Pierluigi Paganini
June 23, 2016
WordPress has recently issued the version 4.5.3 that patches more than two dozen vulnerabilities, including 17 bugs introduced in the last three releases. WordPress is one of the most popular content management systems for this reason is a privileged target of hackers. It is quite easy to scan the web searching for websites running old version affected […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 23, 2016
Location services could very useful to find lost devices, but do not do anything silly to find your stolen smartphone, it could be very risky. People underestimate the risk related to the use of technology, a simple post on a social network or a harmless SMS could cause serious problems. Today I desire to share […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 23, 2016
Experts from Cisco Talos discovered multiple security issues in the Libarchive library that is used by hundreds of other projects, including FreeBSD. Security vulnerabilities in the popular open source compression toolkit Libarchive affect countless of other projects that include the library. The flaw was discovered by experts from the Cisco Talos team that supported the Libarchive development team to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 23, 2016
Godless is a new strain of Android Malware recently spotted by experts from Trend Micro that leverages multiple rooting exploits. Godless is a new strain of malware that uses multiple rooting exploit to compromise Android mobile devices. The mobile malware is a sort of hacking platform that includes an open-source rooting framework called android-rooting-tools. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 22, 2016
Like the FBI Director Comey also Zuckerberg use tapes to cover the webcam of his laptop, evidently he fear that someone could spy on him. A Facebook post published by Mark Zuckerberg to celebrate more than 500 million people now use Instagram is attracting the attention of IT experts. In the image that is included in the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 22, 2016
Researchers at MalwareBytes have spotted a new Android Malware dubbed Pawost that uses Google Talk to make unwanted phone calls. Security experts from MalwareBytes have spotted a new strain of Android malware, dubbed Android/Trojan.Pawost, that implements an unusual feature. The Pawost threat originates from China and is able to use Google Talk to make malicious phone […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 22, 2016
Conficker (also known as Downup, Downadup e Kido) is one of the oldest and still active malware, according to Check Point researchers it is  âthe most prominent family accounting for 14 percent of recognized attacks.â Conficker is technically a worm that leverages a vulnerability in the Windows Server Service to spread itself, it targets an […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 22, 2016
A coalition of tech groups asked the Congress to roll back changes to Rule 41 that allowed law enforcement to do mass hacking. Congress should block the changes to the rules for the regulation of US law enforcement investigations. The rules allow law enforcement agencies hacking in computers worldwide for its investigation. In April, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 21, 2016
The exploit kit landscape is rapidly changing,the Angler and Nuclear EK disappeared and overall malicious traffic drops by 96% since April. As highlighted by security experts the threat landscape is in continuous evolution, despite the criminal underground was monopolized by Angler and Nuclear exploit kits for several years other EKs represent a serious threat to online […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 21, 2016
A Chinese security researcher has discovered a Windows design flaw dubbed BadTunnel that affects all versions of Windows. The Chinese researcher Yang Yu, director of Xuanwu Lab of Tencent has discovered a design flaw in Microsoft Windows that affects all versions of the popular operating system. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to hijack a target organizationâs […]
