Pierluigi Paganini
March 16, 2019
Germany’s states have decided to criminalize black marketplace operators with the introduction of specific federal legislation. Germany’s states have voted to punish operators of dark web platforms with the introduction of federal legislation. The legislation aims at criminalizing every operator behind darkweb marketplaces where illegal activities take place. This Friday, therefore, the German Federal Council […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2019
Malware researchers at Flashpoint revealed that at least since 2016, a PoS malware dubbed DMSniff has flown under the radar. Malware researchers at Flashpoint revealed that since 2016, a PoS malware dubbed DMSniff has been involved in breaches of small- and medium-sized businesses in the restaurant and entertainment industries. DMSniff leverages a domain generation algorithm […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 11, 2019
Crooks are abusing the torrent website The Pirate Bay to distribute the PirateMatryoshka malware that fuels the victim’s PC with unwanted software. Crooks abusing torrent services to distribute malware is not a novelty, Torrent users are often exposed to serious threats such if the one recently spotted by Kaspersky Lab and dubbed by the expert […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 22, 2019
Cisco released security patches that address more than a dozen issues in its products, including high severity flaws in HyperFlex, Prime Infrastructure, and Prime Collaboration Assurance. Cisco released security patches that address more than a dozen issues in its products, including high severity vulnerabilities affecting HyperFlex, Prime Infrastructure, and Prime Collaboration Assurance. Security updates fix […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 09, 2019
Cayosin Botnet: a deeper look at this threat supported by the psychological profile of the âyoungsters-wannabe-hackersâ Rolex boasters Money, botnet as service business and coding on the dark side of the life: âAt this point of my life⊠if it doesnât make me money, I donât make time for itâ, is stated in the picture […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 26, 2018
A team of security experts has devised a rogue USB charging cable named USBHarpoon that can be used to compromise a computer in just a few seconds. The team was composed of Olaf Tan and Dennis Goh of RFID Research Group, Vincent Yiu of SYON Security, and the popular Kevin Mitnick. The USBHarpoon takes inspiration on the BadUSB project built by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 02, 2018
Three members of the cybercrime group tracked as FIN7 and Carbanak have been indicted and charged with 26 felony counts Three members of the notorious cybercrime gang known as FIN7 and Carbanak have been indicted and charged with 26 felony counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, computer hacking, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. The gang stole over a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2018
The popular Anarchy botmaster builds a botnet of 18,000 Huawei routers in a few hours, and it is also planning to target vulnerable Realtek routers. NewSky Security first reported the born a new huge botnet, in just one day the botmaster compromised more than 18,000 Huawei routers. NewSky security researcher Ankit Anubhav announced that the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 15, 2018
Analysis conducted by SolarWinds on the impact on the performance of the Spectre/Meltdown patches on its own Amazon Web Services infrastructure revealed serious performance degradation. SolarWinds, the vendor of IT Management Software & Monitoring Tools, has analyzed the impact on the performance of Meltdown and Spectre security patches on its own Amazon Web Services infrastructure. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 01, 2018
Security experts at Trend Micro have demonstrated that certain models of Sonos and Bose speakers are affected by vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to hijack them. Hackers can trigger the flaws to access the speakers and use them to play spooky sounds or to issue Alexa commands. Only specific models of the two companies are […]
