Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini August 09, 2020
US OCC imposed an $80 Million fine to Capital One for 2019 hack

US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) regulator has fined the credit card provider Capital One Financial Corp with $80 million over 2019 data breach. The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has imposed an $80 million fine to the credit card provider Capital One Financial Corp over 2019 data breach. Capital One, one of […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 09, 2020
Homoglyph attacks used in phishing campaign and Magecart attacks

Researchers detailed a new evasive phishing technique that leverages modified favicons to inject e-skimmers and steal payment card data covertly. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes have analyzed a new evasive phishing technique used by attackers in the wild in Magecart attacks. The hackers targeted visitors of several sites using typo-squatted domain names, and modified favicons […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2020
Reddit massive hack: hackers defaced channels with pro-Trump messages

Reddit suffered a massive hack, threat actors compromised tens of Reddit channels and defaced them showing messages in support of Donald Trump’s campaign. Reddit suffered a massive hack, threat actors defaced tens of channel to display messages in support of Donald Trump’s reelection campaign. At the time of writing, the massive hack is still ongoing […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2020
Intel investigates security breach after the leak of 20GB of internal documents

Intel is investigating reports of an alleged hack that resulted in the theft and leak of 20GB of data coming from the chip giant. Intel is investigating reports that an alleged hacker has leaked 20GB of exfiltrated from its systems. The stolen data includes source code and developer documents and tools, some documents are labeled […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2020
Google Threat Analysis Group took down ten influence operations in Q2 2020

Google published its second Threat Analysis Group (TAG) report which reveals the company has taken down ten coordinated operations in Q2 2020. Google has published its second Threat Analysis Group (TAG) report, a bulletin that includes coordinated influence operation campaigns tracked in Q2 of 2020. Google revealed to have taken down ten coordinated operations in […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2020
Netwalker ransomware operators claim to have stolen data from Forsee Power

Netwalker ransomware operators breached the networks of Forsee Power, a well-known player in the electromobility market. A new company has been added to the list of the victims of the Netwalker ransomware operators, it is Forsee Power, which provides advanced lithium-ion battery systems for any mobility application. The industrial group is based in France and […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2020
FBI is warning of cyber attacks against Windows 7 systems that reached end-of-life

The FBI warned private industry partners of risks impacting companies running Windows 7 after the Microsoft OS reached the end of life on January 14. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning companies running Windows 7 systems of the greater risk of getting hacked because the Microsoft OS has reached the end of life on January 14. […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2020
Cyber Defense Magazine – August 2020 has arrived. Enjoy it!

Cyber Defense Magazine august 2020 Edition has arrived. We hope you enjoy this month’s edition…packed with over 147 pages of excellent content. OVER 145 PAGESALWAYS FREE – LOADED WITH EXCELLENT CONTENTLearn from the experts, cybersecurity best practicesFind out about upcoming information security related conferences, expos and trade shows.  Always free, no strings attached. CLICK THIS FIRST LINK […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2020
NSA releases a guide to reduce location tracking risks

The United States National Security Agency (NSA) is warning of risks posed by location services for staff who work in defence or national security. The United States National Security Agency (NSA) published a new guide to warn of the risks posed by location services for staff who work in defence or national security. The guide, titled […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2020
UberEats data leaked on the dark web

Security researchers from threat intelligence firm Cyble have discovered user records of American online food ordering and delivery platform UberEats on DarkWeb. Another day, another data breach made the headlines, this time the alleged victim is UberEATS. UberEats is an American online food ordering and delivery platform launched by Uber in 2014. During the process […]