Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2017
Security Affairs newsletter Round 106 – 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 ·      Android Chrysaor spyware went undetected for years ·      UEFI Vulnerabilities allow to fully compromise Gigabyte Mini […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2017
Cyber Risk and Cyber Insurance – Insurance challenge to the CIO as corporate Cyber Security Effectiveness manager

[By Cesare Burei, Margas on courtesy of @CLUSIT – Rapporto Clusit 2017 – All right reserved] Until the corporate Risk Managers dealing with Cyber Risk, and there are not many of these, start working at all levels, who shall be entrusted with the management of Cyber Risks and, more specifically, with the transfer of risk […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2017
95,000 job seekers affected by the McDonald’s Canada data breach

The McDonald’s Canada career website was recently subject to a cyber-attack. Hackers stole records of 95,000 job seekers. McDonald’s Canada confirmed that hackers have stolen the personal data of about 95,000 job seekers from its recruitment website. The data were provided by candidates searching for a job at McDonald’s Canada since March 2014. The company […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2017
Samsung Galaxy S8 facial recognition system to unlock the device can be bypassed with a photo

Users can unlock Samsung Galaxy S8 phone by holding their Samsung Galaxy S8 in front of their eyes or their face … or their image. It looks like a film already seen, an IT giant presents a new product and hackers defeat its security measures. This time we are speaking of the Samsung Galaxy S8 and […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2017
FBI Cyber Division warns the healthcare industry of FTP attacks

The Cyber Division of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns the companies in the healthcare industry of FTP attacks. The Cyber Division of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns the healthcare industry that malicious actors are actively targeting File Transfer Protocol (FTP) servers of medical and dental facilities that allow anonymous […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2017
Are you a Docs.com user? Watch out you may have leaked passwords and other precious data

Thousands of users of the Microsoft searchable Docs.com service have inadvertently exposed passwords and other private information on the Internet. Bad news for thousands of users of the Microsoft searchable Docs.com service who have inadvertently exposed passwords and other private information on the Internet. The Docs.com service allows people to easily exchange documents, it implements a useful […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 26, 2017
Security Affairs newsletter Round 105 – 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 ·        Arbor Networks linked a new Acronym Malware to the Potao Express campaign ·        Security Affairs newsletter […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2017
Spear phishing campaign targeted Saudi Arabia Government organizations

Security researchers at MalwareBytes have uncovered a spearphishing campaign that targeted Saudi Arabia Government organizations. Security experts at MalwareBytes have spotted a new spear phishing campaign that is targeting Saudi Arabia governmental organizations. According to the experts, the campaign already targeted about a dozen Saudi agencies. Attackers used weaponized Word document and tricked victims into opening them […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2017
Security Affairs newsletter Round 104 – 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 ·        ELF_IMEIJ, a new Linux malware is spreading in the wild ·        Security Affairs newsletter Round 103 […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2017
Crooks hijack Magento Realex Payments extension to steal payment card data

Cybercriminals hijack Magento Realex Payments extension to steal payment card data. Experts at Sucuri are observing massive attacks. Cybercriminals continue to target Magento platform to steal credit card data. Crooks have been abusing a payment module to steal payment card data from online shops running on Magento e-commerce platform. According to experts at security firm Sucuri, […]