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Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2016
A second backdoor in a week discovered in firmware of Chinese low-cost Android devices

For the second time in a few days, security experts spotted a backdoor in the firmware of low-cost Android devices. Last week, security experts from Kryptowire firm have discovered a backdoor in the firmware installed on low-cost Android phones. The backdoor affects mobile phones from BLU Products that are available for sale on both Amazon and Best Buy. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2016
Security Affairs newsletter Round 87 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. First of all, let me inform you that at the #infosec16 SecurityAffairs was awarded as The Best European Personal Security Blog http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/48202/breaking-news/securityaffairs-best-european-personal-security-blog.html THANK YOU! Donald Trump will control the NSA – what this means for your privacy Pawn Storm […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2016
Surveillance solutions from Moxa and Vanderbilt firm affected by flaws

The ICS-CERT has published two security advisories to describe a number of flaws in surveillance products from Moxa and Vanderbilt firms. Surveillance systems produced by Moxa SoftCMS and IP cameras manufactured by Vanderbilt are affected by serious vulnerabilities that can be exploited by remote attackers to obtain full control of flawed systems. The ICS-CERT has published a […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2016
How the Mirai botnet hacks a security camera in a few seconds

The popular security expert Robert Graham, CEO of Errata Security, has explained how the Mirai botnet could hack a security camera in a few seconds. The recent string of attacks powered with the Mirai botnet has demonstrated to the security industry the potential effects of DDoS attacks on the global Internet backbone. Experts who investigated […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2016
GeekedIn service exposed 8 million GitHub profiles online

The GeekedIn recruitment project scraped user data from GitHub and other similar websites, but data were inadvertently leaked online. The popular security expert Troy Hunt, who operates the data breach notification service the owner ‘Have I Been Pwned,’ recently received a 600 Mb MongoDB backup file containing data from a tech recruitment website called GeekedIn. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2016
Kapustkiy breached an Italian Government website, exposing 9,000 of 45,000 records

Hacker Kapustkiy breached into an Italian Government website (Dipartimento della Funzione Pubblica) exposing 9,000 users of 45,000. A few days ago I was contacted by a young hacker that breached Indian embassies across the worlds, he goes online with the moniker Kapustkiy. Kapustkiy is a pentester that is targeting organizations and embassies across the world. Recently […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2016
Mirai botnet leverages STOMP Protocol to power DDoS attacks

Cyber criminals are exploiting the capability of the Mirai botnet to use the STOMP Protocol to launch massive DDoS attacks. The Linux Mirai IoT malware is one of the most popular cyber threats in the moment, its botnet was used to power the massive attacks against the Dyn DNS service, OVH, Brian Krebs’ blog, and likely […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2016
Are you an iPhone user? Your call history is uploaded on iCloud too

According to Elcomsoft, iPhone and iPad automatically send call history to Apple when iCloud is enabled, the company stores the data for up to four months. According to the digital forensics firm Elcomsoft, Apple mobile devices automatically send call history to the company when the iCloud is enabled, it also stores the data for up […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2016
Three Mobile cyber data breach, six million customers’ private data at risk

The UK carrier Three Mobile confirmed a major cyber security breach which could have exposed the personal data of millions of customers. Bad news for the UK carrier Three Mobile, cyber criminals have broken into a company database containing customer personal details, details of possibly six million customers exposed. The news was reported by many […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2016
Drupal releases security updates to fix four vulnerabilities in versions 7, 8

Drupal developers have released updates for versions 7 and 8 that fix security issues which could expose websites to cyber attacks. The Drupal development team has released security updates for versions 7 and 8. The updates fix security vulnerabilities that could expose websites running on the popular CMS and data they manage to security risks, […]