Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2015
Experts at Kaspersky Lab revealed that the capabilities of the Equation Group Surpass anything known in terms of sophistication of hacking techniques. Security experts at Kaspersky revealed the existence of a hacking group operating since 2001 that targeted practically every industry with sophisticated zero-day malware. According to a new report from Kaspersky Lab, this group, dubbed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 15, 2015
Kaspersky discovered that a multinational gang of hackers dubbed Carbanak cybergang has stolen at least $300 million from 100 financial institutions. A group of cybercriminals used a malware to steal at least $300 million from banks and other financial institutions worldwide, according to a report published Saturday by The New York Times. The hackers have named […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 22, 2014
A new strain of Zeus Trojan dubbed Chthonic has been discovered in the wild targeting more than 150 banks and 20 payment systems mainly in Europe. Experts believe they have seen everything about the Zeus trojan, P2P versions, versions that infect SaaS, agents that exploit the Tor network or that recruit money mules … then […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 11, 2014
Appleâs Mac OS X is no longer immune to malware and bugs says Kaspersky Security Lab.A survey of 2014 reveals that more malware attacks targeted Mac. For years, Mac OS X has been flaunted as the most immune OS to malwares and bugs. Well, the reign of Mac might end in 2014, with usersâ on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 09, 2014
Security experts at Kaspersky Lab have detected the first strain of Turla malware that was designed to infect Linux system and so called Penquin Turla. Security Experts at Kaspersky have discovered a new variant of Turla malware which was designed to hit Linux systems and for this reason, it was called the Penquin Turla. The investigation […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 25, 2014
Security experts at Kaspersky Lab issued a detailed paper on the analysis of the backdoor Regin focusing on the attacker’s activity against the GSM networks. The day after the disclosure of the Regin Backdoor by Symantec, which provided the details the new sophisticated cyber espionage tool,the principal security firms published the results of their investigation. As […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 03, 2014
Experts at Kaspersky spotted an interesting attack from Brazilian criminals that try to change the DNS settings of home routers by using a web-based attack. Experts at Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a hacking campaign conducted by Brazilian threat actors which is targeting home routers by using a web-based attack. The hackers are adopting different techniques, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 19, 2014
Experts at Kaspersky discovered that Stuxnet exploits targeting a Windows Shell Vulnerability is still largely used in cyber attacks. Stuxnet has changed the history of malware development, it is considered the fist cyber weapon used by a government in an act of Information Warfare. As remarked by most popular security experts, the militarization of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 05, 2014
China has excluded Symantec Corp and Kaspersky Lab from a list of approved antivirus software suppliers to limit the use of foreign technology. Cyber espionage is the first concern of government, China and US exchanged in the months reciprocal accusations on a series of hacking campaign conducted with the purpose of stealing sensitive information. According to the People’s Daily […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 29, 2014
Adobe has just released a security updates for Flash Player to fix critical vulnerabilities that are being exploited by hackers to track Syrian dissidents. Adobe has just released security updates for Flash Player to fix critical vulnerabilities that are being exploited in a series of cyber attacks targeting Syrian dissidents complaining about the government. Early April experts at […]
