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Pierluigi Paganini February 01, 2016
Facebook XSS could have allowed attackers to take over users’ accounts

A security researcher has discovered a serious XSS flaw that could have allowed attackers to take over users’ Facebook accounts. The security expert Jack Whitton reported a critical XSS vulnerability to Facebook that could be exploited by hackers to take over users’ Facebook accounts. The researchers reported the flaw to Facebook in July 2015, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 01, 2016
New docs confirm CIA planned to kidnap Snowden

Documents obtained by Denfri.dk media confirm rendition flight used Copenhagen Airport for mission to kidnap Edward Snowden. According to documents obtained by the Danish media outlet Denfri.dk, the US CIA agency is planning to kidnap Edward Snowden. The documents were obtained by Denfri through a Freedom of Information Act suit in August 2015. Docs confirm #Scotland and […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2016
27% of all detected malware appeared in 2015

According to a new report from Panda Security more than 84 million new malware samples were detected over the 2015, 27% of all malware of ever. In 2015, security experts have detected the a record number of new malware, according to a report published by Panda Security more than 84 million new malware samples were collected. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2016
Security Affairs newsletter Round 45 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Shodan implements a feature to browse vulnerable webcams Europol, a new EU counter terrorism centre opening this month Security Affairs newsletter Round 44 – News of the week Skype – IP will now be hidden by default […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2016
Now VirusTotal can scan your firmware image for bad executables

VirusTotal presented a new malware scanning engine that allows users to analyze their firmware images searching for malicious codes. VirusTotal has recently announced the launch of a new malware scanning service for firmware images. The intent is to allow users to identify malicious firmware images. Threat actors could exploit vulnerabilities in firmware to hack systems […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2016
A FOP data dump leaked online, 2.5GB of police contracts and data

The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), a US Police Organisation, has been hacked and 2,5GB data dump leaked online. A data dump related to a US police association has been leaked online, as well as a backup containing personal information belonging to the member of a forum. The data dump results from the data breach […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2016
ISIS – The first man charged of cyber terrorism has been extradited to the US

Malaysia extradited a hacker charged by DoJ with stealing the personal data of US members and passing it to the ISIS. A former computer science student accused of supporting the ISIL terrorist group has arrived in the US to face charges. The former computer science student Ardit Ferizi is charged with hacking crimes and providing support to […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2016
A severe flaw in OpenSSL allows hackers to decrypt HTTPS traffic

Developers of OpenSSL issued a patch that fixes a high-severity vulnerability that allows attackers to decrypt secure traffic. The development team at the OpenSSL has issued a security patch to fix a flaw, coded as CVE-2016-0701, that could be exploited by hackers to decrypt secure traffic. The flaw was reported on January 12 by Antonio Sanso […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2016
HSBC online banking services offline due to a DDoS attack

The British branch of the HSBC bank has suffered for the second time in a month a cyber attack that brought its services offline. It’s happened again, HSBC customers were not able to access the online services of the bank due to a DDoS attack that hit the financial institution. “HSBC UK internet banking was attacked this morning. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2016
Anarchist operation, US and UK spied on Israeli UAVs and fighter jets

Anarchist operation – US and UK intelligence secretly tapped into live video feeds from Israeli UAVs and fighter jets, monitoring military operations. According to a new lot of documents leaked by the popular whistleblower Edward Snowden, the US and British intelligence agencies have hacked for years into Israeli Air Surveillance under an operation codenamed Anarchist. Snowden, who served as an […]