Pierluigi Paganini
November 11, 2016
A number of prolonged DDoS attacks hit at least five Russian banks this week and experts suspect the involvement of the Mirai Botnet once again. A wave of DDoS attacks hit at least five Russian banks with prolonged DDoS attacks this week. Among the victims of the DDoS attacks against the online banking services there […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2016
Kaspersky published a report on cyber espionage activities conducted by StrongPity APT that most targeted Italians and Belgians with watering holes attacks. Experts from Kaspersky Lab have published a detailed report on the cyber espionage activities conducted by the StrongPity APT. The group is very sophisticated, its operations leverage on watering holes attacks and malware to target users […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2016
The UK Government has decided to ban Apple Watches ban from the Cabinet over foreign eavesdropper fears, in 2013 occurred with the iPad. The political fears cyber espionage, the recent string of cyber attacks against the US Presidential election and the constant pressure of Chinese hackers urge a major awareness on the cyber threats. In 2013, cabinet ministers were banned from bringing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2016
Washington demands a strong response to the alleged Russian attempts to manipulate the Presidential Election 2016 with cyber attacks. US is officially accusing Russia trying to interfere the 2016 US presidential election, announcing it will adopt all necessary countermeasures to defeat the threat. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 29, 2016
Researchers at the Bellingcat agency have been hit with spear phishing attacks and account takeover attempts while investigating flight MH17 crash. Once again cyber security experts warn of a new hacking campaign that this time is targeting Citizen Journalists reporting the crash of the flight MH17 of the Malaysian Airlines. According to the intelligence firm […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 14, 2016
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirms that Russian hackers breached its Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS) database. Hackers breached the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and have stolen Olympic athletes’ medical records, the hack was confirmed by the agency. According to the WADA, the hackers accessed the Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS) database, security experts […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 09, 2016
Another old and huge data breach was reported to LeakedSource, more than 33 million QIP records from 2011 have been compromised. Once again we are here to discuss a data breach, the victim is the Russian instant messaging service Quiet Internet Pager (QIP.ru.). According to the breach notification service LeakedSource, the leaked dump includes details of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 08, 2016
Chief of the National Intelligence declared Russia hacks US computer networks “all the time,” while also seeking to reassure the situation is under control. The recent string of attacks against people and systems involved in the 2016 Presidential election is alarming the US intelligence. After the attacks against the Democratic National Committee, security firms and government experts collected […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 05, 2016
Researchers have found links between the attacks on US state election systems and campaigns managed by alleged Russian state-sponsored hackers. Security experts at threat intelligence firm ThreatConnect have conducted an analysis on the IP addresses listed in the flash alert issued in August by the FBI that warned about two cyber attacks against the election […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 30, 2016
Experts from Kaspersky Lab confirmed that the Lurk cybercrime Gang developed, maintained and rent the infamous Angler Exploit Kit. Security experts from Kaspersky Lab have confirmed that the Lurk cybercrime group are the author of the infamous Angler exploit kit. The members of the Lurk cybercrime crew were arrested by Russian law enforcement this summer, […]
