Pierluigi Paganini
January 02, 2020
The Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange is forcing users to reset their passwords following a data leak. Another bad news for the community of the virtual currencies communities, the Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange has forced its users to reset their passwords following a data leak. The measure was necessary to prevent spear-phishing attacks against the users aimed at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 02, 2020
Sextortion cybercrimes continue to threaten Internet users, scammers are using new tactics to bypass spam filters and secure email gateways. Sextortion scams continue to evolve to bypass security measures such as spam filters and secure email gateways. Sextortion messages threaten the victims of revealing their private videos while watching adult websites or making virtual sex […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 02, 2020
Security expert discovered a Google Chrome extension named Shitcoin Wallet that steals passwords and wallet private keys. Harry Denley, director of security at the MyCrypto, discovered that the Google Chrome extension named Shitcoin Wallet is stealing passwords and wallet private keys. The Google Chrome extension was injecting JavaScript code on web pages to steal passwords and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 01, 2020
Another celebrity was the victim of the hackers, Mariah Carey ‘s Twitter account appears to have been hacked on New Year’s Eve. The Twitter account of Mariah Carey was hacked on New Year’s Eve, attackers posted a series of offensive, racist and lewd tweets. The messages also contained sexual insults against the about rapper Eminem. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 01, 2020
The Irish government has published its National Cyber Security Strategy, it is an update of the country’s first Strategy which was published in 2015. The 2019 National Cyber Security Strategy aims to allow Ireland to continue to safely enjoy the benefits of the digital revolution and play a full part in shaping the future of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 01, 2020
Developers at Starbucks left exposed an API key that could be used by an attacker to access internal systems and manipulate the list of authorized users. The development team at Starbucks left exposed an API key that could be used by an attacker to access company internal systems and manipulate the list of authorized users. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 31, 2019
Exit scam – Bad news for Grey Market users, one of its administrators revealed that another administrator had emptied the cold storage wallets. According to one of the admins of the Grey Market marketplace one of the admins, ‘theiving‘, has stolen all the users’ funds the platform stored for the escrow service. “ you can […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 31, 2019
Computer faults that disrupted voting in a North Carolina county in 2016 were not caused by cyber attacks, a federal investigation states. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security shared the results of an investigation on computer errors that disrupted voting in a North Carolina county in 2016, authorities were not able to associate […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 31, 2019
Special Olympics of New York, a nonprofit organization focused on competitive athletes with intellectual disabilities was hacked. Special Olympics New York provides inclusive opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities to compete in Olympic-style, coached sports. Unfortunately, the nonprofit organization was hacked during the Christmas holiday and the attackers later used its email server to launch […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 30, 2019
Microsoft sued Thallium North Korea-linked APT for hacking into its customers’ accounts and networks via spear-phishing attacks. Microsoft sued a North Korea-linked cyber espionage group tracked as Thallium for hacking into its customers’ accounts and networks via spear-phishing attacks. The hackers target Microsoft users impersonating the company, according to a lawsuit unsealed Dec. 27 in […]
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