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Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2020

FC Barcelona and the International Olympic Committee Twitter accounts hacked

The popular hacker group OurMine has hacked the official Twitter account of the FC Barcelona, along with the accounts of Olympics and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The popular hacker group has hacked the official Twitter account of the FC Barcelona, along with the accounts of and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). On Saturday, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2020

Russian govn blocked Tutanota service in Russia to stop encrypted communication

Tutanota, the popular free and open-source end-to-end encrypted email software, has been blocked by Russian authorities. The popular free and open-source end-to-end encrypted email service Tutanota has been blocked in Russia on Friday evening. Since early February, the Russian government has blocked other encrypted email and VPN services in Russia, including ProtonMail and ProtonVPN VPN service. Tutanota is listed in the registry of blocked […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2020

Launching the First “Yomi Hunting” Challenge!

About a year ago, Yoroi released the Yomi Hunter sandbox, today, they love to challenge the malware community with the first “Yomi Hunting” contest. About a year ago, we publicly released the Yomi Hunter sandbox for a few simple reasons: in Yoroi we believe in the InfoSec community value, we think it plays a central […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2020

Cyberwarfare: A deep dive into the latest Gamaredon Espionage Campaign

Security experts from Yoroy-Cybaze ZLab have conducted a detailed analysis of an implant used by the Gamaredon APT group in a recent campaign. Introduction Gamaredon Group is a Cyber Espionage persistent operation attributed to Russians FSB (Federal Security Service) in a long-term military and geo-political confrontation against the Ukrainian government and more in general against […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2020

IDF soldiers tricked into installing malicious apps by Hamas operatives posing as attractive women

Israeli Force (IDF) announced it has thwarted an attempt by the Hamas militant group to hack soldiers’ phones by posing as attractive women on social media. Israeli Defence Force (IDF) announced it has thwarted an attempt by the Hamas militant group to hack soldiers’ mobile devices by posing as attractive women on social media and […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2020

Fox Kitten Campaign – Iranian hackers exploit 1-day VPN flaws in attacks

Iranian hackers have been hacking VPN servers to plant backdoors in companies around the world Iran-linked attackers targeted Pulse Secure, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, and Citrix VPNs to hack into large companies as part of the Fox Kitten Campaign. During the last quarter of 2019, experts from security firm ClearSky uncovered a hacking campaign tracked […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2020

US administration requests $9.8B for cyber 2021 budget for the Department of Defense

The US administration requested $9.8 billion for cyber in next year’s budget for the Department of Defense, the amount is the same as last year. The US administration requested $9.8 billion for cyber operations in next year’s budget for the Department of Defense, a data that confirms the strategic importance of the fifth domain of […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2020

Organizers of major hacking conferences in Asia put them on hold due to Coronavirus outbreak

Organizers of Black Hat Asia and DEF CON China security conferences announced that they put the events on hold due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Bad news for cybersecurity passionates and experts, organizers of Black Hat Asia and DEF CON China security conferences announced last week that they have put the events on hold due to […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2020

Security Affairs newsletter Round 251

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Maastricht University finally paid a 30 bitcoin ransom to crooks Massive DDoS attack brought down 25% Iranian Internet connectivity The number of cyber attacks on Saudi Aramco is increasing 1.2 million CPR numbers for Danish citizen leaked through […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2020

IOTA cryptocurrency shuts down entire network after a coordinated attack on its Trinity wallet

IOTA Foundation behind the IOTA cryptocurrency was forced to shut down its entire network following a cyber attack that resulted in the theft of funds. Hackers have exploited a vulnerability in the official IOTA wallet to steal funds from the users. In response to the incident, the IOTA Foundation, the nonprofit organization behind the IOTA […]

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FC Barcelona and the International Olympic Committee Twitter accounts hacked

Russian govn blocked Tutanota service in Russia to stop encrypted communication

Launching the First “Yomi Hunting” Challenge!

Cyberwarfare: A deep dive into the latest Gamaredon Espionage Campaign

IDF soldiers tricked into installing malicious apps by Hamas operatives posing as attractive women

Fox Kitten Campaign – Iranian hackers exploit 1-day VPN flaws in attacks

US administration requests $9.8B for cyber 2021 budget for the Department of Defense

Organizers of major hacking conferences in Asia put them on hold due to Coronavirus outbreak

Security Affairs newsletter Round 251

IOTA cryptocurrency shuts down entire network after a coordinated attack on its Trinity wallet

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