Monthly Archives: October 2016
LDAP as attack vector could power Terabit-Scale LDAP DDoS Attacks
Security experts observed attackers launching a powerful LDAP DDoS, the new amplification method could peak Terabit-Scale attacks. LDAP DDoS attacks are the novelty in the threat landscape, the Lightweight Directory […]
Cellebrite digital forensics tools leaked online by a reseller
The firmware used by the Israeli mobile forensic firm Cellebrite was leaked online by one of its resellers, the McSira Professional Solutions. Do you know Cellebrite? It is an Israeli firm […]
Hackers offer loT botnet for $7,500. The recent attack may be just a test
The security firm RSA revealed to have discovered in early October, hackers advertising access to a huge IoT botnet on an underground criminal forum. Last week, a massive DDoS attack […]
Cyber Defense Magazine Announces Top 20 Cyber Security Leaders of 2016
Experts devised a method to capture keystrokes during Skype calls
A group of security experts discovered that the Microsoft Skype Messaging service exposes user keystrokes during a conversation. A group of researchers from the University of California Irvine (UCI) and two […]
Security audit reveals critical flaws in VeraCrypt, promptly fixed with a new release
“VeraCrypt is much safer after this audit, and the fixes applied to the software mean that the world is safer when using this software.” The security researcher Jean-Baptiste Bédrune from […]
NRSC hack – financial data of donors were sent to a Russian domain
NRSC hack – A platform used by the National Republican Senatorial Committee for the donations was hacked and donors’ financial data have been exposed. Other rumors around the Presidential Election, […]
The Mirai botnet is targeting also Sierra Wireless cellular data gear products
Sierra Wireless is warning its customers to change factory credentials of its AireLink gateway communications products due to Mirai attacks. Sierra Wireless is warning its customers to change factory credentials […]
Vera Bradley retail chain notifies customers of data breach
The American retail chain Vera Bradley announced that hackers have stolen a yet undetermined number of payment card data from its systems. The American retail chain Vera Bradley is the […]
MITRE will award $50,000 for a solution that detects rogue IoT Devices
MITRE has challenged the security community to devise new methods that could help in detecting rogue IoT devices on a network. The non-profit research and development organization MITRE has challenged security researchers […]
Apple Watches banned from UK cabinet meetings to prevent eavesdropping
The UK Government has decided to ban Apple Watches ban from the Cabinet over foreign eavesdropper fears, in 2013 occurred with the iPad. The political fears cyber espionage, the recent […]
More than 500,000 IoT devices potentially recruitable in the Mirai Botnet
Security experts have discovered more than 500,000 vulnerable Internet of Things (IoT) devices that could be potentially recruited in the Mirai botnet. In the last weeks, security experts observed two […]
TeamXRat spreads ransomware via RDP brute-force attacks
Malware researchers from Kaspersky have spotted the TeamXRat gang spreading a new ransomware in Brazil via RDP brute-force attacks. Cyber criminals are using stolen or weak remote desktop credentials to […]
Logical Operations: The Ashley Madison Hack — One Year Later
Cybersecurity is more than a technical operation. It is a human undertaking, and its failures lead to human cost. Few events illustrate this better than the Ashley Madison hack, which […]
Yahoo Data Breach may have affected over 1 Billion users
According to a former Yahoo executive the number of affected user accounts in the Yahoo data breach may be between 1 Billion and 3 Billion. This summer 200 million Yahoo user accounts […]