Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2017
The thin line between BlackEnergy, DragonFly and TeamSpy attacks

Experts from McAfee Labs collected evidence that links DragonFly malware to other hacking campaigns, like BlackEnergy and TeamSpy attacks. On September 6, Symantec published a detailed analysis of the Dragonfly 2.0 campaign that targeted dozens of energy companies this year. Threat actor is the same behind the Dragonfly campaign observed in 2014. Further analysis conducted […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 17, 2017
Security Affairs newsletter Round 141 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Once again thank you! ·      National Institute of Standards and Technology releases a second Draft of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework ·      Security Affairs newsletter Round 140 – News of the week ·      Severe flaws in most popular […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2017
Security Affairs newsletter Round 140 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Once again thank you! ·      Halloware Ransomware, a new malware offered for sale on the Dark Web for Only $40 ·      PayPal-owned company TIO Networks data breach affects 1.6 million customers ·      Security Affairs newsletter Round 139 […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2017
#OpUSA – OpIsrael – Anonymous hit Israel and threatens cyberattack on US Govt

#OpUSA – OpIsrael – The hacker collective Anonymous threatens cyber attacks on US Government and launched the offensive against the Israeli targets. In the last hours, the hacktivists leaked online names, emails, and passwords of Israeli public employees and shared a list of US government sites to target, calling on action against them. Anonymous leaked data belonging to only a […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 03, 2017
Security Affairs newsletter Round 139 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Once again thank you! ·      A new Mirai variant is rapidly spreading, around 100,000 IPs running the scans in the past 60 hours ·      Security Affairs newsletter Round 138 – News of the week ·      The Cobalt […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2017
Security Affairs newsletter Round 138 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Once again thank you! ·      A second variant of the new Cryptomix Ransomware released in a few days ·      Cash Converters suffered a data breach, users of the old webshop are at risk ·      De-authentication attack on […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2017
2017 OWASP Top 10 Final Release is out, what’s new?

The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) presented the final release for the 2017 OWASP Top 10. The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) published the final version of the 2017 OWASP Top 10. In April, the OWASP announced the first release candidate for the 2017 OWASP Top 10, the main novelty was represented by the presence […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2017
Security Affairs newsletter Round 137 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Once again thank you! ·      Avira spotted a new strain of the dreaded Locky Ransomware in the wild ·      Google introduces updates in Chrome to prevent unexpected redirects and unwanted content ·      Microsoft president urges a digital […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2017
US retailer Forever 21 Warns customers of payment card breach at some locations

The US clothes retailer FOREVER 21 announced it has suffered a security breach, hackers stole payment card data at some locations. Another data breach made the headlines, this time the victim is the US clothes retailer Forever 21 which announced it has suffered a security breach. According to the company, unknown hackers gain unauthorized access […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2017
Security Affairs newsletter Round 136 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Once again thank you! ·      Flaws in IEEE P1735 electronics standard expose intellectual property ·      Popular Anime crunchyroll.com hijacked to distribute a keylogger ·      Security Affairs newsletter Round 135 – News of the week ·      The NIC Asia Bank […]