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Pierluigi Paganini February 02, 2016
On Friday, United Nation can decide that Assange is being illegally detained

On Friday the United Nation can decide that Assange is being illegally detained, in this case the UK and Sweden must immediately release him. The United Nations will reveal very soon the results of its investigation on the case of Julian Assange, the Wikileaks founder. WikiLeaks published secret information and classified media from anonymous sources. Wikileaks already published […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 02, 2016
DropboxCache Backdoor, a new Cross-Platform threat

Security experts at Kaspersky Lab have discovered a new Cross-Platform backdoor dubbed DropboxCache Backdoor ported from Linux to Window. Security experts at Kaspersky Lab have discovered a new Cross-Platform backdoor dubbed DropboxCache (Backdoor.Linux.Mokes.a), initially affecting Linux systems and now migrated to Windows. The backdoor allows attackers to gain complete control over the victim’s machine, it also […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 02, 2016
Default conf on Apache Web servers can de-anonymize your hidden service

A default setting in Apache Web servers can de-anonymize the hidden service allowing an attacker to obtain details on the hosting. An unknown student has discovered a serious issue in Apache Web Server that could potentially de-anonymize .onion-domains and servers hidden behind the Tor-network. The student already reported the issue to the Tor Project development team […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 02, 2016
NASA hacked by AnonSec that hijacked a $222m Global Hawk drone

Anonsec group hacked NASA network and released a data dump of data online. The hackers also hijacked a Global Hawk drone. Hackers belonging to the AnonSec group have released online 250GB of data stolen from systems at the NASA, the hackers revealed to have hijacked a drone the Agency uses to run high-altitude testing and sampling […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 01, 2016
Audit shows Department of Homeland Security 6 billion U.S. Dollar firewall not so effective against hackers

A multi-billion U.S. Dollar firewall run by the Department of Homeland Security meant to detect and prevent nation-state hacks against the government functions ineffectively, according to a sanitized version of a secret federal audit. The National Cybersecurity Protection System (NCPS), also known as EINSTEIN, is a firewall run by the Department of Homeland Security. It’s goal: […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 01, 2016
JSPatch hot patching technique puts iOS users at risk

Security experts at FireEye are warning attackers can exploit the JSPatch hot patching technique to serve malicious code and put iOS users at risk The release of hot patches for apps already deployed in the official App Store is a time-consuming procedure that results frustrating for developers. Apple is aware of this drawback, for this reason […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 01, 2016
Dozens of games infected with Xiny available on the Google Play

Experts at Dr Web discovered dozens of Android game apps in the Google Play Store have been infected with the Android.Xiny Trojan. Bad news for Android users, according to the security Doctor Web firm dozens of game apps in the Google Play Store have been infected with the Android.Xiny.19.origin Trojan. The malware could allow attackers to control the victim’s […]

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. […]