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Pierluigi Paganini May 21, 2018

Judges convict crook of operating Scan4You Counter Antivirus Service

Crook faces up to 35 years in prison for operating the popular Scan4You counter anti-virus (CAV) website that helped malware authors to test the evasion capabilities of their codes. Scan4You is a familiar service for malware developers that used it as a counter anti-virus (CAV). Scan4You allowed vxers to check their malware against as many […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 20, 2018

Security Affairs newsletter Round 163 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! · A new flaw in Electron poses a risk to apps based on the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 20, 2018

Misconfigured CalAmp server allowed hacker to take over a lot of vehicles

Security researchers discovered that a misconfigured server operated by the CalAmp company could allow anyone to access account data and takeover the associated vehicle. CalAmp is a company that provides backend services for several well-known systems. Security researchers Vangelis Stykas and George Lavdanis discovered that a misconfigured server operated by the CalAmp company could allow anyone to access […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 20, 2018

Experts propose a new variation of the Spectre attack to recover data from System Management Mode

Researchers from Eclypsium proposed a new variation of the Spectre attack that can allow attackers to recover data stored inside CPU System Management Mode. Security experts from Eclypsium have devised a new variation of the Spectre attack that can allow attackers to recover data stored inside CPU System Management Mode (SMM) (aka called ring -2). The SMM is an operating […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2018

Updated – The new Wicked Mirai botnet leverages at least three new exploits

Security experts from Fortinet have spotted a new variant of the Mirai botnet dubbed ‘Wicked Mirai’, it includes new exploits and spread a new bot. The name Wicked Mirai comes from the strings in the code, the experts discovered that this new variant includes at least three new exploits compared to the original one. “The […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2018

Chrome evolves security indicators by marking with a red warning for HTTP content

Starting with Chrome 70, Google will mark with a red warning for HTTP content, Big G is continuing its effort to make the web more secure. Since January 2017, Chrome indicates connection security with an icon in the address bar labeling HTTP connections to sites as non-secure, while since May 2017 Google is marking newly registered sites that […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2018

More than 800,000 DrayTek routers at risks due to a mysterious zero-day exploit

DrayTek routers are affected by a zero-day vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers to change DNS settings on some models. Routers manufactured by the Taiwan-based vendor DrayTek are affected by a zero-day vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers to change DNS settings on some of its routers. DrayTek confirmed to be aware that hackers are attempting […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2018

A dataset of 200 million PII exfiltrated from several Japanese websites offered on underground market

FireEye iSIGHT Intelligence discovered on the underground market a dataset allegedly containing 200 million unique sets of personally identifiable information stolen from several popular Japanese websites. Security experts from FireEye iSIGHT Intelligence have discovered on underground forums a dataset allegedly containing 200 million unique sets of personally identifiable information (PII) stolen from several popular Japanese website databases. It’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2018

A New Mexico man sentenced to 15 Years in jail for DDoS Attacks and possession of firearms

A New Mexico man admitted being responsible for DDoS attacks against the websites of former employers, business competitors, and public services. John Kelsey Gammell, 55, from New Mexico has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on dozens of organizations and for firearms-related charges. The man used popular ‘services of […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2018

Satori Botnet is targeting exposed Ethereum mining pools running the Claymore mining software

While a new variant of the dreaded Mirai botnet, so-called Wicked Mirai, emerged in the wild the operators of the Mirai Satori botnet appear very active. Experts observed hackers using the Satori botnet to mass-scan the Internet for exposed Ethereum mining pools, they are scanning for devices with port 3333 exposed online. The port 3333 is a port […]