Pierluigi Paganini
October 31, 2019
Israel justice minister approved the extradition of a Russian alleged hacker, Alexei Bourkov, to the United States, the man is accused of fraud. Israel justice minister Justice Minister Amir Ohana has finally decided to extradite the Russian alleged hacker Alexei Bourkov to the United States where the man will be judged for fraud accusation. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 31, 2019
Two hackers have pleaded guilty to hacking Uber and LinkedIn’s Lynda.com service in 2016 and attempted to extort money from the two companies. Brandon Charles Glover and Vasile Mereacre are two hackers that have pleaded guilty to hacking Uber and LinkedIn’s Lynda.com service in 2016. The defendants have also attempted to extort money from the companies requesting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 31, 2019
European authorities have addressed two security vulnerabilities affecting the eIDAS (electronic IDentification, Authentication and trust Services) system. European authorities have released security updates (v2.3.1) for its eIDAS (electronic IDentification, Authentication and trust Services) system that addressed two security vulnerabilities. ‘The electronic IDentification, Authentication and trust Services‘ is an EU regulation on / a set of standards for electronic identification and trust […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 30, 2019
Researchers at Emsisoft firm has released a new free tool to decrypt files encrypted by the Paradise ransomware Security experts at Emsisoft have developed a tool to decrypt files encrypted by the Paradise ransomware. This ransomware family encrypts files using Salsa20 and RSA-1024 and it appends several extensions to theis filenames. “The Paradise ransomware encrypts […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 30, 2019
The news is shocking, the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) that initially denied a malware infection, now admits the security breach. Yesterday a worrying news made the headlines, the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) was hit by a cyber attack. Some users are claiming on the social media that a piece of the ‘DTrack’ malware has infected […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 30, 2019
A new piece of malware dubbed Xhelper has infected more than 45,000 Android devices in just the last six months and is continuing to spread. The campaign began months ago, a new piece of malware dubbed Xhelper has infected more than 45,000 Android devices in just six months and is continuing to spread at a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 30, 2019
WhatsApp sued Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group, accusing it of using a flaw in its messaging service to conduct cyberespionage on journalists and activists. WhatsApp sued the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group accusing it of carrying out malicious attacks against its users. In May, Facebook has patched a critical zero-day vulnerability in WhatsApp, tracked as CVE-2019-3568, that has […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 30, 2019
A Russian security researcher accidentally discovered API and firmware issues that allowed her to take over all Xiaomi FurryTail pet feeders. The Russian security researcher Anna Prosvetova, from Saint Petersburg, has accidentally discovered API and firmware issues that allowed her to take over all Xiaomi FurryTail pet feeders. Last week, Prosvetova revealed on her private […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 29, 2019
In these hours an alleged cyber attack on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu made the headlines, but the KKNPP denies it. Worrying news made the headlines, the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) was hit by a cyber attack. Some users are claiming on the social media that a piece of the ‘DTrack’ […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 29, 2019
US proposes cutting off funds for Chinese telecom equipment The Federal Communications Commission proposes cutting off funds for Chinese telecom equipment from Huawei and ZTE. The Federal Communications Commission proposes cutting off funds for Chinese telecom equipment from Huawei and ZTE. The US regulators consider the Chinese equipment in US telecommunications networks a threat to […]
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