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Pierluigi Paganini February 21, 2016

Utah systems experiences 300k hacking attacks a day due to the presence of the NSA Data Center

The representatives of the Utah State confirmed that their systems experiences 300,000 hacking attacks a day due to the presence of the NSA Data Center. The Utah state computer systems experience 300,000 hacking attacks a day due to the presence of the NSA data center in the state. The Utah Data Center, also known as the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 19, 2016

Tens of thousands of DVRs exposed on Internet with Hardcoded Passwords

According to a report published by Risk Based Security more than tens of thousands of DVRs are exposed on the Internet with a hardcoded password. According to a report published by Risk Based Security (RBS), the firmware of DVRs manufactured by China-based Zhuhai RaySharp contains hardcoded credentials that could be used by a remote hacker […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2016

A sophisticated variant of OceanLotus trojan targets OS X systems

In May 2015, the Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 published a report on a Trojan called OceanLotus that was being used since 2012 for APT attacks in the Chinese market. The APT attacks based on the OceanLotus focused on government organizations, research institutes, maritime agencies, and companies specializing in other activities. At the time were […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2016

$103,000 stolen in Brain Wallets cracking attacks

A group of researchers discovered that roughly 1,000 brain wallets have been drained by cyber criminals that have stolen $103,000 The term brainwallet refers to the concept of storing Bitcoins in one’s own mind by memorization of a passphrase. The phrase is converted into a 256-bit private key with a hashing or key derivation algorithm (example: SHA256). That […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 14, 2016

Security Affairs newsletter Round 47 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Google patched Nexus devices, including a critical Wi-Fi flaw How to thwart the passcode lock screen on iOS 8 and 9? Security Affairs newsletter Round 46 – News of the week Dyre crackdown, the biggest effort to […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2016

Australian NSW Government Department of Resources and Energy under attack. Is it Chinese cyber espionage?

According to the NSW Government Department of Resources and Energy Chinese hackers have launched a malware-based attack on its network in December. The Australian NSW Government Department of Resources and Energy revealed that in December 2015 unknown hackers targeted its systems. In the same period, the organization was launching a number of important projects, including […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 03, 2016

Europol, a new move against terrorism and money laundering

The Europol is increasing its efforts against terrorism, it has joined forces with EU to fight terrorist financing and money laundering. Since 1 January 2016, Europol has increased the level of integration among the nodes of the decentralised computer network of the European Union Member States’ Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs), the FIU.net. “FIU.NET is a decentralised computer network […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 03, 2016

Cybersecurity Operational Tests And Assessments – US Defence can’t check F-35 data due to insecure systems

Cybersecurity Operational Tests And Assessments conducted by the US Defence are essential to improve overall security … and discover that US Govt can’t check F-35 data due to insecure systems. It is difficult to understand the importance of concept like information sharing when dealing with daily work, but officers at the Pentagon are learning at […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2016

27% of all detected malware appeared in 2015

According to a new report from Panda Security more than 84 million new malware samples were detected over the 2015, 27% of all malware of ever. In 2015, security experts have detected the a record number of new malware, according to a report published by Panda Security more than 84 million new malware samples were collected. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2016

Security Affairs newsletter Round 45 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Shodan implements a feature to browse vulnerable webcams Europol, a new EU counter terrorism centre opening this month Security Affairs newsletter Round 44 – News of the week Skype – IP will now be hidden by default […]