Pierluigi Paganini
April 02, 2016
Officials confirmed that the Hungarian government website came under attack from outside the country. The access to many websites was blocked. The Hungarian Government announced that its computer network was targeted by a major cyber attack that temporarily blocked the access to several websites. The attacks hit the main Hungarian government website and many other sites, including […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 30, 2016
Security experts at FireEye have spotted the activity of a criminal organization that using the custom PoS malware TreasureHunt to target small retailers. Security experts at FireEye have spotted the activity of a criminal organization that using custom PoS malware family to target retailers. Hackers are using the PoS malware dubbed TreasureHunt or TreasureHunter to steal payment card data and sells […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 27, 2016
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Redaction error reveals Feds ordered Lavabit to spy on Snowden Olympic Vision BEC attacks target businesses worldwide with keyloggers Security Affairs newsletter Round 52 – News of the week A iOS zero-day allows iCloud photos and videos […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 24, 2016
The CVE-2016-0636 flaw affects Java SE running in web browsers on desktops, attackers can trigger it remotely to takeover your PC. Once again a serious security vulnerability affects the Java Oracle software, the new flaw coded as CVE-2016-0636 scored a 9.3 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System bug severity rating. The CVE-2016-0636 vulnerability affects Java SE running in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 20, 2016
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs A new massive spam campaign is spreading Locky ransomware downloaders Security Affairs newsletter Round 51 – News of the week CISCO warns customers of high-severity flaws in modems and gateways Reuters – Malware suspected in the Bangladesh […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 20, 2016
A redaction error in court-ordered release of the Lavabit case files confirmed that Edward Snowden was the target of the FBI. Lavabit was an encrypted webmail service founded in 2004 by Ladar Levison, it closed on August 8, 2013 after the US authorities ordered it to turn over its Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) private keys to order government surveillance activities. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 18, 2016
Malware researchers at the Dr Web firm have found an Android malware named Gmobi specifically designed to spread as a software development kit (SDK). Malware researchers at security firm Dr.Web have detected a new strain of malware that was specifically designed to spread as a software development kit (SDK) used by software developers and mobile device […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 12, 2016
Hackers who allegedly infiltrated the Federal Reserve Bangladesh’s account were attempting to steal almost $1 billion, but typos thwarted the plan. This week the principal news agencies shared the news of the hack of the Bangladesh account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The Bangladesh’s Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith accused the U.S. Federal […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 07, 2016
TrendMicro published an interesting analysis of the principal cyber criminal underground communities in the Deep Web worldwide. A new interesting report published by the experts at TrendMicro highlights the differences between the principal underground ecosystems worldwide. Thinking of a unique “global” underground ecosystem is an error, every community has its own characteristics, the criminal crews that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 03, 2016
Senior Pentagon officials on Monday revealed the military’s first use of cyber warfare operations against the ISIL terrorist group. The US military has started launching cyber attacks against members of the terrorist organization ISIS as part of the operation conducted to take back the Iraqi city of Mosul. The US military is using cyber tools to […]
