Pierluigi Paganini
January 05, 2017
The Koolova ransomware will decrypt the encrypted files for free it the victim read two blog posts about how to avoid ransomware infection. Ransomware authors are very creative, in the last here we assisted a rapid evolution of the cyber extortion practice. Ransomware has become one of the fastest growing threats, new malware implements sophisticated […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 03, 2017
The software engineer Darren Cauthon reported his LG Smart TV was infected with ransomware on Christmas day, the malware asked for $500 to unlock the device IoT Ransomware is a scaring reality, the threat will increase in the next months and security firms have been warning IT industry. Routers, smart TV, and CCTVs are all potential victims of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 01, 2017
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. First of all, let me inform you that at the #infosec16 SecurityAffairs was awarded as The Best European Personal Security Blog http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/48202/breaking-news/securityaffairs-best-european-personal-security-blog.html Moscow wants Apple to unlock iPhone of the killer of the Russian Ambassador Merry Xmas, @Kapustkiy hacked […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 29, 2016
A security expert discovered a vulnerability in the MONyog tool that could be exploited by a normal user to elevate his privilege access. The security researcher and penetration tester Mutail Mohamed (@muleyl) discovered a vulnerability in the MONyog, the most secure and scalable MySQL monitoring tool of the server monitoring tool. The application URL is https://www.webyog.com/product/monyog and the affected version is MONyog […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 28, 2016
According to the firm SecuriTeam, several ZyXEL customized routers are affected by many vulnerabilities that could be easily exploited by hackers. According to the firm SecuriTeam, multiple ZyXEL customized routers are affected by many vulnerabilities. The devices are distributed by the Thai IPS TrueOnline. The ZyXEL customized routers are offered for free to the customers with default settings, including default accounts […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 27, 2016
Hackers compromised the Sony Music Entertainment Twitter account and posted the messages on Britney Spears’s Death. Experts blame OurMine crew. Sony Music Entertainment’s Twitter account was compromised and hackers posted the news of the Britney Spears’s death. “RIP @britneyspears #RIPBritney 1981-2016” and “Britney spears is dead by accident! We will tell you more soon #RIPBritney.” states […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 25, 2016
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. First of all, let me inform you that at the #infosec16 SecurityAffairs was awarded as The Best European Personal Security Blog http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/48202/breaking-news/securityaffairs-best-european-personal-security-blog.html DNSChanger Exploit kit targets Home routers in malvertising campaign Security expert disclosed a full zero-day drive-by exploit […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 23, 2016
The servers of the Steam gaming platform and Origin are down. Phantom Squad and PoodleCorp are claiming responsibility for the attacks. It’s holiday time and hackers can transform this period in a nightmare for gamers. Two years ago Lizard Squad hackers took down the networks of Sony PSN and Microsoft XBox Live. Now the notorious Phantom Squad […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 18, 2016
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. First of all, let me inform you that at the #infosec16 SecurityAffairs was awarded as The Best European Personal Security Blog http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/48202/breaking-news/securityaffairs-best-european-personal-security-blog.html THANK YOU! President Obama orders full review of alleged Russian hacking in US Election Georgia traced an […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 15, 2016
Security researchers discovered a new phishing campaign leveraging Punycode and a bug in Office 365 defense systems to deceive victims. Office 365 business email users continue to be the target of phishing campaigns, a new wave of attacks was leveraging Punycode to avoid detection of Microsoft’s default security and desktop email filters. Punycode is a method added […]
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