Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2015
After acknowledging the problem that allowed the purchase of the google.com domain for $12, Google rewarded Sanmay Ved with an unknown amount of cash, but the generous man donated it. A few days ago I wrote about an incredible story of a man that bought the google.com and remained its owned for a few minutes. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2015
Security experts at Sucuri have uncovered threat actors abusing an XML-RPC method to run Brute-Force amplification attacks on WordPress websites. According to the experts at security firm Sucuri, threat actors are exploiting the XML-RPC protocol implemented by WordPress and other popular content management systems to run brute-force amplification attacks. The XML-RPC protocol allows users to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2015
The vulnerability allows a local unprivileged user of a Windows guest to gain Local and/or Domain Administrator access when VeeamVixProxy is active, the de-facto default in VMWare and Hyper-V environments. Pasquale `sid` Fiorillo, Francesco `ascii` Ongaro from ISGroup, an Italian Security firm, and Antonio `s4tan` Parata from ush team, have just released a critical security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2015
Experts at Volexity discovered a hacking campaign targeting the CISCO WebVPN VPN product, attackers aim to steal corporate login credentials. A virtual private network (VPN) allows to extend a private network across a public connection, they are mainly used to protect users’ privacy and improve security for data in transit. Virtual Private Networks are commonly used many companies and organizations […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2015
The findings of the investigation conducted by Uber on the recent security breach raise doubts on the alleged involvement of a competitor, the Lyft. The findings of the investigation conducted by Uber on the recent security breach that exposed details of its drivers, seems to confirm the involvement of a competitor, the Lyft. On May 2014, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2015
Learn what Certificates as a Service stand for, discover why Code Signing certificates are a precious commodity and find out how to protect yourself online. A recent phenomenon tracked by IBM Security X-Force researchers is the CaaS (Certificates as a service). Cybercriminals would use the Dark Web for selling high-grade code certificates -which they have […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2015
Researchers at FireEye spotted a new malicious adware campaign (Kemoge threat) that has infected Android mobile devices in more than 20 countries. Security researchers at Fireeye have uncovered a malicious adware campaign which relies on a threat dubbed “Kemoge” based on the name of its command and control (C&C) domain aps.kemoge.net. The Kemoge malware is packaged with various popular […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2015
Chinese Hackers who allegedly compromised servers at LoopPay, the Samsung subsidiary, appear interested in spying on targets through Samsung Pay technology. The Samsung subsidiary LoopPay has been the victim of a security breach that is worrying the security industry. The investigators speculate that attackers’ motivation is the cyber espionage and excluded a financial crime. If confirmed the security breach […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2015
Researcher with the pseudonym of “Alister Maclin” claims to be able to break Bitcoin network on demand by running the malleability attack. According to MotherBoard, a researcher with the pseudonym of “Alister Maclin” claims to be able to break Bitcoin on demand. The experts detailed a technique of attack dubbed malleability attack that could allow attackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2015
The Cleaver group is once again in the headlines managing a well-developed network of fake LinkedIn profiles for cyber espionage purpose. Do you remember the Iran-based APT Cleaver? In December the security firm Cylance released a detailed report on the hacking Operation Cleaver that was run by state-sponsored hackers linked to the Iran. The Iranian hackers targeted critical infrastructure worldwide, ten of which […]
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