Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2016
OurMine hackers hacked Mark Zuckerberg’s online accounts for the second time

For the second time this year, the hacker group OurMine breached one of the online accounts of the Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. For the second time, this year hackers seems to have breached the Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The notorious hacking group known as OurMine has claimed credit for hacking Mark Zuckerberg’s online accounts. The news […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2016
CVE-2016-4484 Hold down the Enter key for 70 sec to gain a Linux Root shell

The CVE-2016-4484 vulnerability can be exploited to gain a Linux Root shell by simply pressing the Enter Key for 70 Seconds. It could be quite easy to bypass the authentication procedures on some Linux systems just by holding down the Enter key for around 70 seconds. In this way, it is possible to open a shell […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2016
Hacker behind Spamhaus attack will not spend any time in the jail

The Dutch hacker Sven Olaf Kamphuis who was charged for Spamhaus attack, a massive DDoS attack, will not spend any time in the jail. The Dutch hacker Sven Olaf Kamphuis who was charged for the massive DDoS attack against the  anti-spam group Spamhaus, the biggest attack of ever, escaped prison Monday. The Spamhaus Project is an international nonprofit […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2016
Experts spotted a secret backdoor in Android phones that sends data to China

Experts at Kryptowire discovered a mobile phone firmware that transmitted personally identifiable information without user consent due to a backdoor. 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. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2016
CVE-2016-7461 code execution flaw affects VMware Workstation

VMware has patched a critical out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2016-7461, affecting its Workstation and Fusion products. The flaw, that resides in the affects the drag-and-drop function, can be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code on the host operating system running Fusion or Workstation. The security vulnerability affects Workstation Player and Pro 12.x, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2016
The hacker Kapustkiy continues to target embassies and universities

The hacker Kapustkiy is back and breached another embassy and two universities. He leaked data on Pastebin. The security pentester who goes online with the moniker Kapustkiy continues to target 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 in […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2016
AdultFriendFinder company data breach exposes 412 million accounts

The company that owns AdultFriendFinder and other adult websites has been hacked, data breach exposes 412 million accounts making this the largest 2016 hack Almost every account password was cracked, thanks to the company’s poor security practices. Even “deleted” accounts were found in the breach. A new massive data breach is in the headlines, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2016
BlackNurse attack, how to knock big servers offline with a laptop

BlackNurse attack allows to power massive DDoS attacks that are able to knock large servers offline with limited resources. Researchers discovered a simple method, called BlackNurse attack, to power massive DDoS attacks that could allow lone attackers to knock large servers offline with limited resources. “This attack is not based on pure flooding of the internet connection, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2016
Donald Trump will control the NSA – what this means for your privacy

Earlier this week, Donald Trump won a stunning election victory that will put him in charge of the world’s most powerful mass surveillance infrastructure. Regardless of which side of the political spectrum you are on, Trump’s control over the NSA is now an indisputable fact, and we think it is worth taking a closer look […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2016
Pawn Storm APT conducted spear-phishing attacks before zero-days was fixed

The Pawn Storm APT group exploited some zero-days vulnerabilities in targeted attacks across the world before they get patched. The Pawn Storm APT group, also known as APT28 and Fancy Bear, exploited some zero-days flaw in targeted attacks before they get patched. The threat actors powered spear phishing attacks between the discovery of the zero-days […]