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The IT security researchers at Proofpoint have discovered a new malware campaign in which threat actors from a group called TA544 are targeting organizations in Italy with Ursnif banking trojan. Ursnif (also known as Gozi) has a history of targeting Italian organizations over the past year. The malware is capable of stealing banking information from […]
Trend Micro Researchers Prove How Easy it is Hackers to Hack a Construction Crane and Cause Destruction. Hacking a crane at a construction site might seem to you like an impossible act from cybercriminals. It just appears so unbelievable. After all, what would they get by hacking a crane? However, researchers at Trend Micro, a […]
Paolo Stagno, an Italian security researcher using the online moniker VoidSec, has revealed a startling new discovery about virtual private networks or VPNs. As per the findings of Stagno, nearly 23% of VPN providers are still leaking IP addresses of users through the VPN flaw dubbed as WebRTC Leak. This means, if you are connected […]
We all know that excessive use of anything is not a good thing, and the same is the case with the usage of cell phones. Today marked an important day in legal history as a court in Italy ruled in favor of person claiming “Excessive usage of Phone” lead to a brain tumor, reports Italy’s Repubblica. […]
Thanks to ex-NSA spy, Edward Snowden, we all know that Governments use several hacking tools and malware to spy on public and most of the times they get away with that, but here is a plot twist. A group of hackers called “Calisto” exploited a malware previously used by the Italian surveillance firm, Hacking Team, […]
Short Bytes: As a result of last year’s announcement that Italian Ministry of Defence will ditch Microsoft’s Office suite and adopt open source LibreOffice, a saving of up to 29 million is expected over the next few years. This migration is done under a project dubbed LibreDifesa that has brought LibreOffice to about 5,000 workstations. […]
Anonymous has leaked personal details of CEOs, managers and other employees of hotshot companies in Italy to protest against the new labour laws Last year, hackers leaked 1 terabyte of data from the Milan’s Expo 2015 website. Now, the online hacktivist Anonymous Italy – LulzSec ITA has hacked into the websites of several Italian job portals […]
Anonymous Italy Launches #OperationGreenRights- Targets Italian Government Portals with DDoS Local government portals of Apulia and Basilicata regions in southern Italy have been attacked by the members of the infamous hacktivists collective Anonymous. The attack is being touted by Anonymous as a reactionary attempt to showcase resentment against the ongoing Trans Adriatic Pipeline project (TAP). […]
Short Bytes: Anonymous hacktivist group has claimed to block a possible ISIS terror attack on Italy. While Anonymous hasn’t released any evidence to prove this claim, the group says, “we don’t need to be believed, the important thing is that no one dies.” The Anonymous hacktivist collective claims to have foiled an ISIS terror attack in […]
The online hacktivist Anonymous claimed to have averted a terrorist attack in Italy planned by the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) or Daesh terrorist group. Anonymous claimed the ”heroic” act on Twitter via @OpParisOfficial account which was created after the Paris terrorist attacks. The hacktivists also claimed that they are silently working on tracking Daesh terrorists […]
The infamous spyware dealer, Hacking Team, has now begun to complain that their recently leaked Remote Control System (RCS) spyware tool which can be used to infect targeted computers with malware are now in the hands of criminals and terrorists. Actually, from one perspective, this Italian-based security firm is not wrong. Recently, their leaked source […]
The Italy-based security firm Hacking Team, known for providing spying tools to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in U.S has been hacked. This Sunday evening, the infamous security firm’s Twitter handle got hacked and someone used it to proclaim that the company which is well known for the development of different hacking tools has itself […]
DEA has been a client of the controversial Italian surveillance tech firm Hacking Team since 2012 — DEA has bought spyware capable of intercepting all sorts of communication. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) firstly placed an order in August 2012 and has bought the software called Remote Control System/RCS. This software can intercept telephone conversations, social […]
Italy’s security firm Hacking Team is providing Ethiopia with off-the-shelf spyware, and have been expanding their repressive reach far overseas in the United States. A report from Citizen Lab, published February 12th, state that numerous journalists working for the Ethiopian Satellite Television Service (ESAT), were targeted by a member of Ethiopia’s internal information security apparatus: […]