Security Affairs

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2016
Hacker Interviews – John McAfee, the legend

Dear readers, I’m really proud and excited to share with you my interview with a legend Mr John McAfee. John McAfee is one of the spiritual father of modern cyber security, he developed the first commercial antivirus, but John is much more. He is the “artist” of security, a modern juggler of technology. Multi-talented and […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2016
NATO Warsaw summit 2016, what about cyber security?

What about cyber security issues discussed during the NATO members during the Warsaw summit held in Poland on 8 and 9 July 2016. At the Warsaw Summit this weekend NATO, as anticipated weeks ago, the alliance has officially recognised cyberspace as a military operational domain. This means that the NATO alliance will respond with conventional […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2016
Netia SA, the second telecom company hacked by a Ukrainian hacker

A Ukrainian Hacker has breached the servers of the Polish Telecom Company Netia SA and leaked on an underground forum the stolen data. A Ukrainian hacker going by the pseudonym of Pravy Sektor has hacked the servers of Poland’s telecom company Netia SA, the second largest telecom company in the country. The hackers stole personal details […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2016
Security Affairs newsletter Round 68 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. First of all let 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! Boffins spotted over 100 snooping Tor HSDir nodes spying on Dark Web sites A Chinese gang […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 05, 2016
Hacker found a flaw in the UK Defence Gateway that exposes army data

The security researcher from Government Lab Mohammed Adel has found a vulnerability in the UK Defence Gateway that exposes army data. The security researcher from Government Lab Mohammed Adel has found a vulnerability in the UK Defence Gateway, an application only for the staff use, that could be exploited by attackers to gain access to the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 04, 2016
Terrorism – WEEKLY DIGEST–THREAT INTELLIGENCE FEED – 23rd Jul 2nd

Global Intelligence Insight, working with SecurityAffairs and SecurityMediaPublishing deliver a weekly report on issues in Syria and Iraq as well as extremist related global terrorism. GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE INSIGHT Global Intelligence Insight delivers weekly reports on worldwide jihadist operations with a particular focus on the Middle East and North of Africa, partnering with SecurityAffairs.co and Security […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 03, 2016
Security Affairs newsletter Round 67 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. First of all let 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 Locky Ransomware is back! 49 domains compromised! PunkeyPOS might have already stolen millions of payment card numbers Security […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 02, 2016
Facebook malware infected more than 10,000 users in two days

Security experts from Kaspersky monitored a phishing campaign launched to spread a Facebook malware that infected more than 10,000 users in just two days. Security experts from Kaspersky monitored a phishing campaign that hit Israeli media since June 26th. Thousands of Facebook users reported that they had been infected by a malware spread through the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 02, 2016
Cyber security outlook: UK needs to re-vamp existing policy due to Brexit vote

The United Kingdom has approved the Brexit, the decision of its citizen of leaving the Europe. Which are the first effects on cyber security? The reality behind the breakaway of the UK in the Brexit referendum vote after nearly 43 years as part of the European Union has caused many to fear the falling value […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 02, 2016
Breaking Android Full-Disk Encryption, not so hard on Qualcomm devices

The Android full-disk encryption can be easily cracked with a brute force attack, hundreds of millions of Android mobile are at risk. Bad news for Android users that want to protect their data by enabling full-disk encryption (FDE) on their mobile devices. The Android full-disk encryption can be easily cracked with a brute force attack, […]