware campaign leveraging emails with malicious attachments, some of them pretend to be sent by the l multi-level marketing nutrition company Herbalife. More than 20 million Herbalife branded emails were sent in a 24 hour […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 23, 2017
Cyber criminals behind the Retefe banking Trojan have improved it by adding a new component that uses the NSA exploit EternalBlue. ETERNALBLUE is the alleged NSA exploit that made the headlines with DOUBLEPULSAR in the WannaCry attack and NotPetya massive attacks. ETERNALBLUE targets the SMBv1 protocol and it has become widely adopted in the community of malware developers. Investigations on WannaCry, for […]
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