Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2019
Major coordinated disinformation campaign hit the Lithuanian Defense

A cyber attack hit the Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis with the intent of discrediting him and the Lithuanian national defense system. A major and orchestrated misinformation cyber attack hit the Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis with the intent of discrediting him and the Lithuanian national defense system. “The currently unfolding complex cyber-information attack has […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 209 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! DNS hijacking campaigns target Gmail, Netflix, and PayPal users Rockwell Automation fixes multiple DoS flaws in Stratix Switch introduced by Cisco Software AeroGrow suffered a payment card data breach […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2019
Whatsapp, Instagram, Facebook down worldwide

FACEBOOK down: Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp services have gone down in Europe, US, Malaysia, and worldwide leaving millions of users furious. Facebook services including Instagram and Whatsapp are facing a widespread outage. The outage of Facebook services happens one month after the longest outage in history. Users in Europe, Malaysia and some parts of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2019
Attackers hacked support agent to access Microsoft Outlook email accounts

Bad news for users of the Microsoft Outlook email service, hackers have compromised the Microsoft Support Agent to access their email accounts. Earlier this year, hackers breached Microsoft’s customer support portal and gained access to some email accounts registered with the Microsoft’s Outlook service. Microsoft notified some of its users the security breach, it confirmed […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2019
These hackers have breached FBI-affiliated websites and leaked data online

Hackers publish personal data on thousands of US police officers and federal agents Media outlet Techcrunch reported that a hacker group has breached several FBI-affiliated websites and leaked the stolen info online. A hacker group claims to have hacked dozens of websites affiliated with the FBI and leaked online dozens of files containing the personal […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2019
The hacker behind Matrix.org hack offers advice to improve security

The hacker that hacked and defaced Matrix.org decided to disclose the security issues discovered during the attack and offers advice. This week, the hacker behind the hack of Matrix.org decided to disclose the vulnerabilities discovered during the attack. Matrix is an open network for secure, decentralized real-time communication that is also used for instant messaging, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2019
Malware campaign uses multiple propagation methods, including EternalBlue

Hackers are using the EternalBlue exploit and leveraging advantage of Living off the Land (LotL) obfuscated PowerShell-based scripts to deliver malware and a Monero cryptocurrency. Security experts at Trend Micro have uncovered a malware campaign that is targeting Asian entities using the EternalBlue exploit and leveraging advantage of Living off the Land (LotL) obfuscated PowerShell-based […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 12, 2019
Siemens addressed several DoS flaws in many products

Siemens Patch Tuesday updates for April 2019 address several serious vulnerabilities, including some DoS flaws in many industrial products. Siemens has released Patch Tuesday updates that address several serious flaws including some DoS vulnerabilities. Siemens published six new advisories that cover a total of 11 vulnerabilities. One of the issues addressed by Siemens is a […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 12, 2019
APT28 and Upcoming Elections: evidence of possible interference

In mid-March, a suspicious Office document referencing the Ukraine elections appeared in the wild, is it related to APT28 and upcoming elections? Introduction In mid-March, a suspicious Office document referencing the Ukraine elections appeared in the wild. This file was uncommon, it seemed carefully prepared and was speaking about who is leading in the elections […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 12, 2019
Emsisoft released a free decryptor for CryptoPokemon ransomware

Good news for the victims of the CryptoPokemon ransomware, security experts at Emsisoft just released a free decrypter tool. Victims of the CryptoPokemon ransomware have a good reason to smile, security experts at Emsisoft have released a free decrypter tool. The ransomware was first discovered by experts at IntezerLabs, the CryptoPokemon ransomware is a new […]