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Pierluigi Paganini May 17, 2015
Russian Sony PS4 crack offered by Brazil merchants

Russian hackers have developed a Sony PS4 crack which is used by Brazil retailers to break console security and sell pirated games to their customers. A group of Russian crackers has discovered a method to hack the popular Sony PS4 and bypass its security measures. The group is offering it hack on the Brazilian market, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 17, 2015
ISIS – Cyber Caliphate hackers are threatening Electronic War

Pro-Isis Hackers belonging to Cyber Caliphate hacking team threaten ‘Electronic War’ on US and Europe. Which are ISIS cyber capabilities? Is the Islamic State group able to engage a cyber war against Western countries? According to prominent hackers affiliated with the terrorist, the ISIS hackers have the abilities to hit computer systems in US and Europe. […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 17, 2015
Security Affairs newsletter Round 9 – Best of the week from best sources

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. Hiring hackers, how much is it? US SOCOM and The Special Forces to Scrutinize Social media Skynet, the US top-secret program to track terrorists PHP hash comparison flaw is […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 17, 2015
Chinese hackers hit Penn State University, 18K people impacted

The Penn State suffered a high sophisticated cyber attack that that seems to be originated from China and that exposed data belonging to 18K people. The Pennsylvania State University’s College of Engineering confirmed that it has been targeted by two “highly sophisticated” cyber attacks over the last two years. “Today (May 15), University leadership announced […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2015
FBI: researcher hacked plane in-flight, causing it to “climb”

The computer security researcher Chris Roberts reported the FBI that he obtained the control of at least one commercial flight causing it to “climb”. A new search warrant filed in a federal court in New York state published Friday by the Canadian website APTN revealed that the aviation computer security researcher Chris Roberts reported the FBI that […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2015
Tails 1.4 is out to preserve your privacy and anonymity

The Debian-based distribution Tails 1.4 (The Amnesiac Incognito Live System) is available online and it is improved to preserve user privacy and anonymity. The Debian-based distribution Tails, “The Amnesiac Incognito Live System,”version 1.4 is available online! Tails is a popular live operating system (that means that users can start it on almost any computer from removable […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2015
Polish firm disclosed PoC code for security issues in Google App Engine

Security researchers at Security Explorations firm have published PoCs code for some of security issues in the Google App Engine. The Polish firm Security Explorations has published online the technical details and a proof-of-concept code for security flaws affecting the Google App Engine (GAE) for Java. “Security Explorations decided to release technical details as well as […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2015
mSpy data breach exposes thousand kids to online predators

Recently e-mails, text messages, payments, locations, and other data related with mSpy users were posted on the Deep Web, thousand of kids are at risk. Last week, e-mails, text messages, payments, locations, and other data related with mSpy users were posted on the Deep Web. mSpy, is a software-as-a-service product that officially was designed to […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2015
Cyberattacks on Oil and Gas Firms Launched with no Malware at all

Oil and gas industry targeted by hackers with a genuine looking windows file, not a malware. The attacks are ongoing for about two years. A unique targeted attack being underway for about two consecutive years exploits Windows file functions that look legitimate and a couple of homemade scripts – but not malware – in order […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2015
Combo Breaker, a DIY tool to easily crack many Master padlocks

The security expert Samy Kamkar after the disclosure of a method to easily crack many Master padlock combinations designed Combo Breaker to mechanize it. A couple of weeks ago, the popular security expert Samy Kamkar revealed a method to easily crack many Master padlock combinations in eight tries or less. Unfortunately, it is not so complicated to […]