Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2019
Hacking Radio Blasting Systems for Fun & Explosions

While driving to work I have seen the advertisement of a Fireworks Festival that’s going to happen in the city. What about hacking Radio Blasting Systems? And, as usual, my curiosity brought me to one question: “How they trigger the fireworks?”  Back when I was a contractor I have worked for a company which the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 225 and Important Update

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Once again thank you! Crooks used rare Steganography technique […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 03, 2019
DRAGONBLOOD flaws allow hacking WPA3 protected WiFi passwords

Dragonblood researchers found two new weaknesses in WPA3 protocol that could be exploited to hack WPA3 protected WiFi passwords. passwords. A group of researchers known as Dragonblood (Mathy Vanhoef and Eyal Ronen)devised new methods to hack WPA3 protected WiFi passwords by exploiting two new vulnerabilities dubbed Dragonblood flaws. We first met this team of experts […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 02, 2019
Nation-state actor uses new LookBack RAT to target US utilities

Experts warn of a phishing campaign targeting US companies in the utility sector aimed at infecting systems with a new LookBack RAT. Security experts at Proofpoint uncovered a phishing campaign targeting US companies in the utility sector aimed at infecting systems with a new LookBack RAT. “Between July 19 and July 25, 2019, several spear-phishing […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 02, 2019
How to Reverse Engineer, Sniff & Bruteforce Vulnerable RF Adult Toys with WHID Elite

Expert Luca Bongiorni was looking for new targets to test WHID Elite’s Radio Hacking capabilities and found an interesting one: Electrocuting Cock Ring Last week I was looking for new targets to test WHID Elite’s Radio Hacking capabilities and suddenly I found an interesting one: an Electrocuting Cock Ring. Yes, you read it correctly (What you cannot find […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 02, 2019
Over 1 Million payment cards from South Korea sold on the Dark Web

Data belonging to more than one million payment cards from South Korea surfaced in the dark web over the past two months. Experts noticed a spike in the number of stolen payment card details belonging to users from South Korea over the past two months. Card details from over one million payments cards from South […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 02, 2019
Lotsy group targets Italian and Spanish-speaking users

Group-IB discovered massive fraudulent campaigns carried out by Lotsy group involving the use of dozens of well-known brands aimed at Italian and Spanish-speaking customers. Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, which has recently opened Global HQ in Singapore, has discovered a new wave of massive fraudulent campaigns involving the use of dozens […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2019
Recently discovered Hexane group targets the oil and gas industry

Security researchers at Dragos Inc have tracked the activity of a threat actor recently discovered and dubbed Hexane. Security experts at Dragos Inc. have discovered a new threat actor, tracked as Hexane, that is targeting organizations in the oil and gas industry and telecommunication providers. The Hexane group has been active since at least the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2019
CISA warns of critical flaws in Prima FlexAir access control system

The U.S. CISA published a security advisory to warn of multiple critical vulnerabilities affecting in Prima FlexAir access control system. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published an advisory to warn of critical flaws affecting access control systems manufactured by Prima Systems. Prima access control has a wide range of solutions, including wall-mounted […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2019
Cyber attacks hit Louisiana schools ahead of year’s beginning

A wave of cyber attacks hit schools of Louisiana ahead of year’s beginning that is planned for the next week. Several schools of Louisiana were targeted by hackers ahead of year’s beginning that is planned for the next week. The AP press states that a fourth Louisiana school district is assessing damages caused by a […]