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Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2016
Hacking Samsung Galaxy via Modem interface exposed via USB

Modems in a number of Samsung Galaxy devices are open to receiving AT commands over the USB cable even when they are locked Do you know that modems in a number of Samsung Galaxy devices are open to receiving AT commands over the USB cable even when they are locked? The circumstance is serious if we […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2016
Is there electronic warfare behind the block of Swedish air traffic control systems?

Swedish experts warned of an electronic warfare attack on its air traffic control systems occurred in November. Is it electronic warfare? Swedish experts suspect that the attack on its air traffic control systems last November was operated by Russian nation-state hackers, the Arlanda, Landvetter and Bromma airport reported the major problems. The Swedish experts believe the cyber attacks were […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2016
Apple iMessage flaw exposed chat history and more with a single click

A group of security researchers has found a security flaw in the Apple iMessage that exposed chat history and sensitive data with a single click. Recently WhatsApp has introduced the end-to-end encryption to protect its users from eavesdropping, many other companies are adopting the technical improvement, but there are some circumstances that still open their customers to […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2016
British Govt vs Lauri Love, it’s battle for encryption keys

The British Government is attempting to force the hacktivist Lauri Love to hand over his encryption keys to access data stored in his seized laptop. Lauri Love is the hacktivist accused of breaking into Government networks, now the UK NCA wants to oblige him to hand over encryption keys to equipment seized from his home. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 12, 2016
Atmos, the Citadel Trojan successor is in the wild

Security experts from the Heimdal Security firm are issuing an alert on the Atmos malware which is the successor of the dreaded Citadel Trojan. Months ago, the author of the dreaded Citadel malware was sentenced to prison, but in the same period, a new improved variant resurged in the wild. The new strain of Citadel malware, called […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 12, 2016
How to restore files encrypted by the Petya ransomware in less than 7 seconds

Security Researchers have developed a decryption tool to restore the files encrypted by the Petya ransomware with a key generated in less than 10 seconds. Security researchers have analyzed the code of Petya ransomware in order to devise a method to allow victims to restore encrypted files. The experts have been able to develop a decryption tool […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 11, 2016
British youngster pleading guilty to booter and malware sales

Teenage hacker developed a dangerous booter that was offered for sale, it was used to crash 224,000 websites around the world. Not always crime pays, sometimes the bill can be very salty, this is the case of a British youngster from Worcestershire, Grant Manser, that has pleaded guilty to six charges under the Computer Misuse Act and […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 11, 2016
Mapping the Dark Web searching for illegal content

Recently the intelligence firms Intelliagg and Darksum have issued an interesting report on the Dark Web and related mapping. We have discussed several times about Deep Web and Dark Web, discussing the reason why the hidden part of the web is even more dangerous. However the darknets aren’t a prerogative of criminal organizations, a good portion […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 11, 2016
Bug Bounty Program is becoming more popular in Japan

Sprout, the cybersecurity firm in Japan has launched BugBounty.jp, which is the first bug bounty program in Japan designed to Japanese companies. Sprout, the cybersecurity firm in Japan has launched BugBounty.jp (https://bugbounty.jp/), which is the first bug bounty platform in Japan designed to Japanese companies easily run bug bounty programs, and get helps from white hat hackers around the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 11, 2016
WordPress pushes Free HTTPS Encryption for all its blogs

WordPress announces “HTTPS Everywhere, Encryption for All WordPress.com Sites,” millions websites will be secured without users’ effort. WordPress is pushing free default SSL for all the website running the popular CMS and hosted on WordPress.com, that means over 26% of websites based on the most popular CMSs on the web will be secured (Statistics by W3techs). […]