Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini October 31, 2017
FireEye releases GoCrack, a free managed Password Cracking Tool

Early this week FireEye released a managed password cracking tool, dubbed GoCrack, that is able to execute tasks across multiple GPU servers. Early this week FireEye released a managed password cracking tool, dubbed GoCrack, that is able to execute tasks across multiple GPU servers. GoCrack is an open source tool developed by FireEye’s Innovation and Custom Engineering […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 31, 2017
Vulnerabilities in Google Issue Tracker exposed details about unpatched flaws

A flaw in the Google Issue Tracker, also known as the “Buganizer,” might have exposed details about unpatched flaws listed in the database. A vulnerability in the Google Issue Tracker, also known as the “Buganizer,” might have exposed details about unpatched flaws listed in the database. The flaw was reported by the bug hunter Alex Birsan […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 31, 2017
Gaza Cybergang is back, it leverages new tools against new targets

Gaza Cybergang threat actor it is back again, this time it is targeting organizations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Gaza Cybergang is a threat actor that is believed to be linked to the Palestinian organization Hamas, it is back again targeting organizations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. According to the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 30, 2017
iPhone Apps you granted camera access can secretly take photos and record video

A serious privacy issue in iPhone that could be exploited by iOS app developers to silently take your photos and record your live video by enabling cameras. Do you use an iPhone? If yes, there is probably something that you need to know about it! The Austrian developer and Google engineer, Felix Krause, has discovered a […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 30, 2017
New Dutch legal framework could cause Mozilla to take off the Dutch CA from its trust list.

Mozilla would remove the Dutch CA, the CA of the Staat de Nederlanden, from its trust list due to the new national legal framework. The Dutch Information and Security Services Act will come into force in January 2018 and one of the main effects of the new legal framework is that country’s certificate authority, CA of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 30, 2017
Industrial Products of many vendors still vulnerable to KRACK attack

Many industrial networking devices from various vendors are still vulnerable to the recently disclosed KRACK attack (Key Reinstallation Attack). Many industrial networking devices are vulnerable to the recently disclosed KRACK attack (Key Reinstallation Attack), including products from major vendors such as Cisco, Rockwell Automation, and Sierra Wireless. A few weeks ago, researchers discovered several key management flaws […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 30, 2017
Hashcat 4.0.0 now can crack passwords and salts up to length 256

The new version of the tool, Hashcat 4.0.0 release is now available and includes the support to crack passwords and salts up to length 256. Hashcat is likely the world’s fastest password recovery tool that is released as free software. It is available for Windows, Linux and OS X, and it is distributed as CPU-based […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 28, 2017
Mysterious hack allows attackers stealing Windows login credentials without user interaction

Microsoft fixed a vulnerability that could allow hackers to steal Windows login credentials without any user interaction. Microsoft fixed a serious vulnerability that could allow attackers to steal Windows NTLM password hashes without any user interaction. The tech giant patched the issues only for recent versions Windows (Windows 10 and Server 2016), to trigger the flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2017
Bad Rabbit Ransomware leverages the NSA Exploit for lateral movements

Malware researchers at Cisco Talos team discovered the Bad Rabbit Ransomware leverages EternalRomance to propagate in the network. New precious details emerge from the analysis of malware researchers at Cisco Talos and F-Secure who respectively discovered and confirmed the presence an NSA exploit in the Bad Rabbit ransomware. On October 24, hundreds of organizations worldwide were hit by the Bad Rabbit […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2017
Microsoft releases the open-source scanning tool Sonar

Microsoft announced the availability of Sonar, an open source linting and website scanning tool that was developed by the Microsoft Edge team. The open source tool was designed to allow developers to identify and solve performance and security issues, it is available on GitHub. The Microsoft Edge team donated Sonar to the JS Foundation, the tech giant will […]