Pierluigi Paganini
November 18, 2018
On Thursday, November 15, hackers compromised Daniel’s Hosting, one of the largest Dark Web hosting provider, and deleted 6,500+ sites. On Thursday, November 15, hackers compromised Daniel’s Hosting, one of the largest Dark Web hosting provider. The news was confirmed by Daniel Winzen, the software developer behind the hosting service. Daniel’s Hosting became the largest Dark Web hosting provider earlier […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 18, 2018
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! ·     CVE-2018-15961: Adobe ColdFusion Flaw exploited in attacks in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 18, 2018
A glitch in Gmail could be exploited by hackers to carry out phishing attacks, the issue is related the way Gmail automatically files messages into Sent folder A bug in Gmail could be exploited by attackers to carry out phishing attacks, the flaw ties the way Gmail automatically files messages into the âSentâ folder. The bug […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 17, 2018
A hacker going online by the moniker AmFearLiathMor is claiming to have hacked the most popular end-to-end encrypted email service ProtonMail. At the time it is not clear if the hacker belongs to a cyber crime gang, it claims to have stolen a “significant” amounts of data from the company. The ransom demand (archive.is link) was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 17, 2018
According to the head of the Federal Investigation Agencyâs (FIA) cybercrime wing.almost all Pakistani banks were affected by a recent security breach. Group-IB experts discovered another large set of compromised payment cards details that was put on sale on Jokerâs Stash, one of the most popular underground hubs of stolen card data, on Nov. 13. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 16, 2018
According to Group-IBâs report findings, Asia is one of the most actively attacked regions in the world, the company presented latest cybercrime trends. Hong Kong, 16.11.2018 â Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, presented the findings of its latest Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2018 report at the FinTech Security Conference in Hong Kong organized by Binary Solutions Limited […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 16, 2018
Group-IB has detected massive campaigns targeting Russian financial institutions posing as the Central Bank of Russia. The emails were disguised to look as if they come from the Central Bank of Russia and FinCERT, the Financial Sector Computer Emergency Response Team. Group-IB experts have discovered that the attack on 15 November could have been carried out by the hacker […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 15, 2018
Chinese TEMP.Periscope cyberespionage group targeted a UK-based engineering company using TTPs associated with Russia-linked APT groups. Attribution of cyber attacks is always a hard task, in many cases attackers use false flags to masquerade their identities. Chinese hackers have targeted a UK-based engineering company using techniques and artifacts attributed to the Russia-linked APT groups Dragonfly and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 15, 2018
The Zero Day Initiativeâs Pwn2Own Tokyo 2018 is a success, participants earned over $300,000 for disclosing flaws affecting iPhone X, Xiaomi Mi 6 and Samsung Galaxy S9 smartphones. During the first day of the Pwn2Own Tokyo 2018 contest, participants hacked Apple iPhone X, Samsung Galaxy S9 and Xiaomi Mi 6 devices earning more than $225,000. The novelty […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 14, 2018
Researchers who devised the original Meltdown and Spectre attacks disclosed seven new variants that leverage on a technique known as transient execution. In January, white hackers from Google Project Zero disclosed the vulnerabilities that potentially impact all major CPUs, including the ones manufactured by AMD, ARM, and Intel. The expert devised two attacks dubbed Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754) and Spectre (CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5715), which could […]
