Pierluigi Paganini
August 13, 2015
Cisco is warning enterprise customers about a spike in attacks in which hackers use valid admin credentials on IOS devices to install bogus ROMMON images. Be aware network administrators, Cisco released a new Security Activity Bulletin referring a spike in attacks in which hackers use valid credentials on IOS devices to log in as administrators […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 13, 2015
Carphone Warehouse disclosed a sophisticated attack that may have impacted more than 2.4 million customers. Attackers covered the breach with DDoS attacks. On Saturday Carphone Warehouse (CW) was reportedly swamped by hackers than may have accessed personal and financial details of around 2.4 million customers according to the mobile retailer. The data breach affects customers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 12, 2015
Microsoft announced in the Tuesday’s bulletin that crooks have been exploiting a vulnerability that allows to execute malicious code using booby-trapped USB Microsoft announced in the last Tuesday’s bulletin that crooks have been exploiting a vulnerability that allows to execute malicious code using booby-trapped USB. The vulnerability affects all supported versions of Windows OS as […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 12, 2015
Kaspersky revealed provided an update of the report on the Darkhotel APT that targets executives traveling across Asia through hotel internet networks. In November 2014, Kaspersky Lab published a report on the activities of the Darkhotel APT group. Security experts at Kaspersky Lab uncovered the Darkhotel espionage campaign, which is ongoing for at least four years while targeting selected […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 12, 2015
A senior U.S. intelligence official revealed that Chinese hackers have accessed the private emails of “many” top Obama administration officials. According to an official of the US intelligence, Chinese hackers have accessed the private emails of “many” top members of the Obama administration. The news was reported by the NBC News which obtained a top […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 11, 2015
Security experts at Kaspersky Lab recently observed a big wave of malicious VBE files targeting Brazilian users to distribute Financial Trojan. Recently security experts have seen old tricks rising from the dead (like for example word/excel macros attachment in e-mails) and malicious VBE files are being spread via email targeting Brazilian users. These VBE files […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2015
Facebook, Google, Twitter, Microsoft and Yahoo and the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) are joining their efforts in the fight against child sexual abuse. Facebook, Google, Twitter, Microsoft and Yahoo are joining their effort in the fight against child sexual abuse. The IT giants child after joining forces with a the UK charity, the Internet Watch Foundation […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2015
Hackers can compromise airport security networks by using a common laptop, this is the disconcerting discovery of the popular expert Billy Rios. Cyber security from I-Team investigation revealed that hackers could have the ability to shut down an airportâs security network just using a laptop. It is embarrassing read that system designed to improve security of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2015
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from the best sources free for you in your email box. Hacking Industrial Ethernet Switches to take over nuclear plants Microsoft Windows 10 spies on you by default Operation Potao â hackers used a trojanized version of TrueCrypt Mt Goxs […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2015
Carphone Warehouse has taken three days to disclose about a sophisticated attack that may have impacted more than 2.4 million customers. The British mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse has been hacked and nearly 2.4 million customers records could have been compromised. On 5 August 2015 the experts of the company discovered that the IT infrastructure […]
