Pierluigi Paganini
June 04, 2020
Hackers hijacked one of the domains of the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck and used it for spear-phishing attacks. The Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck announced that threat actors have accessed their account at the Oname.com domain registrar and hijacked one of its domain names. Then the attackers used the hijacked domain to launch spear-phishing attacks against […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 03, 2020
Tor Browser 9.5 includes important security updates to Firefox, users on desktop will be able to opt-in for using onion sites automatically whenever the website makes them available. Starting with the release of Tor Browser 9.5, new features will make accessing onion addresses easier. Now, there is also an opt-in mechanism available for websites that want Tor […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 26, 2020
The City of Hangzhou is planning to make a contact tracing system developed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic permanent for its citizens. Hangzhou, one of the major tech hubs in China, is planning to permanently use the tracking system developed to fight the COVID-19 outbreak. The city’s health commission declared that the permanent version of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 10, 2020
Crooks exploit CVE-2019-18935 deserialization vulnerability to achieve remote code execution in Blue Mockingbird Monero-Mining campaign. Researchers at security firm Red Canary uncovered a Monero cryptocurrency-mining campaign, tracked as Blue Mockingbird, that exploits the CVE-2019-18935 vulnerability in web applications built on the ASP.NET framework. The deserialization vulnerability CVE-2019-18935 could be exploited by attackers to achieve remote […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2020
The Outlaw Hacking Group is back, malware researchers from Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab have uncovered a new botnet that is targeting European organizations Introduction During our daily monitoring activities, we intercepted a singular Linux malware trying to penetrate the network of some of our customers. The Linux malware is the well-known “Shellbot”, it is a crimetool belonging […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2020
A contact tracking app for the Coronavirus proposed to the government of the Netherlands is affected by security issues that could expose user data. Technologies play a crucial role in the containment of the Coronavirus outbreak, especially contact tracing applications that could pose a threat to user privacy. The app, called Covid19 Alert, was one […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2020
The Tor Project cut a third of its staff due to the economic impact of the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak, 13 staffers out of 35 left the team. The ongoing Coronavirus outbreak has a significant impact on the Tor Project that was forced to cut a third of its staff due to the economic impact of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 15, 2020
Google has removed 49 new Chrome browser extensions from its official Web Store that hide the code to hijack cryptocurrency wallets. Google has removed 49 new Chrome browser extensions from its official Web Store that contain the code to steal sensitive information and hijack cryptocurrency wallets. The Chrome browser extensions were discovered by researchers from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 13, 2020
Google and Apple recently announced a joint project for the development of a Coronavirus ‘contact tracing’ tool for mobile devices. A contact tracing app is a tool that could be used to contain new diseases, like Coronavirus, by tracking down and quarantining everyone that gets infected and localize any person that has been in contact […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2020
Cryptocurrency exchange Bisq stopped trading activities due to a cyberattack, crooks have stolen $250,000 worth of virtual currency from the company. The decentralized exchange (DEX) Bisq rang stopped trading activities late Tuesday night after it uncovered a critical security vulnerability that was exploited by a hacker to steal more than $250,000 worth of cryptocurrency from […]
