Pierluigi Paganini
July 31, 2015
Experts at FireEye discovered a new APT group dubbed APT 29 that is exploiting Twitter to mask the activities of their data-stealer malware. Experts at FireEye uncovered a group of alleged Russian hackers, dubbed APT 29, that is exploiting Twitter to mask the activities of their data-stealer malware. The hackers belonging to the APT 29 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 30, 2015
United Airlines reportedly hacked by same APT that breached OPM, Anthem. Let’s try to understand why and which are the risks for the US citizens. A Chinese APT group believed to be responsible for a series of high-profile data breaches that affected the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the Anthem, and more recently the United Airlines. According the media […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 19, 2015
A sophisticated APT group who targeted the White House and State Department, have launched a new stealth spear phishing campaign on the Pentagon. The Daily Beast has revealed that he got the proof that the White House and State Department were hacked by a sophisticated Russian APT. The newspaper that published the news in exclusive has run […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 10, 2015
Patriot missile systems stationed in Turkey near the Syrian Border were briefly taken over by hackers according to the Behorder Spiegel magazine According to the Behorder Spiegel magazine, hackers were able to send “unexplained” orders to the Patriot missiles stationed in Turkey. The Patriot missiles are part of the anti-aircraft system, the systems are manufactured in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 05, 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. US Healthcare companies are the most targeted by Stegoloader Popular travel websites warn Customers of Phishing scam Ransomware slinging exploit kit targets Flash remote code execution Experts found Government […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 28, 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. Password Recovery Scam – how to hack a Gmail account Signal amplification and brute-force attack for car thieves Electronic Frontier Foundation – WhatsApp ranked as the worst at protecting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 21, 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. OPM hack: White House orders the adoption of best practices Researcher found Wind turbines and solar systems vulnerable worldwide OPM data offered for sale on the Dark Web Wikimedia […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 16, 2015
Malware authors behind the Duqu 2.0 used a stolen certificate from the Foxconn company to implement a persistence mechanism and stay stealthy. New details emerge from the investigation conducted by the experts at Kaspersky on the Duqu 2.0 malware that targeted the systems of the company, the threat actors used valid certificate from Hon Hai Precision Industry […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 15, 2015
Government records stolen in the recent data breach at the US OPM (Office of Personnel Management) are surfacing from the Dark Web. While security experts speculate on the possible responsible for the recent data breach at US the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) the alleged data appeared in the dark web. I have personally found it on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 14, 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. The silent war between black markets in the deep web US Air Force located an ISIS command by analyzing a selfie A quick tour in the hacking black market […]
