Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2016
Eastern India Regional Council hacked by Kapustkiy

Kapustkiy, one of the most prolific hackers at this moment announced a new data breach, the victim is the India Regional Council. Last week, I was contacted by a young hacker that breached Indian embassies across the worlds, he goes online with the moniker Kapustkiy. Kapustkiy is a seventeen years old pentester that is targeting […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2016
A second backdoor in a week discovered in firmware of Chinese low-cost Android devices

For the second time in a few days, security experts spotted a backdoor in the firmware of low-cost Android devices. Last week, security experts from Kryptowire firm have discovered a backdoor in the firmware installed on low-cost Android phones. The backdoor affects mobile phones from BLU Products that are available for sale on both Amazon and Best Buy. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2016
Surveillance solutions from Moxa and Vanderbilt firm affected by flaws

The ICS-CERT has published two security advisories to describe a number of flaws in surveillance products from Moxa and Vanderbilt firms. Surveillance systems produced by Moxa SoftCMS and IP cameras manufactured by Vanderbilt are affected by serious vulnerabilities that can be exploited by remote attackers to obtain full control of flawed systems. The ICS-CERT has published a […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2016
GeekedIn service exposed 8 million GitHub profiles online

The GeekedIn recruitment project scraped user data from GitHub and other similar websites, but data were inadvertently leaked online. The popular security expert Troy Hunt, who operates the data breach notification service the owner ‘Have I Been Pwned,’ recently received a 600 Mb MongoDB backup file containing data from a tech recruitment website called GeekedIn. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2016
Kapustkiy breached an Italian Government website, exposing 9,000 of 45,000 records

Hacker Kapustkiy breached into an Italian Government website (Dipartimento della Funzione Pubblica) exposing 9,000 users of 45,000. A few days ago I was contacted by a young hacker that breached Indian embassies across the worlds, he goes online with the moniker Kapustkiy. Kapustkiy is a pentester that is targeting organizations and embassies across the world. Recently […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2016
Are you an iPhone user? Your call history is uploaded on iCloud too

According to Elcomsoft, iPhone and iPad automatically send call history to Apple when iCloud is enabled, the company stores the data for up to four months. According to the digital forensics firm Elcomsoft, Apple mobile devices automatically send call history to the company when the iCloud is enabled, it also stores the data for up […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2016
Drupal releases security updates to fix four vulnerabilities in versions 7, 8

Drupal developers have released updates for versions 7 and 8 that fix security issues which could expose websites to cyber attacks. The Drupal development team has released security updates for versions 7 and 8. The updates fix security vulnerabilities that could expose websites running on the popular CMS and data they manage to security risks, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2016
How to Bypass iPhone Passcode and access personal data on the device

A new flaw allows to bypass the iPhone Passcode protection, even when Touch ID is properly configured, and access photos and messages stored on the device. The use of passcode for the protection of users’ data on iPhone Smartphone doesn’t protect users from the possibility that local ill-intentioned will access their data. A new flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2016
Hacker Interview – Kapustkiy

Today we will speak with Kapustkiy, which continues to be in the headlines due to the recent strings of attacks against embassies. Kapustkiy is a pentester that is targeting organizations and embassies across the world. Recently he breached the Paraguay Embassy of Taiwan (www.embapartwroc.com.tw), while a few days ago the hacker and his friend Kasimierz (@Kasimierz_) hacked the Indian Embassies […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2016
PoisonTap hacking tool can compromise any password-protected PC

Samy Kamkar has created a new hacking tool, dubbed PoisonTap, to easily hack into a password-protected computer. PoisonTap is a new hacking tool that could be used by attackers to easily access to a password-protected computer, hijack all its Internet traffic, and also install backdoors. Try to imagine who is the hacker behind this new tool? […]