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Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2017
Google gathers Android users’ location data even when location services are disabled

Google is secretly gathering location data from billions of Android users, the news is disconcerting and once again raise the debate about user’s privacy. The disconcerting discovery was made by researchers from Quartz. Big G has been caught collecting location data on every Android device owner in the past 11 months. The worse news is that the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2017
Many vendors will release fixes for flaws in the Intel Management Engine

Almost any PC vendor announced the imminent release of fixes for the flaws in Intel Management Engine, but many of them will be available only in 2018. Intel has started to issue security updated to fix multiple flaws in Intel’s CPUs, unfortunately many of them will not be available to the end-users until 2018. The tech giant […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2017
Crooks set up a fake Symantec Blog to spread the macOS Proton malware

A new strain of the notorious macOS Proton malware is spreading through a blog spoofing the legitimate blog of the security firm Symantec. The attackers used the same domain registration information of the original site, except for the email address. The SSL digital certificate for the site is a legitimate certificate issued by Comodo instead of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2017
Experts found a way to exploit HP Enterprise printers to hack into company networks

Researchers at FoxGlove Security have found a potentially serious remote code execution vulnerability in some of HP’s enterprise printers.  HP dedicates significant efforts in designing secure printing systems, a recent marketing campaign launched by the firm shows the dangers of vulnerable printers for corporate networks. https://youtu.be/FqibWHfn_Yc HP launched new enterprise LaserJet printers back in 2015 and introduced several security […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2017
ProtonMail Contacts – ProtonMail launches world’s first encrypted contacts manager

ProtonMail launched ProtonMail Contacts, the world’s first contact manager with both zero-access encryption and digital signature verification. ProtonMail is announcing today the launch of the world’s first encrypted contacts manager that also features digital signature verification. Starting immediately, the new contacts manager is available to all of ProtonMail’s 5 million users around the world. The development […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2017
U.S. charges Iranian state-sponsored hacker over ‘Game of Thrones’ HBO hack

US Department of Justice charged the Iranian computer expert Behzad Mesri of ‘Games of Thrones’ HBO Hack, he also worked with the Iranian Military. The United States charged the Iranian computer expert Behzad Mesri of ‘Games of Thrones‘ HBO Hack. On Tuesday, the man was charged with stealing scripts and plot summaries for ‘Games of Thrones’. The Manhattan US attorney Joon Kim […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2017
Unbelievable: Uber concealed data breach that exposed 57 Million records in 2016

Unbelievable: Uber concealed data breach that exposed 57 Million records in 2016 and paid hackers to delete stolen records. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced on Tuesday that hackers broke into the company database and accessed the personal data of 57 million of its users, the bad news is that the company covered up the hack […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2017
Lazarus APT uses an Android app to target Samsung users in the South Korea

The North Korea linked group Lazarus APT has been using a new strain of Android malware to target smartphone users in South Korea. The hacking campaign was spotted by McAfee and Palo Alto Networks, both security firms attributed the attacks to the Hidden Cobra APT. The activity of the Lazarus APT Group surged in 2014 and 2015, its […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2017
2017 OWASP Top 10 Final Release is out, what’s new?

The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) presented the final release for the 2017 OWASP Top 10. The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) published the final version of the 2017 OWASP Top 10. In April, the OWASP announced the first release candidate for the 2017 OWASP Top 10, the main novelty was represented by the presence […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2017
Using Unsecured IoT Devices, DDoS Attacks Doubled in the First Half of 2017

According to a report recently published by the security firm Corero the number of DDoS Attacks doubled in the First Half of 2017 due to unsecured IoT. Denial of Service (DoS) attacks have been around as long as computers have been networked. But if your business relies on the Internet to sell products or collaborate, […]