Pierluigi Paganini
March 11, 2017
Danish-speaking users were infected by malware spread through Dropbox, but the company quickly adopted the countermeasures to stop the attack. According to the experts from security firm AppRiver, Danish-speaking users were hit by an unusual malware-based attack. The attack hit Denmark, Germany, and several surrounding Scandinavian countries on Wednesday morning. Danish-speaking users were infected by malware spread through […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 11, 2017
WikiLeaks announced is working with software makers on Zero-Days by sharing information on the hacking tools included in the Vault7 dump with them. WikiLeaks announced on Tuesday that it has obtained thousands of files allegedly originating from a high-security network of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The Wikileaks dump, called “Vault7,” exposed the hacking […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 10, 2017
Palo Alto Networks discovered a new strain of ransomware, dubbed RanRan ransomware, that has been used in targeted attacks in Middle East. Malware researchers at Palo Alto Networks have spotted a new strain of ransomware, dubbed RanRan, that has been used in targeted attacks against government organizations in the Middle East. “Recently, Unit 42 has observed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 10, 2017
The seller that goes online with moniker SunTzu583 is offering 640,000 PlayStation accounts for USD 35.71 (0.0292 BTC), it source is still a mystery. The dark web is the right place where to buy stolen login credentials to major web services, last week the colleagues at HackRead reported the sale of more than 1 million Gmail […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2017
Confide App, the secure messaging app used by staffers in the White House and on Capitol Hill is not as secure as the company claims. Confide is the secure messaging app used by President Donald Trump’s staffers for their secret communication. The official website of the application defines the encryption implemented by the mobile application […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2017
The researcher Pierre Kim revealed that more than 185,000 vulnerable Wi-Fi-connected cameras are exposed to the Internet, ready to be hacked. According to the security advisory published by Pierre Kim via Full Disclosure, more than 185,000 vulnerable Wi-Fi-connected cameras are exposed to the Internet, a gift for crooks and hackers. The devices are affected by the following […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2017
Researchers have spotted a remote code execution zero-day in Apache Struts 2, the flaw has being exploiting by that threat actors in the wild. Security researchers have spotted a remote code execution zero-day, tracked as CVE-2017-5638, in Apache Struts 2, and the bad news is that threat actors in the wild are already exploiting it. According to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 08, 2017
Wikileaks Vault7 data leak –  the Umbrage team was tasked by the Central Intelligence Agency for false flag hacking operations. WikiLeaks has obtained thousands of files allegedly originating from a CIA high-security network that details CIA hacking tools and capabilities.Digging in the huge trove of files, it is possible to find information about the ability of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 08, 2017
The manufacture Dahua Technology has started releasing firmware updates fix a serious flaw in some models of its video recorders and IP cameras. Security experts believe the flaw is a true backdoor that could be used to remotely access the user database containing usernames and hashed passwords. The backdoor was discovered by a researcher that is known online as “bashis.” Once the attacker […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 08, 2017
Earlier today, Wikileaks dumped a large database of secret documents from the CIA in a released dubbed Vault7. Here we do a deeper analysis of the leak and the broader implications on online security and encrypted services. Our in-depth analysis of the leaked CIA files is found at the bottom of this post. First, we […]
