Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2017
A collection of 1.4 Billion Plain-Text leaked credentials is available online

A 41-gigabyte archive containing 1.4 Billion credentials in clear text was found in dark web, it had been updated at the end of November. Another monster data dump was found online, the huge archive contains over 1.4 billion email addresses, passwords, and other credentials in clear text. The huge trove of data, a 41-gigabyte archive, has been […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2017
Google Project Zero white hacker reveals Apple jailbreak exploit

White hat hacker Ian Beer of Google Project Zero has revealed an Apple jailbreak exploit that relies on a kernel memory corruption vulnerability. White hat hacker Ian Beer of Google Project Zero has revealed an Apple jailbreak exploit. The expert publicly disclosed the kernel memory corruption vulnerability after Apple addressed it with a fix. Last week highlighted Beer announced […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2017
The OceanLotus MacOS Backdoor Transforms into HiddenLotus with a Slick UNICODE Trick

Experts at Malwarebytes warns of a new variant of the macOS OceanLotus backdoor is using an innovative technique to avoid detection, A few years ago the bad actors realized they could use UNICODE characters that looked like English characters to lead unsuspecting victims to malicious websites. Now, they have figured out how to use a […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2017
Microsoft accidentally exposed Dynamics 365 TLS certificates exposing sandbox environments to MiTM attacks

Microsoft accidentally exposed a Dynamics 365 TLS certificate and private key for at least 100 days leaving the sandbox environments open to MiTM attacks. Data leakage continues to represent a serious problem for organizations, now it’s up to Microsoft that accidentally exposed a Dynamics 365 TLS certificate and private key for at least 100 days. The software […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2017
10 Biggest Cyber Espionage Cases

Cyber espionage is now becoming more sophisticated and widespread both on the international and domestic stages. These are 10 Biggest Cyber Espionage Cases. Cyber spying is now becoming more sophisticated and widespread both on the international and domestic stages. Cyber terrorists can attack you from any place in the world at any time if you […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2017
Vietnamese hacker stole security details and building plans from an Australian airport

Hackers compromised computer systems at an Australian Airport and stole sensitive security details and building plans. The man was identified and arrested. Hackers compromised computer systems at the Australian Perth Airport and stole sensitive security details and building plans. The culprit has a name, he is the Vietnamese citizen Le Duc Hoang Hai (31) who accessed the systems in March last year […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2017
Severe flaws in most popular programming languages could expose to hack any secure application built on top of them

Security expert discovered severe flaws in most popular programming languages that could expose to hack any secure application built on top of them. Last week, IOActive Senior Security Consultant Fernando Arnaboldi presented at the Black Hat Europe 2017 security conference the results of an interesting research about vulnerabilities in several popular interpreted programming languages. Arnaboldi […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2017
Linux.ProxyM IoT Botnet now used to launch hacking attacks against websites

A new IoT botnet leveraging the Linux.ProxyM malware is currently being used by crooks in a campaign attempting to hack websites. Security experts at Doctor Web discovered a new IoT botnet leveraging the Linux.ProxyM malware that is currently being used in a campaign attempting to hack websites. Experts first analyzed the Linux.ProxyM in July, it was used to create a proxy […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2017
Crooks abused the Orcus RAT to target Bitcoin investors

According to Fortinet, crooks are abusing the Orcus RAT to target Bitcoin investors with their malicious software. Crooks always follow money trying to catch any opportunity, such as the recent spike in the value of Bitcoin. According to the experts from Fortinet, cybercriminals are abusing the Orcus RAT to target Bitcoin investors with their malicious […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2017
Android Janus vulnerability allows attackers to inject Malware into legitimate apps avoiding detection

Google fixed a bug dubbed Janus that could be exploited by attackers to inject malicious code into Android apps without affecting an app’s signature. Google fixed four dozen vulnerabilities this week, including a bug dubbed Janus that could be exploited by attackers to inject malicious code into Android apps without affecting an app’s signature verification certificates. Millions of Android […]