Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2019
Hungarian police arrested a young hacker because he discovered and exploited serious vulnerabilities in the systems of the Magyar Telekom Which are the risks for a hacker that decide to publicly disclose a vulnerability? The case I’m going to discuss shows us legal implication for this conduct. Last year, Hungarian law enforcement arrested a young […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 02, 2019
Researchers at the CenturyLink Threat Research Labs discovered that the operators of the TheMoon IoT botnet are offering it as a service. Experts at the CenturyLink Threat Research Labs observed a new evolution for the TheMoon IoT botnet, operators added a previously undocumented module that allows them to offer it with a malware-as-a-service model. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 02, 2019
IBM’s security researchers demonstrated that the Siri Shortcuts introduced in the Apple iOS 12 can be abused by attackers. Apple implemented Siri Shortcuts in the iOS 12 to allow users to rapidly access to applications and features, they can automate common tasks and can be integrated by third-party developers in their software. Researchers at IBM […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 02, 2019
The home remodeling and design platform Houzz informed customers that it suffered a data breach that exposed some personal information. The popular home design platform Houzz has suffered a data breach that exposed some personal information. Houzz has over 40 million monthly unique users, at the time is not clear how many individuals are affected. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 02, 2019
On Friday, Apple announced that the FaceTime issue recently discovered has been partially fixed, the company plans to release a complete update next week. This week, Apple issued a partial fix for the FaceTime issue recently discovered, the tech giant plans to release a complete update next week. Apple experts implemented a server-side patch, but the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 01, 2019
FBI and Air Force experts are sinkholing the Joanap botnet to collect information about it and dismantle the malicious infrastrcuture. The U.S. Justice Department declares war to the Joanap Botnet that is associated with North Korea. The U.S. DoJ announced this week that it is working to dismantle the infamous Joanap botnet, a malicious infrastructure […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 01, 2019
Security experts at Cybaze– Yoroi ZLab have analyzed a new sample of the AdvisorsBot malware, a downloader that was first spotted in August 2018. As usual, the malware looks like a legitimate e-mail attachment, named as “invoice.doc”. Today, weaponized Microsoft office documents with macros, are one of the most common and more effective methods to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 01, 2019
Another data breach made the headlines, this time the victim is the State Bank of India that left a database containing personal information exposed online. The State Bank of India that left a database containing personal information exposed online. The discovery was made by an anonymous security researcher that has found a server used for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 01, 2019
Facebook took down hundreds of fake accounts from Iran that were involved in a vast manipulation campaign active in more than 20 countries. Facebook took down 783 inauthentic accounts, pages and groups from Iran that were involved in a vast manipulation campaign active in more than 20 countries. “The world’s biggest social network said it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 31, 2019
Palo Alto Networks discovered a piece of Mac malware dubbed CookieMiner that is targeting browser cookies associated with cryptocurrency exchanges and wallet service websites.. Researchers from Palo Alto Networks discovered a new piece of Mac malware dubbed CookieMiner that steals browser cookies associated with cryptocurrency exchanges and wallet service websites along with other sensitive data. […]
