Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2017
South Korea targeted by a cyber espionage campaign, experts blame Norks

South Korea is once against under attack, alleged nation-state hackers have launched a sophisticated cyber espionage campaign on organizations in the public sector. According to the experts at Cisco Talos, the cyber espionage campaign was active between November 2016 and January 2017 and leveraged on vulnerabilities in a Korean language word processing program (Hangul Word […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2017
A group of Iraqi hackers called Pro_Mast3r defaced a Trump website

The group of Iraqi hackers called “Pro_Mast3r” has breached the server hosting a Trump website associated with campaign donations. A group of hackers who is calling themselves “Pro_Mast3r” has defaced a website associated with President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign fundraising on Sunday. The website was hosted on the server secure2.donaldjtrump.com that is managed by the Cloudflare content […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 19, 2017
Security Affairs newsletter Round 100 – 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 ·        A US minor is behind the cyber attack that hit Brussels airport after bombings ·        Apples […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2017
German regulators ban the My Friend Cayla doll fearing it is surveillance device

German regulators have banned ‘My Friend Cayla,’ an internet-connected doll that can chat with our children, it can be abused for surveillance activities. German regulators have banned ‘My Friend Cayla,’ an internet-connected doll that can chat with our children. The authorities believe the device is a “spying device”. The Federal Network Agency is inviting parents to […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2017
A new SQL malware Targets online shops running on Magento

Security experts have discovered a new SQL malware targeting online shops running on Magento that hides the code in the website’s database. Security experts have discovered a new strain of malware that is targeted websites raising Russian the Magento eCommerce platform. The novelty is that this is the first a malware that hides the code in the website’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2017
Yahoo notifies users hackers are forging “cookies” to take over their accounts

Yahoo notifies users that hackers are forging “cookies” or files used in the authentication process to access their accounts, instead of stealing passwords Yahoo confirmed it was notifying some users of sophisticated cyber attacks aimed to compromise their accounts. The hackers are adopting hacking methods to forge “cookies” or files used in the authentication process, instead of […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 15, 2017
Russian hacker Rasputin breaches over 60 Universities and Government Agencies

The Russian-speaking black hat hacker Rasputin, hacked systems of more than 60 universities and U.S. government agencies. According to the threat intelligence firm Recorded Future, a Russian-speaking black hat hacker, known as ‘Rasputin‘, hacked systems of more than 60 universities and U.S. Government agencies. We met Rasputin in December 2016, when he was offering for sale stolen login […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 12, 2017
Security Affairs newsletter Round 99 – 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 Anonymous hacked Freedom Hosting II, a fifth of the Dark Web is down Security Affairs newsletter Round […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2017
Security Affairs newsletter Round 98 – 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 Hong Kong brokers blackmailed by hackers with DDoS Attacks Uber pays $9,000 bug bounty payoff for partner […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2017
Last Dridex Trojan variant uses a new tactic to bypass Windows UAC

A new variant of the Dridex Trojan recently observed is leveraging a new tactic to bypass the UAC (User Account Control). Researchers at the security firm Flashpoint have discovered a new campaign leveraging on a new variant of the Dridex Trojan that uses a new tactic to bypass the UAC (User Account Control). The Dridex Trojan […]