Pierluigi Paganini
July 11, 2018
The Israeli-based decentralized cryptocurrency Bancor exchange is the last victim of a security breach in the cryptocurrency industry. According to a statement published by the Bancor exchange, an unknown hacker has stolen roughly $13.5 million worth of cryptocurrency. The security breach occurred on July 9, 2018 at 00:00 UTC, the attackers gained access to one […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 10, 2018
Adobe released July Patch Tuesday security updates that address over 100 flaws in Acrobat and Reader, and other issues in Flash Player, Experience Manager, and Connect. Adobe on Tuesday has released July Patch Tuesday security updates that addressed more than 100 flaws in its products, including 105 vulnerabilities in Acrobat and Reader, two in Flash […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 10, 2018
Once USB Restricted Mode is enabled on a device, no data communications occur over the Lightning port, but experts found a way to reset the countdown timer. Recently Apple released the iOS 11.4.1 that introduced a new security feature, dubbed USB Restricted Mode, designed to protect your devices against USB accessories used by forensics experts and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 10, 2018
A cyber-espionage group tracked as BlackTech is abusing code-signing certificates stolen from D-Link for the distribution of their malware. Security experts from ESET discovered that an APT group tracked as BlackTech is using code-signing certificates stolen from Taiwanese-based tech firm D-Link and the security company Changing Information Technology Inc. According to the experts, the cyber espionage group […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 10, 2018
The Mobile fitness app Polar has suspended its location tracking feature due to the leakage of sensitive data on military and intelligence personnel. A new privacy incident involved Fitness application and military. this time the Mobile fitness app Polar has suspended its location tracking feature due to the leakage of sensitive data on military and intelligence […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 09, 2018
The hosting company Domainfactory has taken down its forums after hackers posted messages claiming to have breached into its infrastructure. While I was writing about the Timehope security breach, another incident is making the headlines, the victim is the German hosting company Domainfactory. The hosting company, that was owned by GoDaddy since 2016, has taken […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 09, 2018
Hewlett Packard Integrated Lights-Out 4 (HP iLO 4) servers are affected by a critical Bypass Authentication vulnerability, technical details and a PoC code have been published online. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2017-12542, received a severity score of 9.8 out of 10 because it is very simple to exploit. “Integrated Lights-Out, or iLO, is a proprietary embedded server management […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 09, 2018
Timehop, the service that aims to help people in finding new ways to connect with each other by analyzing past activities, has been hacked. Timehop is a service that aims to help people in finding new ways to connect with each other by analyzing past activities. “Timehop created the digital nostalgia category and continues to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 09, 2018
An expert found evidences that demonstrate the current distributed LokiBot malware samples were “hijacked” by a third actor. According to the researcher who goes online by the Twitter handle “d00rt,” samples of the LokiBot malware samples being distributed in the wild are modified versions of the original sample. I just released an article where are […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 08, 2018
Smart speaker Banking Is coming to a device near you, Which are the cyber risks associated with their use? Are they a new opportunity for attackers? The popularity of voice-activated smart speakers like the Google Home and Amazon Echo has made brands, and industries realize there’s adequate demand for introducing technology that lets people accomplish […]
