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Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2017
US Food Payment Kiosk Vendor Avanti Markets Hacked, Biometric data stolen

US payment kiosk vendor Avanti Markets that installs its self-service payment devices in corporate breakrooms across America suffered a security breach. The US payment kiosk vendor Avanti Markets that installs its self-service payment devices in thousands of corporate breakrooms across America suffered a security breach. According to the popular investigator Brian Krebs who first reported the news, the systems of the company were infected […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2017
Reliance Jio systems allegedly hacked. It should be the biggest breach of personal data ever in India

Data allegedly stolen from the Reliance Jio systems were available online, It should be the biggest breach of personal data ever in India. The week starts with the news of another clamorous data breach, personal details of some 120 Million customers of the Indian company Reliance Jio were exposed. If it will be confirmed, the incident is […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2017
Nato will respond with ‘conventional military assaults’ to future cyber attacks

NATO has warned that in the future any cyber attack against a member state could trigger a military response according to the mutual defence clause. NATO has warned that in the future any cyber attack against a member state could trigger a military response according to the alliance’s Article 5, mutual defence clause. The NATO […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2017
FBI and DHS warn of targeted attacks on US Nuclear Facilities

Since May, APT actors have been penetrating the networks of US companies that operate nuclear facilities and that works in the energy industry. According to a joint report issued by the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI published last week, since May, hackers have been penetrating the networks of businesses that operate nuclear power stations, manufacturing […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2017
Experts found an unpatched flaw in Humax WiFi Router model HG-100R

Experts found a flaw in Humax WiFi Router model HG-100R that could be triggered to fully compromise the devices. A zero-day vulnerability in Humax WiFi Router model HG-100R could be exploited by attackers to compromise the WiFi credentials and obtain the router console administrative password. Trustwave SpiderLabs researchers discovered. The issue was found by researchers […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2017
Security Affairs newsletter Round 118 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. ·      FBI hacked a US Darknet shopper who tried to purchase Mail Bomb ·      NATO attributed the massive NotPetya attack to a ‘state actor and call for a joint investigation ·      NATO CCD COE attributed the massive […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2017
Android SpyDealer Trojan is able to spy on more than 40 apps

Security experts at Palo Alto Networks have discovered a new Android Trojan dubbed SpyDealer that can steal data from more than 40 applications. Malware researchers at Palo Alto Networks have spotted a new  Android Trojan, dubbed SpyDealer that can exfiltrate data from more than 40 applications, including WeChat, Facebook, WhatsApp, Skype, Line, Viber, QQ, Tango, Telegram, Sina Weibo, Tencent Weibo, […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2017
European police shut down the Elysium website, a major child porn platform

German police, in a joint operation with other law enforcement agencies, have shut down one of the major Dark Web child pornography site, the ‘Elysium website.’ German police have shut down one of the major Dark Web child pornography websites, the ‘Elysium.’ The Elysium website had more than 87,000 members, most of the users were from Austria and Germany. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2017
GMR-2 issues allow satellite phone communications decryption in near real-time

Researchers have exploited vulnerabilities in the implementation of the GMR-2 cipher decrypt satellite phone communications in fractions of a second. Two Chinese security researchers have exploited vulnerabilities in the implementation of the GMR-2 standard that could be exploited to decrypt satellite phone communications in fractions of a second. The GMR-2 is a stream cipher with 64-bit key-length […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2017
UK Police: Accessing the Darkweb could be a sign of terrorism

In a leaflet distributed by the UK authorities, the police tell citizens to be vigilant on anyone using the darkweb. The widespread of terrorism in Europe has been very severe recently. As a way of effectively dealing with In a wake of recent terror attacks, London authorities are conducting various initiatives to fight the threat. […]