Pierluigi Paganini
April 21, 2019
A new service called Inpivx represents the evolution of the ransomware-as-a-service making it very easy for wannabe crooks to develop their malware and build a management panel. A new Tor hidden service called Inpivx evolves the concept of the ransomware-as-a-service making it very easy for crooks without technical skills to develop their own malware and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2019
British malware researcher Marcus Hutchins has pleaded guilty to developing and sharing the banking malware between July 2014 and July 2015. The popular British cybersecurity expert Marcus Hutchins has pleaded guilty to developing and sharing the Kronos banking malwarebetween July 2014 and July 2015. Marcus Hutchins, also known as MalwareTech, made the headlines after discovering […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2019
Antivirus solutions from different vendors are having malfunctions after the installation of Windows security patches released on April 9, including McAfee, Avast and Sophos. Antivirus solutions from different vendors are showing malfunctions after the installation of Windows security patches released on April 9. Antivirus solutions from Sophos, Avira, ArcaBit, Avast, and recently McAfee reported security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2019
Google this week announced that it is going to block login attempts from embedded browser frameworks to prevent man-in-the-middle (MiTM) phishing attacks. Phishing attacks carried out by injecting malicious content in legitimate traffic are difficult to detect when attackers use an embedded browser framework or any other automated tool for authentication. For example, the embedded […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2019
A white hat hacker discovered how to break Tchap, a new secure messaging app launched by the French government for officials and politicians. The popular French white hat hacker Robert Baptiste (aka @fs0c131y) discovered how to break into Tchap, a new secure messaging app launched by the French government for encrypted communications between officials and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2019
Other problems for Facebook that admitted to have stored millions of Instagram users’ passwords in plaintext Yesterday, Facebook made the headlines once again for alleged violations of the privacy of its users, the company admitted to have ‘unintentionally’ collected contacts from 1.5 Million email accounts without permission In March, Facebook admitted to have stored the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2019
Djevair Ametovski was sentenced to 90 months in prison for operating an international cybercrime marketplace named Codeshop. Macedonian national Djevair Ametovski (32) was sentenced to 90 months in prison by US DoJ authorities for operating an international cybercrime marketplace named Codeshop. Codeshop.su was a website that specialized in selling stolen payment card data. Ametovski acquired […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2019
Lab Dookhtegan hackers leaked details about operations carried out by Iran-linked OilRig group, including source code of 6 tools. A hacker group that goes online with the name Lab Dookhtegan have disclosed details about operations conducted by the Iran-linked cyber-espionage group tracked as OilRig, APT34, and HelixKitten. OilRig is an Iran-linked APT group that has been […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2019
A ransomware attack knocked the Weather Channel off the air for at least 90 minutes Thursday morning, federal law enforcement are investigating the incident.A ranomware attack knocked the Weather Channel off the air for at least 90 minutes Thursday morning, federal law enforcement are investigating the incident. A cyber attack hit the Weather Channel and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2019
Experts warn of security flaws in the Broadcom WiFi chipset drivers that could allow potential attackers to remotely execute arbitrary code and to trigger DoS. According to a DHS/CISA alert and a CERT/CC vulnerability note, Broadcom WiFi chipset drivers are affected by security vulnerabilities impacting multiple operating systems. The flaws could be exploited to remotely execute arbitrary […]
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