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Pierluigi Paganini July 24, 2016
Hacking Pokemon Go to reveal characters all around you

A group of hackers has devised a method to hack Pokemon Go to and reveal the exact location of characters all around you. Pokemon Go is the game of the moment, its viral and the attention of the media is very high on the gaming novelty. As the players know, they haven’t the precise location of nearby Pokemon […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 23, 2016
Is the Infocube firm tied to the Carbanak cybercrime gang?

The security expert Brian Krebs investigated the links between the Carbanak cybercrime gang and the Infocube security firm. Today I want to share with you the findings of an investigation of the popular cyber security expert Brian Krebs. This time, Krebs investigated the link between a cybercrime gang and a security firm. The security company […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 23, 2016
Hacker Interviews – Scrub

Let’s continue the series of interviews with talented hackers some of them like Scrub are involved in anti-ISIS campaigns. Scrub is a member of #GhostSquadHackers and currently involved in the #opTurkey campaign. Enjoy the Interview. You are a popular talented hacker that has already participated in several hacking campaigns, could you tell me more about. I started off […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 23, 2016
Cyber Security: Red Team, Blue Team and Purple Team

In military jargon, the term Red Team is traditionally used to identify highly skilled and organized groups acting as fictitious rivals and/or enemies to the “regular” forces, the Blue Team. Whenever we discuss Information Security from a defensive point of view, we are inclined to think about protection, damage control, and reaction. However, adopting an […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2016
Snowden and Bunnies devised the Introspection Engine to avoid surveillance

The NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and the popular hacker Andrew “Bunnie” Huang designed Introspection Engine, an interesting anti-surveillance device. While the number of mobile devices is outclassing the number of desktop ones, the concern about the surveillance activities conducted by governments is growing as never before also thanks the Snowden revelations. Mobile devices, often unprotected, […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2016
Hacker Interviews – The r00t

Today I have interviewed The r00t, a young and skilled hacktivist that participated in many hacking campaigns online, he is a former Lulzsec volunteer. He assumed the name r00t recently, he was known with a different pseudonymous online, but he preferred to remain anonymous. The interview is very interesting, enjoy it! Hi, you are a young talented […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2016
3D printing of a dead man’s fingers allows unlocking his phone

The US federal authorities asked a 3D printing lab to recreate a dead man’s fingers to unlock his smartphone … will it work? Do you remember the battle Apple vs FBI conducted to force the IT giant on unlocking the San Bernardino Shooter’s iPhone, well it has become a story of the past. The federal authorities […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2016
Many enterprise apps affected by flaws in Oracle OIT libraries

18 out of 276 vulnerabilities fixed by Oracle with the last Patch Update resides in the OIT libraries that are used by products of numerous major vendors. The last critical Patch Update released by Oracle this week is in the headlines for the number of patches it includes. It includes the fixes for 276 vulnerabilities, 19 of […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2016
Feds arrested the KickassTorrents owner and seized the domain names

The federal authorities have arrested the alleged mastermind behind KickassTorrents (KAT) and seized its domains, blocking its operations. According to the US Justice Department, the feds have arrested Artem Vaulin the alleged mastermind behind the BitTorrent distribution site KickassTorrents (KAT). The KickassTorrents website kat.cr is down worldwide and most of KAT domains (kickasstorrents.com, kickass.to, kat.ph, kastatic.com, thekat.tv, kat.cr, kickass.cr) […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2016
The threat of Ransomware

Recently, Reuters reported that the FBI sent an urgent confidential ‘Flash’ message to businesses and organizations to warn them about ransomware. Sponsored Content It is that dangerous. This is a new version of the ransom note, a form of malware that interferes with access to user files and data by encrypting it. Those running the […]