Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2019
Flaws in EA Games Login exposed accounts of 300 Million Gamers to hack

Experts discovered security flaws in EA Games’ login process that could allow an attacker to take over EA gamers’ accounts and steal sensitive data. Experts at Check Point Research and Cyberint discovered multiple security flaws in EA Games’ login process that could allow an attacker to take over EA gamers’ accounts and steal sensitive data. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2019
European law enforcement agencies arrested 6 individuals involved in $27M cryptocurrency theft

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 26, 2019
Lake City agreed to pay $500,000 in ransom, is the second case in Florida in a week

A few days ago, Riviera Beach City agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom, now a Lake City, another city in Florida, agreed to do the same after a ransomware attack. A few days ago, Riviera Beach City agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom, now less than a week later, another city in Florida opted to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2019
Silex malware bricks thousands of IoT devices in a few hours

Security experts warn of a new piece of the Silex malware that is bricking thousands of IoT devices, and the situation could rapidly go worse. Akamai researcher Larry Cashdollar discovered a new piece of the Silex malware that is bricking thousands of IoT devices, over 2,000 devices have been bricked in a few hours and the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2019
Operation Soft Cell – Multiple telco firms hacked by nation-state actor

Operation Soft Cell – Experts at Cybereason discovered that China-linked hackers have breached numerous telco providers controlling their networks. Researchers at Cybereason uncovered an ongoing long-running espionage campaign, tracked as Operation Soft Cell, that targets telco providers. Tactics, techniques, and procedures, and the type of targets suggest the involvement of a nation-state actor likely linked […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2019
OSX/Linker, a new piece of Mac malware that exploits Gatekeeper bypass

Mac security software firm Intego has spotted a new Mac malware dubbed OSX/Linker that exploits a recently disclosed macOS Gatekeeper vulnerability. Experts at Mac security software firm Intego discovered a new piece of Mac malware dubbed OSX/Linker that exploits a recently disclosed macOS Gatekeeper bypass vulnerability. The Apple Gatekeeper is designed to protect OS X users by […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2019
Anonymous Belgium hacker identified after dropping USB drive while throwing Molotov cocktail

Belgium police have identified a member of the Anonymous Belgium collective while investigating an arson case at a local bank. The Anonymous member is a 35-year-old man from Roeselare, Belgium, was arrested after throwing a Molotov cocktail at the Crelan Bank office in Rumbeke, back in 2014. According to ZDnet, the hacker has been exposed […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2019
Iran denies attack against its infrastructure has ever succeeded

After media reported a cyber offensive launched by the US against Iran, Teheran announced that alleged cyber attack against its infrastructure has ever succeeded. Last week, media reported that the United States has launched a series of cyber attacks on Iran after the Iranian military has downed an American surveillance drone. US President Donald Trump […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2019
SocialEngineered forum hacked and data leaked online

SocialEngineered.net is a forum dedicated to social engineering discussions, it has been compromised data of its users was leaked on a hacker forum. SocialEngineered.net, the forum dedicated to social engineering topics, announced it has suffered a data breach two weeks ago. Hackers accessed data from tens of thousands of members and leaked them online on […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2019
Free proxy service runs on top of Linux Ngioweb Botnet

Researchers from Netlab, discovered a website offering free and commercial proxy servers leveraging a huge botnet (Ngioweb) of hacked WordPress sites. Researchers from Netlab, discovered that Free-Socks.in proxy service is leveraging a huge botnet of hacked WordPress sites. According to the experts, traffic managed by the proxy service is routed through a network of hacked […]