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Pierluigi Paganini August 08, 2017

Irish electricity transmission system operator EirGrid targeted by a nation-state actor

The Irish electricity transmission system operator EirGrid was targeted by a state-sponsored actor, the hackers weren’t discovered at least for two months. The Irish electricity transmission system operator EirGrid was targeted by a state-sponsored attack. EirGrid is the state-owned company that operates the electricity transmission grid across the Ireland, it also supplies the distribution network […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2017

Flaws in solar panels potentially threatening European power grids

The Horus scenario, is a scenario describing a large scale cyber attack targeting the vital electrical infrastructure triggering flaws found in solar panels Willem Westerhof, a Dutch security researcher at the security firm ITsec has found a serious vulnerability in a component of solar panels that could be exploited by hackers to cause widespread outages […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2017

US Army bans use of Chinese DJI drones over cyber security concerns

The US Army has ordered its units to stop using Chinese DJI drones because of “cyber vulnerabilities” in the products. The US Army is going to ban its units from using drones manufactured by the Chinese firm DJI due to “cyber vulnerabilities”. The decision was based on the findings of a research conducted by the Army […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2017

Microsoft Attempts To Fix Stuxnet For The Third Time

Microsoft released a new security update on June 17th in an attempt to patch a vulnerability which allowed the Stuxnet Virus to exploit Windows systems. The Stuxnet Virus which attacks Industrial Control Systems was first discovered in 2010 when it infected Iranian Programmable Logic Controllers. Stuxnet compromises controllers by first targeting Windows operating systems and […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2017

Black Hat 2017 – GitPwnd tool could be used by attackers to communicate with compromised devices via Git repositories

Black Hat 2017 – Security experts develop GitPwnd, a tool that could be used by attackers to communicate with compromised devices via Git repositories. Even if the Black Hat conference was ended a few days ago, here we are discussing interesting talks of cyber security experts that participated at the event. Clint Gibler, a security researcher at NCC […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 03, 2017

Wikileaks – CIA Dumbo tool allows agents to disable security cameras

Wikileaks published a new batch of files belonging to the CIA Vault 7 archive that reveals the ‘Dumbo’ tool used by the agents to disable security cameras. Wikileaks published a new batch of files belonging to the CIA Vault 7 archive, the documents detail a tool code named ‘Dumbo‘ that was developed by the intelligence […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 03, 2017

Former Bupa employee offered 1 million customer records for sale on dark web

Former Employee of the Healthcare giant Bupa offered for sale records of 1 Million clients on Dark Web. A former employee of healthcare giant Bupa was selling between 500,000 and 1 million records on the healthcare giant Bupa was selling between 500,000 and 1 million records on the dark web. The former employee whose identity […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 02, 2017

ICS-CERT Issues Warning of CAN Bus Vulnerability

The US ICS-CERT issued an alert in response to a public report of a vulnerability in the Controller Area Network BUS (CAN BUS). On Friday (28th of July), the Industrial Controls Systems Cyber Emergency Team or ICS-CERT, issued an alert in response to a public report of a vulnerability in the Controller Area Network (CAN), […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 02, 2017

Roughly 175,000 Chinese Internet Connected security cameras can be easily hacked

An estimated 175,000 Internet of Things (IoT) connected security cameras manufactured by Shenzhen Neo Electronics are vulnerable to cyber attacks. According to a new report from security provider Bitdefender, roughly 175,000 connected security cameras are vulnerable to cyber attacks. The vulnerable cameras are manufactured by the Chinese company Shenzhen Neo Electronics that offers surveillance and security solutions, […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2017

Security flaws affect TCUs used in BMW, Ford, Infiniti, and Nissan vehicles

Three security researchers have discovered security vulnerabilities in the telematics control units (TCUs) used in BMW, Ford, Infiniti, and Nissan vehicles. Three security researchers have discovered security vulnerabilities in the telematics control unit (TCU) manufactured by Continental AG that is installed on various car models manufactured by BMW, Ford, Infiniti, and Nissan. The researchers are Mickey Shkatov, […]

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Irish electricity transmission system operator EirGrid targeted by a nation-state actor

Flaws in solar panels potentially threatening European power grids

US Army bans use of Chinese DJI drones over cyber security concerns

Microsoft Attempts To Fix Stuxnet For The Third Time

Black Hat 2017 – GitPwnd tool could be used by attackers to communicate with compromised devices via Git repositories

Wikileaks – CIA Dumbo tool allows agents to disable security cameras

Former Bupa employee offered 1 million customer records for sale on dark web

ICS-CERT Issues Warning of CAN Bus Vulnerability

Roughly 175,000 Chinese Internet Connected security cameras can be easily hacked

Security flaws affect TCUs used in BMW, Ford, Infiniti, and Nissan vehicles

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