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Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2017

A code execution flaw in LabVIEW will remain unpatched

Security researchers at Cisco Talos have discovered a code execution issue in LabVIEW software that will remain unpatched. Security researchers at Cisco Talos have discovered a code execution vulnerability in National Instruments LabVIEW system design and development platform. The LabVIEW engineering software is widely adopted for applications that require test, measurement, and control. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-2779, could be […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2017

FDA recalls 465,000 pacemakers open to cyber attack

The United States Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is recalling 465,000 pacemakers that could be hacked by attackers. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recalling roughly half a million pacemakers because they are vulnerable to hacking, million people in the United States urge to get their pacemakers updated. In May, researchers from security firm White […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2017

The OurMine hacker group defaced WikiLeaks website with a DNS redirect

On Thursday, the notorious Saudi Arabian OurMine hacker group has defaced the website of the Wikileaks organization, WikiLeaks.org. WikiLeaks it the last victim of the notorious OurMine hacker group, on Thursday the crew defaced the website of the organization,WikiLeaks.org. The site was defaced and visitors were redirected through a DNS poisoning attack to a page […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2017

Experts discovered easily exploitable flaws in Arris modems distributed by AT&T

Arris modems, routers, and gateways distributed by AT&T’s U-verse service are affected by easy to exploit vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities have been reported by researchers at security consultancy Nomotion. The support interfaces are easily accessible over SSH and remote and local attackers could exploit hidden services to hack into the devices. Experts from Nomotion publicly disclosed […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2017

Hackers exploited an Instagram flaw access celebrity profile data

An Instagram flaw allowed hackers to access profile information for high-profile users, the incident was confirmed by the company. Instagram has recently suffered a possibly serious data breach with hackers gaining access to the phone numbers and email addresses for many “high-profile” users. Hackers recently accessed personal information of “high-profile” users, including phone numbers and email […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2017

WikiLeaks – CIA used the AngelFire implant infect systems running Windows OSs

A new batch of documents from CIA Vault 7 leaks revealed details about a new implant dubbed AngelFire used to infect systems running Windows OSs. A new batch of documents from Vault 7 leaks revealed details about a new implant, dubbed AngelFire that was used by CIA agents to infect systems running Windows OS. AngelFire was part of the CIA arsenal, the hacking tool was used to […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2017

APT group leverage Gazer backdoor to spy on embassies and consular operations

Security researchers at ESET have spotted a new cyber espionage campaign targeting embassies and consular operations with new Gazer Backdoor. Security researchers at ESET have spotted a new cyber espionage campaign targeting embassies, consulates, and ministries worldwide. Hackers leverage a new backdoor dubbed Gazer to spy on governments and diplomats. The campaign active at least since 2016 was associated infamous Russian […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2017

Selena Gomez Instagram hacked! Hackers post Bieber nude photos

Selena Gomez Instagram account has reportedly been hacked. Nude photos of singer Justin Bieber have been published by hackers. Unknown hackers have compromised the Instagram account owned by Selena Gomez and posted nude photographs of her ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber. The hack doesn’t seem to be associated with the recent Fappening 2017 hack or previous Fappening cases that […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2017

Onliner Spambot – More than 711 Million email addresses open and accessible online

An archive containing more than 630 million email addresses used by the spambot server dubbed ‘Onliner Spambot’ has been published online. The Onliner Spambot dump is the biggest one of its kind, it was discovered by the security researcher who goes online with the handle Benkow. The database was hosted on an “open and accessible” server in Netherlands containing a […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2017

Experts found an undocumented Kill Switch in Intel Management Engine

Security researchers at Positive Technologies have discovered an undocumented configuration setting that disables the Intel Management Engine. Security researchers at Positive Technologies have discovered an undocumented configuration setting that disables the CPU control mechanism Intel Management Engine 11. The Intel Management Engine consists of a microcontroller that works with the Platform Controller Hub chip, in conjunction […]

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A code execution flaw in LabVIEW will remain unpatched

FDA recalls 465,000 pacemakers open to cyber attack

The OurMine hacker group defaced WikiLeaks website with a DNS redirect

Experts discovered easily exploitable flaws in Arris modems distributed by AT&T

Hackers exploited an Instagram flaw access celebrity profile data

WikiLeaks – CIA used the AngelFire implant infect systems running Windows OSs

APT group leverage Gazer backdoor to spy on embassies and consular operations

Selena Gomez Instagram hacked! Hackers post Bieber nude photos

Onliner Spambot – More than 711 Million email addresses open and accessible online

Experts found an undocumented Kill Switch in Intel Management Engine

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