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Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2016
CISCO warns customers of high-severity flaws in modems and gateways

Cisco released a series of software updates to patch several high severity flaws in its cable modems, residential gateways and security appliances. Cisco just patched critical vulnerabilities in its cable modems, residential gateways and security appliances. The security updates released this week fix serious flaws in Cisco residential reported by Kyle Lovett, and Chris Watts from Tech […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2016
A new massive spam campaign is spreading Locky ransomware downloaders

Experts at Trustwave observed a new massive spam campaign that was sending a JavaScript attachment that downloads Locky ransomware. Ransomware continues to be among most insidious threats in this first part of the year, security researcher have recently observed a spike in the number of Locky ransomware infections. The experts from Trustwave security firm highlighted the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 12, 2016
DARPA Improv program, weaponizing the off-the-shelf electronics

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is launching a new project dubbed Improv that aims to develop new techniques to hack into everyday technology. The IoT paradigm is enlarging as never before our surface of attack, it is obvious that cyber criminals and nation-state hackers are looking at it with an increasing interest. The US Military Defense […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 12, 2016
The Pentagon used military drones for domestic surveillance

A report published by the DoD Inspector General revealed that military drones have been used for Non-Military domestic Surveillance. The US Government has admitted the use of drones for operations of domestic surveillance. The US Military clarified that all the operations were authorized by a regular warrant confirming that no legal violations were found. The news was revealed by the USA […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 12, 2016
Typos stopped hackers stealing $1bn from Federal Reserve Bangladesh account

Hackers who allegedly infiltrated the Federal Reserve Bangladesh’s account were attempting to steal almost $1 billion, but typos thwarted the plan. This week the principal news agencies shared the news of the hack of the Bangladesh account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The Bangladesh’s Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith accused the U.S. Federal […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2016
SAP Download Manager flaw exposed user password

An attacker who manages to get access to a user’s configuration file for SAP Download Manager might be able to obtain the stored proxy password. Are you a SAP user? Do you use the SAP Download Manager that allows downloading of software packages and support notes? You urgently need to update it in order to fix […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2016
Adobe issues emergency out-of-band update for actively exploited 0Day

Adobe has released an emergency out-of-band update to fix a zero-day vulnerability that is being used in targeted attacks. It’s happened again, Adobe has Issued an emergency Out-of-Band update For Flash Zero-Day that is being exploited in targeted attacks. The unfortunate thing is that the Out-of-Band Patch For Flash Zero-Day comes just a couple of days after […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2016
0-day critical flaws in mobile modems allow hackers to take over your PC

The Russian security tester Timur Yunusov has discovered critical flaw affecting routers and 3G and 4G mobile modems from Huawei, ZTE, Gemtek, and Quanta. The Russian security tester Timur Yunusov has discovered critical vulnerabilities affecting routers and 3G and 4G mobile modems from Huawei, ZTE, Gemtek, and Quanta. The security holes could be exploited by remote attackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2016
How to hack mobile phones embedded fingerprint sensor using 2D Printed fingerprints

Two Computer Science researchers developed a technique to hack a phone’s fingerprint sensor in 15 mins with $500 worth of inkjet printer and conductive ink The Computer Science researchers Kai Cao and Anil K Jain have developed a new technique for hacking a mobile device’s fingerprint sensor in 15 mins with $500 worth of an […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2016
Triada Trojan the most sophisticated mobile malware seen to date

Kaspersky Lab recently spotted a new Android malware dubbed Triads Trojan, which they say is the most advanced mobile malware seen to date. Malware researchers at Kaspersky Lab have discovered a new strain of malware, dubbed Triada (Backdoor.AndroidOS.Triada), targeting Android devices, which they consider the most advanced mobile threat seen to date.  The range of […]