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Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2017
Signal announces private contact discovery to improve users’privacy

Open Whisper Systems announced that it’s working on a new private contact discovery service for its popular communications app Signal. Signal is considered the most secure instant messaging app, searching for it on the Internet it is possible to read the Edward Snowden’ testimony: “Use anything by Open Whisper Systems” Snowden says. The Cryptographer and Professor […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2017
CISCO addressed several critical IOS flaws that expose devices to remote attacks

Cisco has released security updates for its IOS Operating System to fix more than a dozen critical and high severity vulnerabilities. Cisco has released updates for its IOS software to fix more than a dozen critical and high severity vulnerabilities that could be exploited by attackers to remotely take over company’s switches and routers. Giving […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2017
iOS apps can access metadata revealing users’ locations and much more

Developer discovered that iOS apps can read metadata revealing users’ locations and much more, a serious threat to our privacy. The developer Felix Krause, founder of Fastlane.Tools, has discovered that iOS apps can access image metadata revealing users’ location history. Krause published a detailed analysis on the Open Radar community, he explained that the app just […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2017
A high-risk two-years old flaw in Linux kernel was just patched

A high-risk security vulnerability discovered more than two years ago has been patched in Linux kernel. The flaw discovered by researchers with Qualys Research Labs affects all Linux distributions that have not fixed their kernels after a commit released on April 14, 2015. Tracked as CVE-2017-1000253, the flaw could be exploited by attackers to escalate privileges. The vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2017
Google publishes PoC Exploit code for iPhone Wi-Fi Chip hack

Google disclosed details and a proof-of-concept exploit for iPhone Wi-Fi firmware vulnerability affecting Broadcom chipsets in iOS 10 and earlier. This week Google disclosed details and a proof-of-concept exploit for a Wi-Fi firmware vulnerability affecting Broadcom chipsets in iOS 10 and earlier. The flaw that was patched this week could be exploited by attackers to […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2017
Experts analyzed an Advanced ‘all in memory’ CryptoWorm

The popular security expert Marco Ramilli shared the analysis of a cryptoworm having significant capabilities, enjoy the report! Introduction. Today I want to share a nice Malware analysis having an interesting flow. The “interesting” adjective comes from the abilities the given sample owns. Capabilities of exploiting, hard obfuscations and usage of advanced techniques to steal […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2017
China widely disrupted WhatsApp in the country, broadening online censorship

The popular instant messaging application WhatsApp has been widely blocked in mainland China by the Government broadening online censorship. Bad news for the Chinese users of the popular instant messaging app WhatsApp because the application has been widely blocked in mainland China by the Government. Users are not able to send text messages, photo and video sharing. It isn’t […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2017
ZNIU, the first Android malware family to exploit the Dirty COW vulnerability

Security experts at Trend Micro have recently spotted a new strain of Android malware, dubbed ZNIU, that exploits the Dirty COW Linux kernel vulnerability. The Dirty COW vulnerability was discovered by the security expert Phil Oester in October 2016, it could be exploited by a local attacker to escalate privileges. The name ‘Dirty COW’ is due to the fact that it’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2017
Europol report – Cyber attacks against ATM networks on the rise

Cyber criminals are targeting ATM machines through the banks’ networks, the operations involve squads of money mules for the cashout. The Europe’s policing agency warns of a rise of cyber attacks against ATM machines. Criminal organizations are targeting ATM machines through the banks’ networks, the operations involve squads of money mules for the cashout. “The malware being used has […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2017
CBS Showtime website was spotted mining cryptocurrency in viewers’ web browsers

The websites of the CBS’s Showtime was found containing a JavaScript code that allowed someone to secretly mine cryptocurrency in viewers’ web browsers. Over the weekend,  the websites of the CBS’s Showtime were found containing a JavaScript code that allowed someone to secretly mine cryptocurrency in viewers’ web browsers. The websites Showtime.com and iShowtimeAnytime.com silently […]