Pierluigi Paganini
October 17, 2017
Another day, another news about a clamorous data breach, this time the Reuters agency revealed that Microsoft suffered a major security breach back in 2013. According to five former employees, hackers broke into the company vulnerabilities and bug reports database, but the news was never disclosed. The former employees explained that Microsoft addressed all the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 16, 2017
The KRACK attack allows an attacker to decrypt information included in protected WPA2 traffic. WPA2 standard has been compromised! Boffins have discovered several key management flaws in the core of Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) protocol that could be exploited by an attacker to hack into Wi-Fi network and eavesdrop on the Internet communications stealing sensitive […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 16, 2017
Pizza Hut U.S. notified customers over the weekend a “temporary security intrusion” on PizzaHut.com that exposed payment card and contact information. Pizza Hut U.S. notified customers over the weekend a “temporary security intrusion” on PizzaHut.com, the security breach might have exposed payment card and contact information. The popular restaurant chain notified users via email, according to Pizza […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 16, 2017
Cisco issued a security advisory on a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux Kernel, patch it as soon as possible. On Friday, Cisco issued a security advisory on a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA). The vulnerability in the Linux Kernel, tracked as CVE-2017-15265, is due to a use-after-free memory […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 15, 2017
The web journalist Marc Miller has interviewed one of the hackers of the ICEMAN group that claims to be behind the Operation ‘Emmental’ that targeted bank clients. Operation “Emmental” is the nickname for a grand-scale phishing campaign targeting bank clients. The goal of the campaign is to receive fraudulent payments by taking actions (e.g. money […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 15, 2017
Siemens has released a firmware update that addresses two vulnerabilities in its BACnet Field Panel building automation controllers. This week Siemens has released a firmware update for its BACnet Field Panel building automation products that solved two vulnerabilities, one of which is classified as high severity. The vulnerabilities affect APOGEE PXC and TALON TC BACnet […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 15, 2017
Swedish transport agencies were hit by cyber attacks on Wednesday and Thursday, October 11 and 12, is it Information Warfare? Swedish transport authorities were hit by cyber attacks on Wednesday and Thursday, October 11 and 12. The attacks have brought down several IT systems causing delays of the train transportation. The first attack hit the Sweden Transport […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 14, 2017
Researchers with Counter Threat Unit at SecureWorks continues to monitor the Bronze Butler cyberespionage group (aka Tick). Researchers with Counter Threat Unit at SecureWorks are monitoring the Bronze Butler cyberespionage group (aka Tick). The hacker group has been targeting Japanese heavy industry, manufacturing and international relations at least since 2012, According to the experts, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 14, 2017
The Security Service of Ukraine warning their citizens of a new “large-scale” cyber attack similar to NotPetya that could take place between Oct 13 and 17 In June the NotPetya ransomware compromised thousands of businesses and organizations worldwide, most of them in Ukraine. Now, the Ukrainian authorities warning their citizens of a new “large-scale” cyber attack similar to NotPetya. The Ukrainian Secret […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2017
Researchers spotted a new Facebook scam that could deceive also tech-savvy people and trick them into giving the attacker access to their Facebook accounts. Don’t trust message apparently sent from any of your Facebook Friends asking for urgent help to recover their Facebook account. Researchers have spotted a new Facebook scam that could deceive also tech-savvy people and trick […]
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