Monthly Archives: May 2013
Two-factor authentication, necessary but not sufficient to be safe
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM May 31, 2013, 11:30 am EST Adoption of a two-factor authentication process is necessary to increase the robustness for authentication processes, but security is a […]
Watering hole attacks and exploit kits – Indian gov site case
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM May 30, 2013, 11:30 am EST Number of Watering hole attacks is increasing; most of them based on well-known exploit kits. The case of compromised […]
New wave of cyber attacks from Iran hit US
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM May 29, 2013, 04:30 pm EST New cyber attacks from Iran hit US enterprises focusing on energy sector, the offensive has been revealed by American […]
US critical infrastructures under unceasing cyber attacks
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM May 28, 2013, 11:30 am EST US Congressmen Ed Markey and Henry Waxman issued the report “Electric grid vulnerability” on the level of security for US critical […]
Cost of cybercrime for UK Small Businesses
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM May 27, 2013, 11:15 am EST The Federation of Small Businesses issued an interesting study on cost of cybercrime suffered by small businesses in the […]
Operation Hangover, the Indian Cyberattack Infrastructure
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM May 24, 2013, 11:30 am EST Operation Hangover is the title of a report published by Norman Shark that details a sophisticated cyberattack infrastructure that appears to originate […]
LEVERAGING REFERENTIAL DATA FOR BETTER THREAT DETECTION
By Joe Magee, Chief Technology Officer, Vigilant, Inc. May 24, 2013, 11:30 am EST Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) technology has many benefits for organizations seeking answers to specific […]
Zero-day market, the governments are the main buyers
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM May 22, 2013, 11:30 am EST Governments, and in particular US one, are principal buyers of zero-day vulnerabilities according a report published by Reuters. Zero-days […]
Google Company’s Surveillance Database hacked by same hackers who hit BigG in 2010
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM May 22, 2013, 11:30 am EST Google data breach is reality and Google Company’s Surveillance Database has been violated by the same hackers who breached Google’network […]
Nir Goldshlager reveals how to hack Facebook Apps
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM May 21, 2013, 11:30 am EST The popular security expert Nir Goldshlager found a serious vulnerability that allows attackers to post spoofed messages from any […]
Warning: Hackers Can Destroy Your SCADA Supervision Station
SCADA Malware Infection In 2 Simple Steps Live Online Demo: May 21st at 12pm EST Signup Here In this live 20-minute demonstration you will see how easily a hacker can […]
WSIS Forum 2013 – Securing Cyberspace in a borderless world
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM May 20, 2013, 11:30 am EST “Securing Cyberspace in a borderless world: Vision 2015 and Beyond” is the title of a High Level Dialogue that […]
US Air Force notice on military use of social media
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM May 20, 2013, 11:30 am EST In the recent months I had the opportunity to conduct an interesting study on the use of Social Media in the […]
Group-IB Exclusive details on Kangoo botnet that hit Australian banks
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM May 17, 2013, 11:30 am EST Group-IB researchers have detected a new botnet named Kangoo that infected more than 150 000 machines mainly targeting Australian […]
The offensive approach to cybersecurity, motivations and risks
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM May 16, 2013, 05:00 pm EST Cybersecurity goes to the offensive, law enforcement and private companies are discussing the possibility to adopt an offensive approach to […]
Bloomberg data breach, online 10,000 private messages
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM May 15, 2013, 11:30 am EST Bloomberg was the victim of an accident data breach; shocking news reported that financial data and news service posted online […]
Apple decrypts seized iPhones for law enforcement
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM May 14, 2013, 11:30 am EST Apple can “bypass the security software” if it chooses, accorind ATF no law enforcement agency could unlock a defendant’s iPhone except […]
Bank robbery Global Network of cyber criminals stole $45m from ATMs
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM May 13, 2013, 11:30 am EST The news on the biggest bank robbery with a cyber attack against ATMs in the history is conquering the […]
A new version of DIY Google Dorks based hacking tool has been released, it is an extremely useful tool for reconnaissance of targets.
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM May 10, 2013, 11:30 am EST A Webroot blog post announced that a new version of DIY Google Dorks based hacking tool has been released in the […]
QinetiQ breached by long Chinese cyber espionage campaign
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM May 09, 2013, 11:30 am EST Bloomberg published a report on QinetiQ data breach, the company has been compromised from 2007 to 2012 by Chinese […]
OpUSA, Anonymous against US Banking and government offices
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM May 09, 2013, 11:30 am EST OpUSA campaing is officially started, the day has come, May 7 as announced by Anonymous, a coordinated online attack will hit Banking and government websites. The […]
RSA Conference Asia Pacific 2013
Early Bird Registration – Ends May 10, 2013 Early Bird registration discount is coming to a close! Don’t miss out on your chance to save S$150 and experience the collaboration, […]
APWG Mobile Financial Fraud report & mobile black market
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM May 06, 2013, 11:30 am EST APWG published the interesting study APWG Mobile Financial Fraud report on the underground marketplace that revealed the explosion of […]
The Challenges of Near Real-Time Situational Awareness
by Lee Vorthman, Cyber Lead NetApp U.S. Public Sector Within the last ten years it has become readily apparent that traditional perimeter defenses are no longer sufficient to secure our […]
US Army Corps of Engineers’ National Inventory of Dams (NID) were hacked
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM May 3, 2013, 11:30 am EST The systems of the US Army Corps of Engineers’ National Inventory of Dams (NID) were hacked back in January […]
APWG issued the new edition of its APWG Global Phishing Survey report that identifies trends and their significance by quantifying the scope of the global phishing problem.
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM May 2, 2013, 11:30 am EST The APWG Global Phishing Survey report analyzes phishing attacks detected in the second H2 2012, the overall data for the study was collected […]
Advanced Mobile Security in the Age of Consumerization
By Bruce Gilley President, Fixmo US May 2, 2013, 11:30 am EST The new age of mobile computing is upon us and it reminds me of a good horror film: […]
Adobe Systems’ Reader vulnerability reveals where a PDF is opened
By Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, CDM May 1, 2013, 11:30 am EST The McAfee security firm found an Adobe Reader vulnerability that reveals where a PDF document is opened. The McAfee security firm found […]