Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2017
Forrester Research announced today that Forrester.com experienced a security breach this week, attackers were ultimately detected and shut out of the system Forrester, one of the most influential research and advisory firms in the world, revealed on Friday to have suffered a security breach the past week. The attackers broke into the infrastructure hosting the Forrester.com […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2017
HPE gave Russian gov access to review ArcSight software that is currently used by corporate and government entities worldwide, including the Pentagon. The recent news of the alleged hack of Kaspersky products to steal NSA exploit from the personal PC of a US contractor has put in the background another equally worrying news. Another tech giant has […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2017
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Once again thank you! · 60% of institutions in Saudi Arabia hit by malware-based attacks · Security Affairs newsletter Round 130 – News of the week · Vxers abused legitimate VMware binary to spread Banking Trojan Distribution […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2017
A security researcher has discovered nearly 700 Brother printers left exposed online exposing corporate and government networks to hack. The security researcher Ankit Anubhav, principal researcher at NewSky Security, has discovered nearly 700 Brother printers left exposed online. Anyone can access the administration panel of the printers and take control of the devices. Anubhav disclosed its discovery […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 07, 2017
Security experts from Skyhigh Networks discovered a wide-scale attack with a new stealthy technique, dubbed KnockKnock, that targets Office 365 accounts. The cloud access security broker Skyhigh Networks discovered a wide-scale attack with a new stealthy technique, dubbed KnockKnock, that targets Office 365 (O365) accounts. The massive campaign leverages a low-key attack, started in May and is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 07, 2017
A British teenager admitted in a British court to have attempted to hack into the computers of top US officials, including former CIA chief John Brennan. On Friday, the British teenager Kane Gamble (18) from Coalville, Leicester, admitted in a British court to have attempted to hack into the computers of top US officials, including former CIA chief John Brennan. Kane […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 07, 2017
Disqus data breach – The blog comment hosting service for web sites and online communities Disqus has confirmed a data breach that occurred back in 2012. On Friday evening, the worldwide blog comment hosting service for web sites and online communities Disqus has confirmed a data breach that occurred back in 2012. In 2012, hackers have stolen details for at least 17.5 million Disqus user accounts. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 07, 2017
Siemens has just released a firmware update for the 7KT PAC1200 Siemens smart meters that addresses a critical vulnerability. Siemens has just released a firmware update for the 7KT PAC1200 Siemens smart meters to fix a critical vulnerability that can be exploited by remote attackers to bypass authentication and perform administrative actions on the device. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 06, 2017
According to intelligence experts the recent Zapad drills conducted by Russia simulated an attack on all Baltic countries, it included the use of cyber weapons. Baltic and NATO officials claim Russia was behind outage in Latvia’s mobile communications network before Russia’s war games in September code-named Zapad. According to the expert, Russia may have tested one […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 06, 2017
The year is 2020, high economic, military and cultural tension between Russia & the US. You are at the London office, entering a video meeting with the sales team in America, the American team presents with enthusiasm the sales achievement of the recent quarter, then, suddenly the call is disconnected. You are trying to re-establish […]
