Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini October 04, 2017
Intezer researchers link CCleaner hack to Chinese APT17 hackers

Researchers from security firm Intezer speculate that the attack was powered by nation-state actor, likely the Chinese APT17 group. Security experts continue to investigate the recent attack against the supply chain of the popular software CCleaner. The hackers first compromised in July a CCleaner server, then exploited it to deliver a backdoored version of the 32-bit CCleaner […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 04, 2017
Yahoo hack – All 3 Billion Yahoo accounts were hacked in 2013 attack

The Yahoo hack occurred in 2013 is bigger than originally stated, Verizon confirmed that all 3 Billion Yahoo accounts were hacked in the attack. The Yahoo hack occurred in 2013, the biggest known data breach suffered by a tech company, is bigger than originally stated. Verizon Communications, which acquired Yahoo for $4.48 billion in June, […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 04, 2017
A new Ethereum ICO was hacked, the victim is Etherparty

The Etherparty website is the last victim in order of time of a cyber attack involving an Ethereum ICO (Initial Coin Offering). Another hack involving an Ethereum ICO (Initial Coin Offering) made the headlines, the victim is the Etherparty website that sells tokens for a blockchain-based smart contract tool. The attackers replaced the legitimate address for sending funds to […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 03, 2017
Zero-Day flaws in 3 WordPress Plugins being exploited in the wild

Security experts at Wordfence reported that Zero-Day vulnerabilities in three different WordPress plugins have been exploited in the wild. Zero-day vulnerabilities in several WordPress plugins have been exploited by threat actors in the wild to hack vulnerable websites and deliver backdoors, the alarm was launched by security firm Wordfence. The attackers have exploited three critical zero-day vulnerabilities […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 03, 2017
Equifax hack affected 145.5 million individuals, 2.5M more than originally stated

Equifax data breach may affect 2.5 million more customers than originally stated, the overall number of exposed individuals reached 145.5 million. Earlier this week, Equifax announced that additional 2.5 million U.S. consumers were exposed as a result of the massive data breach that affected the company in September. The credit reporting agency confirmed that a total of […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 03, 2017
Google’s Security Research Team Identifies and Fixes 7 Vulnerabilities in Dnsmasq

Google security experts disclosed seven distinct vulnerabilities in the Dnsmasq software package. Regardless of what you may think of Google as a company, it is difficult to criticize their prolific and in-depth security research. The latest example is their disclosure of seven distinct issues in the Dnsmasq software package. From the authors’ website, “Dnsmasq provides network infrastructure for small networks: DNS, DHCP, […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 03, 2017
Imperva Report Q2 2017- Over 75% of DDoS targets were hit multiple times

According to Imperva DDoS report, over 75% of targets were hit multiple times in Q2 2017, while the percentage was only 43.2% in the same period of 2016. Imperva published the Global DDoS Threat Landscape for Q2 2017, the report shows an increase in the amount of persistent application layer DDoS attack over a one-year period. According to Imperva, over […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 02, 2017
UK National Lottery knocked offline by a DDoS attack on Saturday

The UK National Lottery was knocked offline by a DDoS attack on Saturday, experts speculate the involvement of the dreaded Phantom Squad group. On Saturday, a DDoS attack knocked offline the UK National Lottery impeding Britons to buy the tickets on the www.national-lottery.co.uk website or through its associated app. According to DownDetector reports, thousands of angry gamblers […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 02, 2017
Netgear addressed dozens of vulnerabilities in Routers, Switches and NAS

Netgear has published more than 50 security advisories in the past 2 weeks related to the availability of patches for flaws in its products. Netgear has published more than 50 security advisories in the past two weeks related to the availability of patches for vulnerabilities affecting its products, including routers, switches, network-attached storage (NAS) devices, […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 02, 2017
R6DB hacked. Rainbow Six Siege service’s database wiped and held for ransom

R6DB online gaming service that provides statistics for Rainbow Six Siege gamers, was hit by hackers who wiped its database and held the data for ransom. The gaming industry is a privileged target for hackers, in the past several groups targeted the major company in the industry for profit and fun. This time hackers targeted […]