Pierluigi Paganini
May 22, 2014
Zero Day Initiative website has disclosed a new zero-day Internet Explorer 8 vulnerability which was reported to Microsoft four months ago but not yet fixed Microsoft had kept hidden a critical Zero-Day vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8 since October 2013, this is the last disconcerting news that is circulating within the security community. Peter ‘corelanc0d3r’ Van […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 17, 2014
Experts at Symantec have discovered that behind the Elderwood Platform there is a still active group which is providing Zero-Day exploit used recently. Do you remember the Elderwood project? It was September 2012 when Symantec security firm published an analysis that demonstrate the link between a series of cyber attacks against more than 30 companies and the cyber […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 12, 2014
Check Point 2014 Security Report shows major security events occurred in 2013 show and provides useful information on current malware trends. Check Point Software Technologies published 2014 Security Report to highlight major security events occurred last year and show current malware trends. The data were collected monitoring network traffic from 996 organizations of various industries. Nearly 84 percent […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 29, 2014
Adobe has just released a security updates for Flash Player to fix critical vulnerabilities that are being exploited by hackers to track Syrian dissidents. Adobe has just released security updates for Flash Player to fix critical vulnerabilities that are being exploited in a series of cyber attacks targeting Syrian dissidents complaining about the government. Early April experts at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2014
FireEye Research Labs has identified a new IE zero-day vulnerability exploited in a series of targeted attacks part of the Operation Clandestine Fox. FireEye Research Labs has identified a new Internet Explorer (IE) zero-day vulnerability exploited in a series of targeted attacks. The zero-day flaw affects a wide range of versions of the popular browser, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 11, 2014
Mandiant has released its annual M-Trends 2014 Threat Report, a document that analyzes actors, means and motivations behind attacks observed in 2013. Mandiant FireEye company has released a new detailed report titled “M-Trends 2014 Threat Report” describing actors, means and tactics behind principal attacks conducted in the recent months. The report consolidated data on principal cyber […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 09, 2014
Symantec has issued The Internet Security Threat Report, a document which provides an overview and analysis of global threat evolution in 2013. Security experts are observing a significant increase in the number of targeted cyber-attacks, it has been estimated that the growth is by 91 per cent in 2013 respect previous year, but most concerning […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 01, 2014
Israeli researcher Danor Cohen has discovered a security flaw in WinRAR, IntelCrawler confirmed was exploited in cyber espionage campaign. WinRAR is a popular shareware file archiver and data compression utility, as usual these applications are targeted by hackers because their penetration level. Recently the Israeli researcher Danor Cohen has discovered that a security flaw in WinRAR is being exploited in a series […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 26, 2014
RAND nonprofit and Juniper Networks firm published an interesting research on the evolution of the offer in the underground market. The cybercriminal underground is a prolific market able to provide any kind of tools and services for illicit ecosystem, one of the most requested articles is the exploits to compromise Internet users’ machines. Russian-language forums are […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 25, 2014
Microsoft issued a security advisory for the presence of a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Word products which allows a remote code execution. Another zero-day vulnerability is threatening the Microsoft world, the news was issued by Microsoft through an official security advisory (CVE-2014-1761). The vulnerability is present in Microsoft Word product, it allows a remote code execution that can […]
