Pierluigi Paganini
August 16, 2015
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from the best sources free for you in your email box. ZigBee-sniffing drone used to map online Internet of Things RollJam, a $30 device to unlock the majority of car doors Tesla tech top dog downs slug of Scotch, increases […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 16, 2015
Two security researchers at the recent Def Con conference presented the results of their studies on hacking Parrot drones. Their findings are surprising. At the recent Def Con conference in Las Vegas, security experts demonstrated in two different talks how to exploit vulnerabilities in commercial drones manufactured by Parrot. In one of the attacks, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 16, 2015
A Study that will be presented at the USENIX Security Symposium shows that principal Dark marketplaces raked from $300,000 to $500,000 a day. We all remind the operation Onymous and the seizure of several black markets operated by law enforcement last year, despite the enormous effort spent every day by the authorities the illicit activities […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 15, 2015
According to two former employees the Russian antivirus firm Kaspersky has faked malware to harm competitors and cause false positive in their solutions. Two former employees, who requested anonymity, revealed that Kaspersky Lab tried to trick antivirus solutions of its competitors into flagging more false positives. Two anonymous former Kaspersky Lab employees told Reuters that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 15, 2015
MWR Labs have disclosed information on an unpatched vulnerability that allows an attacker to easily bypass the Android sandbox. Other problems for the popular Android OS, after the discovery of the Stagefright vulnerabilities and other security flaws recently revealed by security researchers, now experts at MWR Labs have disclosed information on an unpatched vulnerability that allows […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 14, 2015
US authorities have identified and arrested members of an international ring of hackers and stock traders specialized in the theft of trading info. The Department of Justice charged a group of nine hackers and stock traders in a criminal conspiracy with making more than $30 million in illegal trades based on exfiltrated data. At the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 14, 2015
A new version of OpenSSH is available, the new release of OpenSSH 7.0 fixes four security flaws and several other bugs. Update it! A new version of OpenSSH is available, the new release of OpenSSH 7.0 fixes four security flaws and several other bugs. Then new OpenSSH 7.0 fixes a use-after-free vulnerability and three other […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 14, 2015
The Israeli company ARTSYS 360 is developing a small 3D electronic radar that will be able to monitor drones in small areas. Recently I wrote a post on an Aerial Assault Drone recently presented at the Black Hat conference, the vehicle was equipped with hacking tools to compromise wi-fi target networks. The use of drones is increasing and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 13, 2015
Cisco is warning enterprise customers about a spike in attacks in which hackers use valid admin credentials on IOS devices to install bogus ROMMON images. Be aware network administrators, Cisco released a new Security Activity Bulletin referring a spike in attacks in which hackers use valid credentials on IOS devices to log in as administrators […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 13, 2015
Chinese computer manufacturers Lenovo has been caught once again using a hidden Windows feature to preinstall unwanted and unremovable rootkit. Lenovo firm was accused several times to supplying equipment for networks of the intelligence and defense services various countries that allowed the Chinese Government to run espionage operations. In 2013, Spy agencies reportedly have a long-standing […]
