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Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2016
Vawtrak banking Trojan improved once again, now with SSL Pinning

Security experts from Fidelis firm spotted a new version of the Vawtrak banking Trojan that includes significant improvements such as the SSL pinning. Malware researchers from security firm Fidelis have spotted a new strain of the infamous Vawtrak banking Trojan that leverages on a DGA mechanism to generates .ru domains with a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2016
Hacker Interviews – VujāDéGhÖśt (@VujaDeGhost)

Are you searching for a cyber security expert that attacks ISIS online propaganda every day? VujaDeGhost is one of them. Enjoy the interview! Have you participated in any hacking campaigns? I have not personally participated in the hacks that have been in the news or have been plastered all over Twitter as of late. That being said, I […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2016
Snowden: NSA Equation Group hack may be the Kremlin’s warning

According to the popular whistleblower Edward Snowden the hack of the NSA Equation Group may be a Russian response to the US. The public auction of stolen NSA exploits and hacking tools may be the response of the Russian Government to the US Government that is blaming it for the DNC hack. This is also […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2016
CVE-2016-569 Linux flaw leaves 1.4 billion Android devices vulnerable to hack

Experts from Lookout revealed that all Android versions running the Linux Kernel 3.6 to the latest are affected by the CVE-2016-569 Linux flaw. Recently I wrote about a severe vulnerability (CVE-2016-5696) affecting the Linux version 3.6, deployed in 2012. The flaw was discovered by researchers from the University of California, Riverside, and the U.S. Army […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2016
The alleged NSA’s unit The Equation Group has been hacked. Exploits and tools leaked online.

A group of hackers claims to have hacked the NSA Equation Group, it is selling hacking tools and exploits in online auction. Security experts discussed several times about potential effects of the militarization of the cyberspace. Government-built malware and cyber weapons may run out of control, cyber weapons and hacking tools developed by nation-state hackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2016
Hacker Interviews – Dêfãult Vírüsa (@_d3f4ult)

Dear Readers, today I want to present you Dêfãult Vírüsa one of the most intriguing hackers on the Internet. He is the Admin of #AnonSec & @L0sExtraditable hacker groups Enjoy the Interview. You are a talented hacker that has already participated in several hacking campaigns, could you tell me more about. Our page on EncyclopediaDramatica should […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2016
The unmanned jihad in the sky

UAV – “Go ahead, look up [points to the sky] … see the drone? No? It’s alright, because the drone sees you. Sees your face. We know who you are.” The scene is from the movie “13 hours – The secret story of the soldiers of Benghazi”: as the member of Ansar al-Sharia looks up, […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2016
Oracle MICROS hackers breached five more PoS system vendors

Hackers that breached Oracle MICROS systems have infected systems of other five PoS vendors that supply hundreds of thousands of companies in the US. Last week the systems of the Oracle MICROS payment terminals division have been infected by a malware, MICROS payment terminals are installed in the most important retail chains worldwide as well […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2016
DDoSCoin, the cryptocurrency that pays the participation in DDoS attacks

Two researchers have devised a cryptocurrency scheme dubbed DDoSCoin that pays everytime a user participates in a DDoS attack against certain servers. The assistant professor at the University of Colorado Eric Wustrow and the phD student at the University of Michigan Benjamin VanderSloot have conducted a curious proof-of-concept project aimed at the creation of a cryptocurrency that […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 15, 2016
The accountancy software firm Sage suffered a data breach

The accountancy software firm Sage has suffered a security breach, the law enforcement are investigating the case that appears to be an insider attack. The UK software company Sage is the last victim of a major data breach that might have compromised personal information for employees at 280 UK businesses. On August 11th, 2016 Sage […]