Pierluigi Paganini
June 09, 2017
Cisco èiblished two security advisories to warn customers of the presence of two critical vulnerabilities in the CISCO Prime Data Center Network Manager, Cisco warns its customers of the presence of two critical vulnerabilities in the CISCO Prime Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) that can be exploited by remote attackers for code execution and to access […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 08, 2017
Former FBI Director Comey hearing: Comey Has ‘No Doubt’ on the Russia’s Involvement in cyber attacks against 2016 US Presidential Election. James Comey today testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee that he believes that Russia Government is behind the cyber attacks aimed to interfere with the 2016 US election. Former FBI Director James Comey today […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 06, 2017
Is the hack back legal? There is a heated debate about the concept of active defense. What about the Active Cyber Defense Certainty (ACDC) Act? In a time where attribution of cyber crimes is all but impossible, the idea of allowing companies to ‘hack back‘ at their attackers seems far-fetched. However, Tom Graves (R-GA) has […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 05, 2017
According to a report published by the London-based think tank Basic, the UK Trident submarines are vulnerable to cyber-attacks. According to a report published by the London-based think tank British American Security Information Council (Basic), the UK Trident submarine fleet is vulnerable to cyber-attacks. According to the report “Hacking UK Trident, A Growing Threat,” a cyber […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 04, 2017
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. · British Airways cancels thousands of flights, there is no evidence of cyber-attacks · Security Affairs newsletter Round 112 – News of the week · Tainted Leaks – Widespead Russias disinformation campaign hit 39 Countries · Austrian […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 28, 2017
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. · Google is rolling out Google Play Protect, a machine-learning system to protect Android users · Medical Devices infected by WannaCry Ransomware in US hospitals · Researchers found a link between the APT3 Threat Group and the Chinese […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 28, 2017
Researchers at Citizen Lab documented a Russia’s campaign of cyberespionage and disinformation that leveraged tainted leaks. According to the researchers at the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, a Russian disinformation campaign targeted 39 countries. The cyber attacks against the DNC were part of a larger campaign orchestrated by a nation state actor against government, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 25, 2017
Researchers at ESET security firm have discovered that someone has released 200 master keys for the latest variants of the prominent Crysis ransomware. While security experts continue to investigate the WannaCry attack, someone has released 200 master keys for the latest variants of the prominent Crysis ransomware. The file encrypted by this version have the .wallet and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 24, 2017
Experts found that NAND Data Storage Chips are vulnerable to malicious programs which can corrupt data and even destroy them over time. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, Seagate Technology and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich have uncovered a potential flaw in the storage devices that power most cell phones, computers and big data […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 23, 2017
Hackers demonstrated that it is very easy to bypass the Samsung S8 iris scanner by using a camera, a printer, and a contact lens. Security experts have once against bypassed mobile Biometric system installed on a mobile device, the Samsung S8 model. Hackers used a camera, a printer and a contact lens to bypass the […]
