Pierluigi Paganini
May 10, 2016
A group of white hat hackers from RedTeam traveled to the Midwest to test the systems of a major power company and breach it with Social Engineering. RedTeam Security is a group of ethical hackers who specialize in offensive security, believing that the best defense is a good offense. Engaging in social engineering, in addition […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 10, 2016
The security expert David Levin was arrested and charged after discovering  serious security flaws on a couple of election websites in Florida. The security researcher David Levin, the owner of Vanguard Cybersecurity, was arrested and charged after discovering  serious security flaws on a couple of elections websites in Florida. In December Levin discovered that the elections website […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 09, 2016
Twitter has blocked the US intelligence agencies from accessing a service that allows the real-time analysis of the content posted online. According to The Wall Street Journal, that cited a senior US intelligence official, Twitter has blocked US intelligence agencies from accessing a service that analyzes the content posted online through the social media platform in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 09, 2016
A study conducted by Recorded Future on PoC exploits shared online over the last year shows that social media is the main distribution channel. Security experts at the threat intelligence firm Recorded Future have conducted an interesting study on the proof-of-concept exploits shared online (e.g. On Twitter, on forum linking to personal blogs, GitHub, or Pastebin) last year. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 09, 2016
According to 2015 intelligence transparency report, the searches of US citizens made by the NSA and CIA intelligence agencies have almost doubled since 2013 If you believe that the Snowden‘s revelations have stopped or limited the surveillance activities you are obviously wrong. The diffusion of the technology and the increasing threats of espionage and terrorism is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 09, 2016
Hackers demonstrated to the Tech Insider how to break into any office by purchasing from Amazon and eBay $700 worth of electronic parts to clone access cards. Breaking into a company could be very easy and cheap for hackers, it could be sufficient to buy from Amazon and eBay $700 worth of parts. “We watched a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 08, 2016
This is the first of a series of  “Hacker Interviews” that will aim to help us get a better understanding of the motivations and techniques of the hackers. The information security industry spends time and effort not only to stop hackers but also to understand and simulate them. Vulnerability assessments and penetration tests are specially […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 08, 2016
Arthur Budovsky, the co-founder of the online underworld bank Liberty Reserve, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for committing money laundering. Arthur Budovsky, the co-founder of the online underworld bank , was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The man had pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to commit money laundering. He was condemned […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 08, 2016
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Pirate Bay visitors infected with Cerber ransomware via bad ads The British GCHQ has disclosed dozens vulnerabilities this year Garage4hackers Webcast – Bypass Modern WAFs Exemplified at XSS Security Affairs newsletter Round 58 – News of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 08, 2016
Researchers at TrendMicro have analyzed online activities of terrorists identifying the techniques and tools used for their propaganda. Using vulnerabilities in software, websites, and web applications as attack vectors, hosting malicious components in cloud services. Other than this if there’s any service getting launched in the future, there will be always chances of abuse. Experts […]
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