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Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2015
Dark marketplaces raked from $300,000 to $500,000 a day

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
Kaspersky accused of sabotage to harm competitors

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
Zero-Day in the Google Admin App can bypass Android sandbox

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 dismantled Insider Trading Ring Nets $100M

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
OpenSSH 7.0 Fixes Four Flaws and other issues

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
An Israeli firm developed a new radar to detect drones

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 warns hackers are installing malicious ROMMON images on its devices

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
Yet malicious software found on Lenovo PCs

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2015
Carphone breach, bad actors run DDoS to cover the attack

Carphone Warehouse disclosed a sophisticated attack that may have impacted more than 2.4 million customers. Attackers covered the breach with DDoS attacks. On Saturday Carphone Warehouse (CW) was reportedly swamped by hackers than may have accessed personal and financial details of around 2.4 million customers according to the mobile retailer. The data breach affects customers […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2015
Hack Satellite Connection and Surf Anonymously with High-speed Internet

A Spanish-based security analyst demonstrated new satellite capturing traps that could allow to surf anonymously with High-speed Internet. Digital signals can be conveyed to certain places by satellites where the Internet appears like a wonder: off-the-network desert sunlight based homesteads, the Arctic or a plane carrying warship adrift. Be that as it may, in radiating […]