Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2017
Symantec observed the Hajime IoT malware leaving a message on the devices it infects, is it the work of a cyber vigilante? The Mirai botnet is the most popular thingbot, it is targeting poorly configured and flawed âInternet of Thingsâ devices since August 2016, when the threat was first discovered by the researcher MalwareMustDie. Many other bots threaten […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2017
Oracle patch update for April 2017 fixed a record number of vulnerabilities, including Apache Struts and Shadow Brokers exploits. Oracle has released security updates to fix flaws in its product, including Apache Struts and a Solaris exploit included in a dump leaked by the Shadow Brokers hackers and containing NSA documents and hacking tools. The Oracle patch update […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2017
A critical vulnerability affects the Drupal References module that is used by hundreds of thousands of websites using the popular CMS. The Drupal security team has discovered a critical vulnerability in a third-party module named References. The Drupal team published a Security advisory on April 12 informing its users of the critical flaw. The flaw has a huge impact on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2017
The InterContinental Hotels Group announced that last week payment card systems at more than 1,000 of its hotels had been compromised by crooks. The multinational hotel chain owns prestigious brands like Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza. This is the second time that the InterContinental Hotels Group suffers a credit card breach, early this year the hotel chain […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2017
The Chinese security Xudong Zheng is warning of Homograph Phishing Attacks are “almost impossible to detect” also to experts. The Chinese security researcher Xudong Zheng has devised a phishing technique that is “almost impossible to detect.” Hackers can exploit a known vulnerability in the popular web browsers Chrome, Firefox and Opera to display to the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 18, 2017
It started quietly as a probability not a reality. Now within months cyberwarfare has become a reality plausible as the air we breathe. The revelation of governments hacking units has brought light for a new domain of conflict: Cyberwarfare. Once a secret these government agencies were public revealed like the Equation Group as well as […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 16, 2017
The Callisto APT Group borrowed the source code leaked by hackers that broke into Hacking Team network. According to F-Secure Labs, The Callisto APT Group used the HackingTeam leaked surveillance software to gather intelligence on foreign and security policy in eastern Europe and the South Caucasus. The Callisto APT group targeted government officials, military personnel, journalists and think tanks since […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 16, 2017
Security experts discovered vulnerabilities in the Bosch Drivelog Connector dongle that could be exploited by hackers to stop the engine. Security Researchers at automotive cybersecurity firm Argus discovered vulnerabilities in Bosch Drivelog Connect solution that can be exploited by hackers to inject malicious messages into a vehicleâs CAN bus. The Bosch Drivelog Connect is the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 16, 2017
Facebook disrupted an international spam campaign leveraging on bogus accounts used to create “likes” and bogus comments. The security team at Facebook has disrupted an international spam operation after a six months investigation. The company has neutralized a coordinated campaign that was leveraging on bogus accounts used to create inauthentic likes and comments. “Today we are taking another […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 14, 2017
Cisco issued two âcriticalâ security advisories, one for Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE Software, another for a flaw affecting Apache Struts 2. Today Cisco issued two âcriticalâ security advisories, the first one for Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE Software, the second one for the recently discovered flaw affecting Apache Struts 2. The vulnerability […]
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