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Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2017
NSA top-secret report details Russian cyber operations days before 2016 election

Russian intelligence powered a cyber attack on at least one US voting software supplier and sent spear-phishing emails to election officials just days before Election The online news outlet The Intercept obtained access to a top-secret NSA report that shows Russian state-sponsored hackers tried repeatedly to hack the US voting systems before last 2016 Presidential election. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2017
Experts shut down tens of thousands of subdomains set up with a domain shadowing campaign

Experts killed tens of thousands of subdomains used by crooks to host the RIG Exploit Kit that were set up with a domain shadowing campaign. GoDaddy and RSA Security, with the support of other security companies and researchers, have shut down tens of thousands of illegally established subdomains used by crooks to host the RIG Exploit […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2017
Crooks leverages a new technique to deliver Malware via PowerPoint presentations

Security experts reported crooks are using a new technique to deliver malware through PowerPoint files, researchers warn of attacks in the wild. Crooks are using a new technique to deliver malware through PowerPoint documents. Security researchers recently discovered several malicious PowerPoint files that exploit the mouseover events to execute PowerShell code. Threat actors are sending out spam […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2017
Defendant punished with 6-Months jail for refusing to give Police his iPhone Passcode

US judges have other opinions to punish suspects that decide to don’t collaborate with police giving the iPhone passcode to unlock their devices. Forgetting passwords for an electronic device could be an option for suspects to avoid complying with a court order, but sometimes things can go wrong. US judges have other opinions to punish suspects that […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2017
Qatar hack – Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt and Bahrain cut ties to the country

Recent Qatar hack is sparking diplomatic tensions in the Gulf, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain cut ties to the country. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain say they want to interrupt any diplomatic relation with Qatar. According to Al Jazeera, the Saudi kingdom made the announcement via its […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2017
A new report warns UK’s Trident submarines ‘vulnerable to catastrophic hack’

According to a report published by the London-based think tank Basic, the UK Trident submarines are vulnerable to cyber-attacks. According to a report published by the London-based think tank British American Security Information Council (Basic), the UK Trident submarine fleet is vulnerable to cyber-attacks. According to the report “Hacking UK Trident, A Growing Threat,” a cyber […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2017
Theresa May says ‘enough is enough’ after the London Bridge terror attack

Commenting the London Bridge terror attack, Prime Minister says there is ‘far too much tolerance of extremism’ in the UK and urges Internet regulation. The London Bridge terror attack is fueling the debate about the Internet regulation, the Prime Minister Theresa May believe the terrorists had ‘safe spaces’ online and this is no more acceptable. Prime […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2017
Security Affairs newsletter Round 113 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. ·      British Airways cancels thousands of flights, there is no evidence of cyber-attacks ·      Security Affairs newsletter Round 112 – News of the week ·      Tainted Leaks – Widespead Russias disinformation campaign hit 39 Countries ·      Austrian […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2017
QakBot Banking malware causes massive Active Directory lockouts

Security experts at IBM noticed that hundreds to thousands of Active Directory users were locked out of their company’s domain by the QakBot Banking malware Malware researchers at IBM noticed that hundreds to thousands of Active Directory users were locked out of their organization’s domain, the incident is caused by the Qbot banking malware. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2017
Nexpose appliances were shipped with a weak default SSH configuration

Security experts at Rapid7 have discovered a security issue in the SSH configuration for its Nexpose appliances tracked as CVE-2017-5243. Owners of Nexpose appliances have to apply an update to their systems to fix the issue in the default SSH configuration. The devices were shipped with an SSH configuration that allowed obsolete algorithms to be […]