Pierluigi Paganini
January 27, 2017
A security researcher has discovered that the President Trump’s Twitter account is exposed to the risk of hack due to security misconfigurations. While the experts are warning the press about the fact that the American President Trump is still using his personal insecure Android smartphone, we have discovered that his Twitter is exposed to the risk […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 27, 2017
A hacker discovered a XXE flaw in the EpubCheck library that affects major epub services causing information disclosure and denial of service conditions. The security expert and bug hunter Craig Arendt (@craig_arendt) has discovered flaws in major eBook readers including the ones commercialized by Amazon, Apple, and Google. The expert discovered different XML external entity (XXE) […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 27, 2017
The security researchers at security firm Sixgill discovered a new malware dubbed Nuke HTTP bot offered for sale on a forum in the Dark Web. Darknets are the right places where to find illegal product and services, it is quite easy to find malicious code and also botnets of any type. On December 16th, a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 26, 2017
LeakedSource is down! According to a message appeared in the OGF forum, the popular data breach notification website has apparently been raided by feds. The Data breach notification website LeakedSource has apparently been raided by feds. The service is one of the most important available online, it reported some of the largest data breaches last year and now […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 26, 2017
The dreaded Shamoon has resurrected, which are possible political and technological scenarios behind the recent wave of attacks? The dreaded Shamoon has resurrected, a new version called Shamoon 2Â was spotted by the security experts at Palo Alto Networks. Saudi Arabia Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)âs Abdulrahman al-Friah confirmed to Al Arabiya that at least 22 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 26, 2017
Google announced Gmail will soon stop allowing users to attach JavaScript (.js) files to emails for obvious security reason. Google announced Gmail will soon stop allowing users to attach JavaScript (.js) files to emails for obvious security reason. JavaScripts files, like many other file types (i,e, .exe, .jar, .sys, .scr, .bat, .com, .vbs and .cmd) […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 26, 2017
The personal details of 180,000 members of the underground ‘Upskirt’ porn website The Candid Board have been leaked online. Some data breaches are more uncomfortable the others due to the nature of the affected services, porn and dating websites belong to these categories. The personal details of roughly 180,000 members of the underground ‘Upskirt’ porn website The Candid […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 26, 2017
According to the security firm Dr. Web , thousands of Linux-based devices have already been infected with the Linux.Proxy.10 Trojan. A new Trojan dubbed Linux.Proxy.10Â is targeting Linux-based devices transforming them into proxy servers that are used by attackers to protect their anonymity while launching cyber attacks from the hacked systems. Linux.Proxy.10 was first discovered by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 25, 2017
Russian authorities arrested Ruslan Stoyanov the head of the investigation unit at the Kaspersky Lab in ‘Treason Probe’. A sad news is shocking the IT security industry, the Russian authorities arrested Ruslan Stoyanov, one of the most important cybercrime investigators working for the Kaspersky Lab. Ruslan Stoyanov is the head of the investigation unit at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 25, 2017
Last year, the HummingBad Android malware infected as many as 85 million devices, now it has returned under the new name of HummingWhale. CERT-EU and other sources corroborated Check Point researchersâ findings which recently confirmed a new variant of the ad-fraud-big-money-making, HummingBad, is spreading rapidly on the Android marketplace Google Play. HummingBad was first seen […]
