Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2016
Colin Powell’s emails leaked online. He calls Trump ‘National Disgrace’

A new batch of Colin Powell’s emails was leaked online by Russian hackers. Powel criticized both Presidential candidates, Trump and Clinton. Powell’s emails sent in a couple of years have been published on the website DC Leaks in a section protected by a password that was available only to select news outlets. The Powell’s e-mails belong to a […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2016
Hacker Interviews – Anonandmore

Every collective has its tactics and tools, Today I’ll present you Anonandmore, a hacker that is very active online. Enjoy the Interview.   You are a talented hacker that is very active online, could you tell me more about you. Could you tell me which his your technical background and when you started hacking? I started […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2016
LuaBot is the first Linux DDoS botnet written in Lua Language

The researcher MalwareMustDie discovered LuaBot, a trojan completely coded in Lua language that is targeting Linux platforms to recruit them in DDoS botnet. Let’s continue our tour in Linux security, focusing on malicious code specifically designed to target such systems. The popular security researcher MalwareMustDie, who recently reported the new ELF trojan backdoorLinux/Mirai, also discovered a […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 10, 2016
Hacker Interviews – Speaking with Francisco Moraga aka @BTshell

Today I have the pleasure to share with you the interview with Francisco Moraga, a popular cyber security expert also known as @BTshell . Enjoy it! You are one of the most respected experts on cyber security. Could you tell me which his your technical background and when you started hacking? My name is Francisco Moraga, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2016
Security Affairs newsletter Round 76 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. First of all let inform you that at the #infosec16 SecurityAffairs was awarded as The Best European Personal Security Blog http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/48202/breaking-news/securityaffairs-best-european-personal-security-blog.html THANK YOU! Global cost of cybercrime will grow from $3 trillion in 2015 to $6 trillion annually by […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2016
Dutch Police seized two servers of the VPN provider Perfect Privacy

The Dutch Police has seized two servers belonging to Switzerland-based Virtual Private Network (VPN) provider Perfect Privacy, as part of an investigation. Recently, two European countries, France and Germany, have declared war against encryption with an objective to force major technology companies to build encryption backdoors in their secure messaging services. The fight to the cybercrime is […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2016
Fake-Game offers a Phishing-as-a-Service platform to wannabe criminals

Experts from Fortinet discovered a Russian website called Fake-Game the offers a Phishing-as-a-Service platform to anyone. The Phishing attacks are still one of the most effective methods to grab users’ credentials on the web. Experts from Fortinet have discovered a Russian-language site called ‘Fake-Game’ that offers Phishing-as-a-Service. “During our monitoring, we discovered that this same business model is […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2016
Apple issued fixes for Pegasus spyware bugs in OS X, Safari. Apply it now!

Apple issued security fixes for Mac OS X and Safari to patch zero-day flaws exploited by Pegasus spyware to spy on mobile users. A few days ago, we reported a detailed analysis of the Trident exploit that triggers three vulnerabilities in order to remotely hack Apple mobile devices through the installation of the Pegasus spyware. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2016
DNC staffers are invited to use ‘Snowden-Approved’ App Signal in response to the hack

In the aftermath of the DNC hack the staffers were instructed in the use of the popular instant messaging Signal app, also called the “Snowden-approved” app. The need of privacy is pushing the IT industry in developing secure messaging systems that implement end-to-end encrypted to protect users from prying eyes. Signal is probably the most popular app […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2016
Security Affairs newsletter Round 75 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. First of all let me inform you that at the #infosec16 SecurityAffairs was awarded as The Best European Personal Security Blog http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/48202/breaking-news/securityaffairs-best-european-personal-security-blog.html THANK YOU! Bitcoins move from the seized SilkRoad wallet to the ShadowBrokers Security Affairs newsletter Round 74 […]