Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2017
Cryptology is the mathematical foundation of penetration testing and can be adopted as a resource for securing assets and communications. An overview of the science of the occult, that brings forth a new level of security in the age of digital privacy. Cryptology is the mathematical foundation of penetration testing and can be adopted as […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2017
The Israeli Government announces it thwarted a major cyberattack against 120 targets just days after harsh criticism of new cyber defense bill. According to haaretz.com, Israeli Government revealed it repelled a major cyberattack aimed at 120 targets. The unusual announcement was made by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in a very unusual announcement on Wednesday. Israel […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2017
Security experts from security firm Redsocks published an interesting report on how to crack APT28 traffic in a few seconds. Introduction APT28 is a hacking group involved in many recent cyber incidents. The most recent attack allegedly attributed to this group is the one to French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron’s campaign. Incident response to this Advanced […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2017
The United States Air Force has launched the ‘Hack the Air Force’ bug bounty program to test the security of its the networks and computer systems. I have discussed many times the importance and the numerous advantages of a bug bounty program. Bug bounties are very popular initiatives among the communities of white hats, principal companies, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2017
The mysterious Hajime Botnet continues to grow and reached 300,000 IoT Devices, the author also implemented a new attack method. Recently experts from Symantec spotted a new IoT botnet dubbed Hajime that is spreading quickly in the last months, mostly in Brazil and Iran. The Hajime malware was first spotted in October 2016, it implements the same mechanism […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 26, 2017
Security vulnerabilities in the Hyundai Blue Link mobile apps allowed hackers to steal vehicles, the car maker fixed them. Security vulnerabilities in the Hyundai Blue Link mobile apps could be exploited by hackers to locate, unlock and start vehicles of the carmaker. The Blue Link application is available for both iOS and Android mobile OSs, it was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 26, 2017
(ISC)² delivered recommendations to White House urging prioritization on development of workforce for the final version of the cybersecurity executive order The nonprofit organization (ISC)² has issued a recommendation calling President Trump to develop workforce as a priority when he issued the final version of the cybersecurity executive order. The main goal is to tackle […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 26, 2017
Here are the top four extensions for the Chrome browser to keep your online activity safe, secure and private. The recent global wave of cybercrimes, particularly via exploiting loopholes in many leading browsers, has put internet privacy and online security directly in the line of fire. Internet users, in general, are worried about securing their […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 26, 2017
Atlassian announced that unknown hackers broke into a cloud server of the company and accessed a huge amount of data of its group chat service HipChat. On Monday, Atlassian reset user passwords for its group chat service HipChat after it notified its customers of a data breach. Unknown hackers broke into a cloud server of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 26, 2017
The Interpol located and shut down nearly 9,000 Command and control servers located in Asia and hacked with a WordPress plug-in exploit. An investigation conducted by the Interpol resulted in the identification of nearly 9,000 command and control servers located in Asia. The law enforcement body operated with the support of private partners, including Kaspersky Lab, Cyber Defense Institute, […]
