Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2019
Russian national ANTON P. BOGDANOV indicted for $1.5M cyber tax fraud scheme

The US DoJ indicted a Russian national for obtaining over $1.5 million in fraudulent tax refunds from the Internal Revenue Service. The US DoJ indicted the Russian national ANTON P. BOGDANOV for obtaining over $1.5 million in fraudulent tax refunds from the Internal Revenue Service. Bogdanov was charged in federal court in Brooklyn of wire fraud conspiracy, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2019
Magecart Group 12 also targets Opencart-based online stores

Magecart made the headlines again, Magecart Group 12 is conducting a large-scale operation that targets OpenCart online stores. According to security experts at RiskIQ, the Magecart Group 12 is behind a large-scale operation against OpenCart online stores. The attackers used stealth tactics to remain under the radar and siphon payment data from compromised e-commerce sites. […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2019
How to Hack Dell computers exploiting a flaw in pre-installed Dell SupportAssist

A flaw in Dell SupportAssist, a pre-installed tool on most Dell computers, could be exploited by hackers to compromise them remotely. The security researcher Bill Demirkapi (17) has discovered a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the Dell SupportAssist utility that is pre-installed on most Dell computers. The vulnerability could be exploited by hackers to […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2019
Tenable experts found 15 flaws in wireless presentation systems

Experts at Tenable discovered 15 vulnerabilities in eight wireless presentation systems, including flaws that can be exploited to remotely hack devices. Wireless presentation systems are used to display content on a screen or through several devices, including mobile devices and laptops. These systems are widely used in enterprises and educational organizations. Researchers at Tenable discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2019
Citrix confirmed hackers had access to its network for five months

Citrix confirmed that the hackers who breached its network stole sensitive personal information of both former and current employees for about six months. In March, the American multinational software company Citrix disclosed a security breach, according to the firm an international cyber criminals gang gained access to its internal network. Experts at cybersecurity firm Resecurity […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2019
Victims of ZQ Ransomware can decrypt their files for free

Good news for the victims of the ZQ Ransomware, security experts at Emisisoft have released a free decryptor tool. Good news for the victims of the ZQ Ransomware, security experts at Emisisoft have released a free decryptor tool that allows them to decrypt files for free. ZQ Ransomware infected users in the US, India, Polland, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2019
Crooks exploit Oracle WebLogic flaw to deliver Sodinokibi Ransomware

Threat actors are exploiting a recently patched critical Oracle WebLogic Server vulnerability to deliver the Sodinokibi ransomware to organizations. Threat actors are delivering a new piece of malware, tracked as Sodinokibi, by exploiting a recently patched Oracle WebLogic Server vulnerability. Oracle WebLogic Server is a Java EE application server currently developed by Oracle Corporation, it […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 30, 2019
ElectrumDoSMiner botnet reached 152,000 hosts

Researchers at Malwarebytes are monitoring the evolution of the ElectrumDoSMiner DDoS botnet that reached 152,000 infected hosts. MalwareBytes researchers are closely monitoring attacks against users of the popular Electrum Bitcoin wallet, in particular, the evolution of the Electrum DDoS botnet. In mid-April, experts at MalwareBytes published a report warning of cyber attacks against users of […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 29, 2019
Amnesty International Hong Kong Office hit by state-sponsored attack

The Hong Kong office of Amnesty International has been hit by a long-running cyberattack carried out by China-linked hackers. Amnesty International’s Hong Kong office has been hit with a cyberattack launched by China-linked hackers. “This sophisticated cyber-attack underscores the dangers posed by state-sponsored hacking and the need to be ever vigilant to the risk of […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 28, 2019
Critical flaw in Qualcomm chips exposes sensitive data for Android Devices

Researchers devised a new side-channel attack in Qualcomm technology, widely used by most Android smartphones, that could expose private keys. Researchers have uncovered a new side-channel attack that could be exploited by attackers to extract sensitive data from Qualcomm secure keystore, including private keys, and passwords. The attack potentially impacts most of the modern Android […]