Pierluigi Paganini
August 17, 2016
Experts from Lookout revealed that all Android versions running the Linux Kernel 3.6 to the latest are affected by the CVE-2016-569 Linux flaw. Recently I wrote about a severe vulnerability (CVE-2016-5696) affecting the Linux version 3.6, deployed in 2012. The flaw was discovered by researchers from the University of California, Riverside, and the U.S. Army […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 16, 2016
A group of hackers claims to have hacked the NSA Equation Group, it is selling hacking tools and exploits in online auction. Security experts discussed several times about potential effects of the militarization of the cyberspace. Government-built malware and cyber weapons may run out of control, cyber weapons and hacking tools developed by nation-state hackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 16, 2016
Dear Readers, today I want to present you DĂȘfĂŁult VĂrĂŒsa one of the most intriguing hackers on the Internet. He is the Admin of #AnonSec & @L0sExtraditable hacker groups Enjoy the Interview. You are a talented hacker that has already participated in several hacking campaigns, could you tell me more about. Our page on EncyclopediaDramatica should […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 15, 2016
Two researchers have devised a cryptocurrency scheme dubbed DDoSCoin that pays everytime a user participates in a DDoS attack against certain servers. The assistant professor at the University of Colorado Eric Wustrow and the phD student at the University of Michigan Benjamin VanderSloot have conducted a curious proof-of-concept project aimed at the creation of a cryptocurrency that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 14, 2016
Security Researchers demonstrated at the Def Con hacker conference how it is easy to open some Bluetooth-based smart locks. Last week security researchers Ben Ramsey and Anthony Rose of Merculite Security demonstrated at the Def Con conference how it is easy to open some Bluetooth-based smart locks. The duo analyzed 16 smart locks from companies […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 13, 2016
Guccifer 2.0, the alleged hacker behind the DNC hack released another trove of documents about House Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi’s sensitive data. The hack to the US Presidential election is becoming even more mysterious, while security experts are blaming the Russia for the cyber espionage, a strange figure claims the responsibility for the security breach. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 12, 2016
A group of experts devised a technique dubbed DiskFiltration to exfiltrate data from air-gapped networks relying on acoustic signals emitted from HDDs We are aware that air-gapped networks aren’t totally secure, security experts have devised several methods to exfiltrate information across the years. The last technique presented by a group of researchers was dubbed ‘DiskFiltration’ […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 12, 2016
Is it possible to hack voting machines? According to cyber security experts, it is possible due to the use of outdated systems. The recent attacks against the DNC and Hillary Clinton‘s server raised the question about the cyber security of entire US election machine. Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, Lisa O. Monaco, homeland security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 12, 2016
A new hack leveraging on two distinct vulnerabilities could be exploited to open every Volkswagen vehicles that have been sold since 1995 Do you have a Volkswagen? A new hack leveraging on two distinct vulnerabilities could be exploited to open every Volkswagen vehicles that have been sold since 1995, including models from Audi, Citroen, Fiat, Ford, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 11, 2016
vBulletin forums need to be patched asap to avoid attackers to scan servers hosting the CMS and remotely execute arbitrary code. Hackers breached the Steam’s Dota 2 forums and have leaked a couple of million credentials (the archive contains MD5-hashed passwords), but what is happening to forums based on the popular vBulletin CMS? vBulletin forum administrators need […]
