Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2017
The Iran-Linked cyberespionage group OilRig has been using a new Trojan in attacks aimed at targets in the Middle East. Experts from Palo Alto Networks spotted a new campaign launched by the notorious APT group OilRig against an organization within the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The OilRig hacker group is an Iran-linked APT that has been around since at least […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2017
Researchers from security firm Positive Technologies warns of 4G/5G Wireless Networks as vulnerable as WiFi and putting smart-cities at risk The Internet of Things (IoT) presents many new opportunities and some different challenges. The vast number of devices makes it very expensive to connect everything with traditional network cabling and in many cases the equipment […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2017
The financially-motivated FIN7 APT group (also known as Carbanak or Anunak) recently changed attack technique again to evade detection. The financially-motivated FIN7 APT group (also known as Carbanak or Anunak) recently changed attack technique again and has been implementing a new malware obfuscation method. The group that has been active since late 2015, it was highly active since the beginning of 2017. Fin7 was spotted early […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2017
On September 25, 2017, a man which goes by the nickname âLiquidWormâ has released the exploit code for FLIR Thermal Cameras. On 2017-09-25 another CCTV exploit got release by a man which goes by the nickname âLiquidWormâ. He found out that FLIR CCTV âs by the vendor âFLIR Systemsâ had a hard-coded ssh login credentials […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2017
State-sponsored hackers from North Korea are launching almost daily attacks on Irish companies and critical infrastructure North Korean state-sponsored hackers are launching almost daily attacks on Irish companies and critical infrastructure, they are also suspected to be responsible for the âŹ4.3m cyber heist on Meath County Council in October 2016. Ireland is considered a privileged […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2017
Forrester Research announced today that Forrester.com experienced a security breach this week, attackers were ultimately detected and shut out of the system Forrester, one of the most influential research and advisory firms in the world, revealed on Friday to have suffered a security breach the past week. The attackers broke into the infrastructure hosting the Forrester.com […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2017
HPE gave Russian gov access to review ArcSight software that is currently used by corporate and government entities worldwide, including the Pentagon. The recent news of the alleged hack of Kaspersky products to steal NSA exploit from the personal PC of a US contractor has put in the background another equally worrying news. Another tech giant has […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2017
A security researcher has discovered nearly 700 Brother printers left exposed online exposing corporate and government networks to hack. The security researcher Ankit Anubhav, principal researcher at NewSky Security, has discovered nearly 700 Brother printers left exposed online. Anyone can access the administration panel of the printers and take control of the devices. Anubhav disclosed its discovery […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 07, 2017
Security experts from Skyhigh Networks discovered a wide-scale attack with a new stealthy technique, dubbed KnockKnock, that targets Office 365 accounts. The cloud access security broker Skyhigh Networks discovered a wide-scale attack with a new stealthy technique, dubbed KnockKnock, that targets Office 365 (O365) accounts. The massive campaign leverages a low-key attack, started in May and is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 07, 2017
A British teenager admitted in a British court to have attempted to hack into the computers of top US officials, including former CIA chief John Brennan. On Friday, the British teenager Kane Gamble (18) from Coalville, Leicester, admitted in a British court to have attempted to hack into the computers of top US officials, including former CIA chief John Brennan. Kane […]
