Pierluigi Paganini
July 16, 2019
Hackers stole data of millions of Bulgarians, and sent it to local media, According to the media the source could be the National Revenue Agency. Hackers have exfiltrated data from a Bulgarian government system, likely the National Revenue Agency (NRA), and have shared it with the local media. The hackers have stolen the personal details […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 13, 2019
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved a record $5 billion settlement with Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Facebook will be obliged to pay a $5 Billion fine to settle the investigation conducted by the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. In April 2018, Facebook revealed that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 12, 2019
BITPoint Japan-based cryptocurrency announced that hackers have stolen more than $32 million (3.5 billion yen) worth of cryptocurrency due to a cyber attack. BITPoint Japan-based cryptocurrency was victim of a cyber attack, the Remixpoint’s subsidiary announced that hackers have stolen more than $32 million (3.5 billion yen) worth of cryptocurrency. BITPoint discovered the security breach […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 01, 2019
City Council of Somerville, a Boston suburb, has voted to ban the use of facial recognition system by police and other city offices. The City Council of Somerville, Massachusetts, a Boston suburb, has decided to ban the use of facial recognition system by police and other city departments. Last week, the Somerville City Council expressed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 27, 2019
Another cryptocurrency exchange announced to have suffered a theft, this time is the victim is the Singapore-based Bitrue. It has happened again, crooks stole funds from another cryptocurrency exchange, this time the victim is the Singapore-based Bitrue. Bitrue revealed on Thursday that hackers accessed the accounts of tens of its customers and stole their funds. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 26, 2019
European law enforcement agencies have arrested 6 individuals in connection with a €24 million ($27.2 million) cryptocurrency theft. An operation conducted by European law enforcement agencies resulted in the arrest of 6 individuals involved in a €24 million ($27.2 million) cryptocurrency theft. The group of cyber criminals is composed of five men and one woman, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 21, 2019
Security experts at Malwarebytes have discovered a new macOS crypto miner, tracked as Bird Miner, that works by emulating Linux. Researchers at MalwareBytes have spotted a new cryptominer, tracked as Bird Miner, that targets macOS and emulates Linux. The malware spreads via a cracked installer for the music production software Ableton Live that is distributed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 20, 2019
Researchers discovered that recently patched Firefox zero-day (CVE-2019-11707) has been exploited to deliver Windows and Mac malware to cryptocurrency exchanges. Experts discovered that recently patched Firefox zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2019-11707) has been exploited by threat actors to deliver Windows and Mac malware to employees of cryptocurrency exchanges. CVE-2019-11707 is a type confusion vulnerability in Array.pop. Mozilla has addressed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 18, 2019
Researcher leaked online a dataset containing over 7,000,000 transactions scraped from the Venmo public API Venmo is a digital wallet app owned by PayPal that lets you make and share payments with friends. In August 2016, security expert Martin Vigo devised a method to abuse an optional SMS-based feature that allowed users to authorize payments […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 08, 2019
German intelligence agencies could hack servers, smartphones and any other devices under a draft law drawn up by the German Interior Ministry. The German Interior Ministry would allow the German domestic and foreign intelligence services are to hack into computers and smartphones under a draft law. According to the draft law, the country’s intelligence agencies […]
