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Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2019
Exclusive: spreading CSV Malware via Google Sheets

Cyber security expert Marco Ramilli, founder of Yoroi,discovered a way to spread CSV malware via Google Sheets … but Big G says it is anIntended behavior A .CSV file could be a malware carrier and if interpreted by Microsoft Excel it could become a malware executor ! When I personally saw this technique back in […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2019
Imperva mitigated DDoS attack generated 500 Million Packets per Second, the largest ever

Imperva mitigated a SYN flood DDoS attack against one of its clients that exceeded 500 million packets per second, this is the largest ever. Earlier this month, the cyber security software and services company Imperva mitigated an attack against one of its clients that exceeded 500 million packets per second. This attack was a SYN […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2019
Skyscanner launches a public bug bounty program

The popular travel search website Skyscanner is going to launch a bug bounty program, the company will pay up to $2,000 per vulnerability. The travel search website Skyscanner announced a public bug bounty program that will pay up to $2,000 per vulnerability. Skyscanner has been running a private bug bounty program that according to the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2019
Facebook paid teens $20 to install a Research App that spies on them

Facebook is paying teens $20 a month to use its VPN app, called Facebook Research, that monitors their activity via their mobile devices.Facebook is paying teens $20 a month to use its VPN app, called Facebook Research, that monitors their activity via the mobile devices. 2018 was a terrible year for Facebook that was in […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2019
Reading the ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2018

According to the ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2018, 2018 has brought significant changes in the techniques, tactics, and procedures associated with cybercrime organizations and nation-state actors. I’m proud to present you the ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2018, the annual report published by the ENISA ETL group that provides insights on the evolution of the cyber […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2019
Iran-Linked APT39 group use off-the-shelf tools to steal data

An Iran-linked cyber-espionage group tracked as APT39 is carrying out a widespread campaign using a broad range of custom and off-the-shelf tools. The APT39 cyberespionage group is carrying out a widespread campaign using a broad range of custom and off-the-shelf tools. The group has been active at least since November 2014, its operations are aligned […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2019
Sofacy’s Zepakab Downloader Spotted In-The-Wild

In the last weeks, the Cybaze-Yoroi ZLAB investigated a new APT28 campaign leveraging the Zepakab Downloader. In the last weeks, the Cybaze-Yoroi ZLAB investigated a new APT28 campaign discovered in January 2019. The sample has been initially identified by an Italian independent security researcher, who warned the InfoSec community and shared the binary for further […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2019
Netanyahu accuses Iran of cyber attacks carried out daily

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Iran of launching cyber-attacks on its country with a daily basis. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed that Iran launched cyber-attacks on Israel on a daily basis, but its experts are able to block them. “Iran attacks Israel on a daily basis,” Netanyahu declared during a cyber conference in Tel Aviv. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2019
Law enforcement worldwide hunting users of DDoS-for-Hire services

Europol and law enforcement agencies worldwide are investigating DDoS-for-hire services and hunting users that paid them to carry out cyber attacks. In April 2018, an international operation conducted by the European law enforcement agencies led by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Dutch Police, with the help of Europol, took down the world’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2019
US DoJ charges Huawei sanctions violations and in technology espionage

The US Justice Department charges the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei in technology theft and violation of sanctions. The US Justice Department charges the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei in two cases, including the one that led the arrest of a top executive in Canada on a US warrant. According to the US DoJ, the charges are […]