Monthly Archives: April 2013
LivingSocial data breach exposed 50 million customers records
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM April 30, 2013, 11:30 am EST LivingSocial data breach exposed 50 million customer records; the news is shocking and is circulating on the Internet since last […]
FireEye report on advanced cyber attacks landscape
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM April 29, 2013, 11:30 am EST FireEye security firm has published another interesting report that provide an overview on advanced cyber attacks landscape, these events […]
Yahoo! Blind SQL Injection could lead to data leakage
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM April 26, 2013, 11:30 am EST Data leakages are the nightmares of every administration of databases, a growing number of services are exposed on the […]
Hacktivists hacked Twitter account of Associated Press to post fake news
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM April 25, 2013, 11:30 am EST Recently hackers have intensified the number of attacks against corporate social media accounts; the Twitter account is most targeted ones due […]
New wave of DDoS against EU Banking can hide a sinister mystery
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM April 23, 2013, 11:00 am EST In the last months of 2012 a group of hackers known as “Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters” conducted a […]
Cyber security bill CISPA is passed
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM April 23, 2013, 11:00 am EST A nightmare come true, last Thursday The United States House of Representatives approved the debated cyber security bill, the […]
Group-IB detected malware that hit Russian stock-trading platform
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM April 22, 2013, 11:30 am EST Security firm Group-IB has detected a new variant of malware that targets the popular Russian stock-trading platform QUIK (Quik Broker, Quik Dealer) provided […]
New dangerous threat Magic Malware hit thousands of UK firms
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM April 19, 2013, 11:30 am EST The Internet is full of news regarding malware more or less sophisticated that are used for various purposes, cybercrime, cyber espionage, hacktivism or cyber […]
DHS alerted energy companies on ongoing spear-phishing campaign
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM April 18, 2013, 11:30 am EST Cyber espionage is considerable as one of the most aggressive and dangerous cyber threats, its silent operation could steal sensitive […]
In the mind of cybercriminals – The Boston Marathon attack
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM April 17, 2013, 11:30 am EST To fight the cybercrime we must start thinking like criminals, they are people motivated solely by money and the need to monetize every […]
Hijacking plane’s navigation system with Android, reality or unnecessary alarm?
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM April 16, 2013, 11:30 am EST The news is sensational, to take control of a plane is not necessary a group of terrorists, a hacker […]
How to respond to a data breach
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM April 15, 2013, 11:30 am EST The number of cyber attacks is increased in an impressive way,cyber criminals, hacktivists,independent and state-sponsored hackers are daily operating in cyberspace conducting […]
Winnti – a cyber espionage case for gaming industry
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM April 12, 2013, 11:30 am EST Another cyber espionage campaign has been discovered by Kaspersky Lab Team, I start to get the feeling that whatever is done […]
You play I hack you … ReVuln online poker security
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM April 11, 2013, 11:30 am EST One of the most interesting company in security landscape is ReVuln, its researchers specialize in the security assessment and […]
Security B-Sides is Coming to Boston, May 18th, 2013
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Skype Tool for criminals offered
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM April 10, 2013, 11:30 am EST In various articles I wrote on the large diffusion of botnets and the capabilities of malicious agents to use as spread […]
Wandering in the underground, from exploit kits to hacking services
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM April 9, 2013, 11:30 am EST The cybercrime industry knows no crisis, new services are offered in the underground and criminals operating in different sectors are increasing their interest […]
Cybercrime follows money, malware for Bitcoin mining spread via Skype
Recently I wrote an article related the link between the soar of Bicoin value and expected increased interest of cybercrime to the virtual currency. In the post I anticipated the we will […]
#OpIsrael: April 7, 2013 – Anonymous launched a massive attack against Israel
On the eve of the fateful day, April 7th, the collective of Anonymous launched a massive cyber attack against the state of Israel as part of the campaign started in the […]
Soaring of Bitcoin value continues to attract cybercrime
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief 04-04-2013 12:00 pm EST The most attentive readers and those who are interested in the main trends of virtual currency will surely have noticed the soaring of prices […]
The role of hacktivism in cyber warfare scenarios between 2 Koreas
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief 04-04-2013 11:30 am EST It’s not a surprise South Korean security experts suggest that the North Korea military is training an elite force of “cyber warriors” to involve […]
vSkymmer botnet, a financial malware appears in the underground
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief 04-03-2013 11:00 am EST The principal reports proposed by various security firm demonstrate a sustained growth of cyber criminal activities fueled by increased offer of underground. In the underground it is practically […]
Botnet malware authors use Evernote account as C&Control Server
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief Botnet author are increasing complexity of the malicious code they use and same time security firms are adopting more sophisticated detection methods. Between principal concerns of […]
Webroot – Impact of Web-borne threats on businesses
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief Webroot has recently published an interesting study, available here (registration required), on latest Web-borne threats and their economic impact providing also useful suggestions on how to implement an effective defense. […]