Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2017
Google has identified a new strain of Android malware, the Lipizzan spyware, that could be used as a powerful surveillance tool. Malware researchers at Google have spotted a new strain of Android spyware dubbed Lipizzan that could exfiltrate any kind of data from mobile devices and use them as surveillance tools. The Lipizzan spyware is a project developed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 26, 2017
Malware researchers at Kaspersky Lab have found a new Windows Backdoor dubbed CowerSnail linked to the recently discovered SHELLBIND SambaCry Linux malware. Security experts at Kaspersky Lab have spotted a new Windows Backdoor dubbed CowerSnail linked to the recently discovered SHELLBIND SambaCry Linux malware. SHELLBIND has infected most network-attached storage (NAS) appliances, it exploits the Samba vulnerability (also known as SambaCry and EternalRed) to upload a shared […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2017
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. · Crooks used Infrared insert skimmers in a recent wave of ATM attacks · Did you receive a WhatsApp subscription ending email or text? Watch out! · Hackshit PhaaS platform, even more easy to power Phishing campaigns […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 09, 2017
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. · FBI hacked a US Darknet shopper who tried to purchase Mail Bomb · NATO attributed the massive NotPetya attack to a ‘state actor and call for a joint investigation · NATO CCD COE attributed the massive […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 05, 2017
The Ukraine’s cyber police seized the MeDoc servers after detecting a new suspicious activity and fearing new malware-based attacks. The Ukrainian authorities have seized equipment from the online accounting firm MeDoc which is suspected to have had a significant role in the recent NotPetya attack. The Ukraine’s cyber police have seized the servers after detecting a new suspicious activity, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 05, 2017
A backup containing sensitive information on more than 100,000 AA customers was exposed online, but the company didn’t disclose the incident. UK car insurance company AA is being heavily criticized over its handling of a data breach that exposed customer email addresses and partial credit card number in April. A server misconfiguration is the root cause […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 30, 2017
Ukraine secret service announces joint investigation with Europol, FBI, and NCA to attribute the recent Notpetya massive attack. While security experts are investigating real motivation behind the massive NotPetya attack, Ukrainian authorities called for support in the investigation from European and US intelligence and law enforcement agencies. The country’s security service SBU announced the international co-operation […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 25, 2017
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. · BAE Systems accused of selling mass surveillance software Evident across the Middle East · Facebook inadvertently revealed moderators identities to suspected terrorists · Kasperagent malware used in a new campaign leveraging Palestine-Themed decoy files · Security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 24, 2017
Security experts at Fox‑IT have demonstrated that is possible sniff AES-256 encryption keys from a distance of one meter (3.3 feet) with a cheap equipment. Security experts at Fox‑IT have demonstrated that is possible to power a side-channel attack to wirelessly extract secret AES-256 encryption keys from a distance of one meter (3.3 feet). The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 24, 2017
According to the US intelligence, Russian hackers tried to compromise electoral networks in 21 unnamed US states, but voting tallies hadn’t been hacked. According to Homeland Security officials, the attack against the 2016 Presidential election was more sophisticated than first thought. In a public hearing into the Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election held by […]
