Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2017
Be careful, Cisco Mobility Express is shipped with some Cisco Aironet devices has a hard-coded password. Fix it!

The Mobility Express Software shipped with Cisco Aironet 1830 Series and 1850 Series access points has a hard-coded admin-level SSH password. Yesterday I wrote about SCADA systems that are currently shipped with an unchangeable hard-coded password, and today I’m here to discuss you a similar problem. The Mobility Express Software developed by the IT giant […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2017
Still problems for Schneider Electric, Schneider Modicon TM221CE16R has a hardcoded password

The firmware running on the Schneider Modicon TM221CE16R (Firmware 1.3.3.3) has a hardcoded password, and there is no way to change it. I believe it is very disconcerting to find systems inside critical infrastructure affected by easy-to-exploit vulnerabilities while we are discussing the EU NIS directive. What about hard-coded passwords inside critical systems? Unfortunately, it’s happened […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2017
Download and install the last iOS 10.3.1, attackers can hack you over Wi-Fi

A critical flaw could be exploited by attackers within range to “execute arbitrary code on the Wi-Fi chip,” download and install last iOS 10.3.1 version. Last week, Apple released iOS 10.3, an important release of the popular operating system the fixed more than 100 bugs and implements security improvements. Apple opted to push an emergency patch update […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2017
South Korean users targeted with a new stealthy malware, the ROKRAT RAT

Security experts at CISCO Talos have spotted a new insidious remote access tool dubbed ROKRAT that implements sophisticated anti-detection measures. The ROKRAT RAT targets Korean users, people using the popular Korean Microsoft Word alternative Hangul Word Processor (HWP). In the past, we saw other attacks against people using the HWP application. The ROKRAT RAT was used […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2017
UEFI Vulnerabilities allow to fully compromise Gigabyte Mini PCs

Experts at Cylance disclosed two UEFI flaws that can be exploited by attackers to install a backdoor on some Gigabyte BRIX mini PCs. Experts at security firm Cylance have disclosed two UEFI vulnerabilities that can be exploited by attackers to install a backdoor on some Gigabyte BRIX mini PCs. The experts tested the latest firmware […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2017
Japan plans to develop a hack-proof satellite system

Japan plan to develop a hack proof satellite system to protect transmissions between satellites and ground stations with a dynamic encryption of data. Japan’s Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry plans to develop a communications system to protect satellites from cyber attacks. The hack proof satellite system will protect transmissions between satellites and ground stations implementing […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2017
Attackers can siphon data from Splunk Enterprise if an authenticated user visits a malicious webpage

Splunk has fixed the security issue in the JavaScript implementation, tracked as CVE-2017-5607, that can be exploited to siphon data. Splunk has fixed the security issue in the JavaScript implementation, tracked as CVE-2017-5607, that leaks user information. Splunk provides the leading platform for Operational Intelligence that is used to search, monitor, analyze and visualize machine data. Splunk […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2017
Linux Kernel vulnerability CVE-2017-7184 disclosed at Pwn2Own 2017 fixed

The Linux kernel flaw exploited by the hackers at the Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own 2017 competition to hack Ubuntu has been patched. The Chaitin Security Research Lab (@ChaitinTech) discovered a Linux Kernel flaw, , tracked as CVE-2017-7184, during the last Pwn2Own 2017 competition. The experts hacked Ubuntu Desktop exploiting a Linux kernel heap out-of-bound access and earned $15,000 […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2017
Phishing campaigns target airline consumers seeking business credentials

A series of phishing campaigns is targeting airline consumers with messages crafted to trick victims into handing over personal or business credentials. A wave string of phishing campaigns is targeting airline consumers with messages crafted to trick victims into handing over personal or business credentials. The phishing messages pretend to be sent from a travel agency […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2017
Hacking Smart TVs remotely leveraging broadcasting signals

A security expert demonstrated how to hack SmartTV using a low-cost transmitter for embedding malicious commands into a rogue DVB-T signals. The number of IoT devices continues to grow, but unfortunately, their level of security is often very poor and at the same time the number of threats to smart objects is rapidly increasing. Due to security […]