Security Affairs

Pierluigi Paganini July 01, 2016
Hummer Android malware already infected millions of devices

Experts from Cheetah Mobile firm revealed that the Hummer Android malware has already infected millions of smartphones worldwide. Security experts from the Cheetah Mobile firm are monitoring an Android malware dubbed Hummer since August 2014. The researchers noticed a significant increase in the number of infections in 2016, with a daily average of 1.4 million […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2016
Security Affairs newsletter Round 66 – 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 The value of the Ethereum Digital Currency is Plummeting after a hack Be careful, a new phishing tactic […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2016
What’s really behind China’s drop in attacks against the US?

According to the experts from FireEye attacks from China against the US started declining in mid-2014 and has continued to decrease, why? Earlier this week, FireEye released a report showing a significant decline in cyber-attacks originating from China.  According to the report, the attacks started declining in mid-2014 and has continued.  According to FireEye, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2016
Ops … also Zuckerberg covers the webcam with tapes

Like the FBI Director Comey also Zuckerberg use tapes to cover the webcam of his laptop, evidently he fear that someone could spy on him. A Facebook post published by Mark Zuckerberg to celebrate more than 500 million people now use Instagram is attracting the attention of IT experts. In the image that is included in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2016
Exploit kit traffic drops by 96% since April, what is happening?

The exploit kit landscape is rapidly changing,the Angler and Nuclear EK disappeared and overall malicious traffic drops by 96% since April. As highlighted by security experts the threat landscape is in continuous evolution, despite the criminal underground was monopolized by Angler and Nuclear exploit kits for several years other EKs represent a serious threat to online […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2016
Security Affairs newsletter Round 65 – 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 How to bypass two-factor authentication with a text message WauchulaGhost targets ISIS Twitter Accounts and floods them with […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2016
FBI has a facial recognition system that can access 411 million photos

According to the US GAO the FBI’s Next Generation Identification facial recognition system has access to 411.9M photos of Americans and foreigners alike. When we talk about technology, privacy and security are concepts that are often at odds. Let’s think for example of a facial recognition system, this technology could be used in many contexts […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 14, 2016
Hackers find a way to send massive messages on Telegram

Security researchers have found a vulnerability that could allow attackers to send massive messages on Telegram bypassing its limitations. Security researchers have devised a method to send massive messages on Telegram. The experts have found a flaw that allows them so send messages of any size as showed in the proof-of-concept provided by the researchers. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2016
Security Affairs newsletter Round 64 – 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! Old CVE-2014-3704 flaw in Drupal still exploited in attacks Sh0ping.su hacked, stolen card data and accounts […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2016
How to recover files encrypted by all Teslacrypt Ransomware variants

Experts from Cisco Talos team have improved their decryptor tool to allow the recovery of files encrypted by all the Teslacrypt Ransomware variants In May, criminals behind the TeslaCrypt ransomware leaked online the master encryption key that allowed security experts to develop a decryption tool for the last variant of the threat. “In surprising end to TeslaCrypt, […]