Pierluigi Paganini
January 19, 2017
The US-CERT has issued a warning after the Shadow Brokers hackers have offered to sell what it claims to be an SMB Zero-Day exploit. The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has issued a warning after the Shadow Brokers hacker group has offered to sell what it claims to be an SMB Zero-Day exploit. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 19, 2017
Researchers at Malwarebytes have discovered the first Mac malware of 2017, dubbed Quimitchin, that was used against biomedical research institutions. Security experts have spotted the first Mac malware of 2017, dubbed Quimitchin, and it is considered a malicious code not particularly sophisticated and includes some antiquated code. According to the researchers from Malwarebytes, the code has […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 18, 2017
A new ransomware campaign has targeted the not-for-profit cancer services organisation “Little Red Door” requesting a US$44,000 ransom. A new ransomware campaign has targeted a not-for-profit cancer services organisation, the Little Red Door. The organization provides a number of cancer support services, including diagnostics and treatment. The system at the agency was infected by a ransomware last Wednesday, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 18, 2017
The infamous Carbanak cybercrime gang is back and is leveraging Google services for command-and-control of its malicious codes. The dreaded Carbanak cybercrime gang is back and is adopting a new tactic for its attacks, it is leveraging Google services for command-and-control of its malware. The criminal organization is named Carbanak cybergang because of the name […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 18, 2017
The bug hunter Andrew Leonov has described how to exploit an ImageMagick flaw to remotely execute code on a Facebook server. The hacker Andrew Leonov (@4lemon) has described how to exploit the so-called ImageMagick vulnerability to remotely execute code on a Facebook server. The ImageMagick flaw, tracked as CVE-2016-3714, affects the popular image manipulation software, ImageMagick. The flaw could […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 18, 2017
President Barack Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning’s sentence for leaking confidential documents to Wikileaks in 2010. He will be released on May 17th. President Barack Obama took a historic decision, he has commuted Chelsea Manning’s sentence for leaking classified documents to Wikileaks in 2010. The news was reported by The New York Times, Manning is due to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 17, 2017
The security researcher Pedro Ribeiro disclosed several vulnerabilities in the ZyXEL customized routers that could be easily exploited by hackers. Details on serious vulnerabilities in a number of routers freely distributed by the TrueOnline Thai ISP were published on Monday after private disclosures made to the vendors in July went unanswered. The security researcher Pedro Ribeiro from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 17, 2017
A security expert discovered a flaw in the Facebook Messenger audio clip recording feature that could be exploited to listen to audio chats. Voice recording is one of the most important features of instant messaging systems, it allows users to rapidly send messages in an easy way avoiding typing them. WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and others […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 17, 2017
On Monday, Russian State Television Channel One leaked online the BBC Sherlock Final episode, the broadcaster blames hackers. On Monday, a Russian state television Channel One blamed hackers for the leak online of the final episode of the BBC drama Sherlock a day before its actual planning. The Russian Channel One was set to transmit the end-of-season […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 17, 2017
Researchers Exploitee.rs discovered a flaw in Samsung SmartCam IP cameras that could be exploited to execute commands and hijack vulnerable devices. Samsung SmartCam IP cameras are affected by a serious vulnerability that could be exploited by remote attackers to execute commands and hijack vulnerable devices. Samsung Electronics sold the Samsung Techwin security division to the Hanwha […]
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