Pierluigi Paganini
September 11, 2017
The security researcher Pierre Kim has discovered ten critical zero-day vulnerabilities in D-Link DIR 850L routers and invites users to stop using them. The security researcher Pierre Kim has discovered ten critical zero-day vulnerabilities in routers from networking equipment manufacturer D-Link that open owners to cyber attacks. The flawed devices are the D-Link DIR 850L wireless AC1200 dual-band […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 11, 2017
Media and experts speculate Equifax Hack was the result of the exploitation of the recently discovered critical vulnerability CVE-2017-9805 in Apache Struts. Last week Equifax reported a huge data breach, hackers accessed its systems between mid-May and late July. The incident affected roughly 143 million U.S. consumers and some customers in the U.K. and Canada. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 11, 2017
The US-CERT is warning of hackers can remotely access Smiths Medical Syringe Infusion Pumps to control them and kill patients. IoT devices continue to enlarge our surface of attack, and in some cases, their lack of security can put our lives in danger. Let’s thinks for example of medical devices that could be hacked by attackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 11, 2017
Google just fixed a high-severity Android vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-0752, that ties with the Toast Overlay attacks. Security researchers with Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, warned of a high-severity Android vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-0752, that ties with the âtoast attackâ overlay vulnerability. The experts reported that it is possible to abuse Androidâs toast notification, a feature […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 09, 2017
A member of the hacker group ‘Crackas With Attitude’ who hacked US intel officials has been sentenced to 5 years in jail. A member of the dreaded hacking crew Crackas With Attitude has been sentenced to five years in federal prison. “Justin G. Liverman, aka âD3F4ULTâ, 25, of Morehead City, pleaded guilty on January 6. Liverman admitted to being […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 09, 2017
A design flaw within the Windows kernel could be exploited by attackers to evade antivirus and stop them from recognizing malware. A design flaw within the Windows kernel is the root cause for antivirus stopping from recognizing malware, and the bad news is that Microsoft won’t fix it because the tech giant doesn’t consider it as a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 09, 2017
Hackers are exploiting in the wild a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Apache Struts 2, tracked as CVE-2017-9805, that was patched a few days ago. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-9805 is related to the way Struts deserializes untrusted data, it affects all versions of Apache Struts since 2008, from Struts 2.5 to Struts 2.5.12. The experts warn that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 08, 2017
Today I have the pleasure to interview Jonturk 75 one of the hackers that hit high profile targets, including the notorious hacker group OurMine. Jonturk 75 and the hacker group he takes part in have recently made the headlines news with a series of attacks against high profile targets. Following CNN and Reuters hacks they’ve recently defaced […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 08, 2017
The DolphinAttack technique allows hackers to control Siri, Google Now, Alexa and other voice assistants with commands in ultrasonic frequencies. A team of researchers from the Chinese Zhejiang University has demonstrated how to control several popular speech recognition systems using ultrasound. The attack technique was dubbed ‘DolphinAttack’, it was successfully tested against Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri, Google Now, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 08, 2017
The European biggest hacker collective Chaos Computer Club demonstrated that PC-Wahl software used in Germany for vote counting is insecure. According to a study conducted by the hacker collective Chaos Computer Club (CCC), the software used in Germany for vote counting is insecure. The experts have found several vulnerabilities in the voting software adopted by the […]
