Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2017
Lloyd’s of London: A massive cyber attack could cause an average of $53 billion of economic losses

A major global cyber attack has the potential to trigger $53 billion of economic losses, the equivalent to a natural disaster like 2012’s Superstorm Sandy. Events like the massive Wannacry attack or the Ukraine power outage raise the discussion about the possible economic losses caused by a cyber attack. According to a new report published by […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2017
Microsoft sued Fancy Bear to gain control of the domains used in the cyber espionage campaigns

Microsoft used the lawsuit to disrupt a large number of cyber espionage campaigns conducted by infamous Fancy Bear APT hacking group We have discussed several times about hacking back and the case we are going to analyze is a good example of an alternative approach to hit back an APT group. Microsoft used the lawsuit […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2017
DarkHotel APT group leverages new methods to target politicians

According to Bitdefender, DarkHotel APT is back and it is targeting government employees with an interest in North Korea with a technique dubbed inexsmar. According to the security firm Bitdefender, the DarkHotel APT is back and it is targeting government employees with an interest in North Korea with new techniques. The hackers’ victims have been […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2017
Tor launches Bug Bounty Program, hackers can earn between $2,000 and $4,000 for high severity flaws

The Tor Project announced the launch of a public bug bounty program. Bug hunters can earn between $2,000 and $4,000 for high severity flaws. It’s official, the Tor Project announced the launch of a public bug bounty program through the HackerOne platform, the initiative was possible with support from the Open Technology Fund. “With support from the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2017
A bug in Gnome pic parser can be exploited to run malicious VBScripts

A bug in your image thumbnailer could represent a new attack vector for hackers that can exploit it for script injection. Another day, another bug in a popular application. A bug in your image thumbnailer could represent a new attack vector for hackers that can exploit it for script injection. To create image thumbnails, Gnome Files allows […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2017
Black Hat is coming and with it a good reason to update your “Broadcom-based” devices

BroadPwn potentially expose to hack millions of Android devices using Broadcom Wi-Fi Chip, update your “Broadcom-based” devices. Black Hat 2017 is debuting in 3 days and with it a potential concern to most of us. It turns out that one of the conference presentations, entitled BROADPWN: REMOTELY COMPROMISING ANDROID AND IOS VIA A BUG IN BROADCOM’S […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2017
DDoS Tools availability Online, a worrisome trend

Experts warn of an increased availability of DDoS tools online, many wannabe hackers download and use them without awareness on consequences. As cyber crime reaches new levels with new malware & viruses being realized online on a daily basis it also becomes apparent that the increase in DDoS tools that require no apparent skills to […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2017
How to hack a Segway Ninebot miniPRO hoverboard in 20 seconds

Attackers could remotely hack and hijack Ninebot miniPRO hoverboard in just 20 seconds of continuous Bluetooth connection. Do you have an hoverboard? This news will probably surprise you because according to the experts at security firm IOActive, your hoverboard could be hacked too. The security researcher Thomas Kilbride from IOActive has found several critical vulnerabilities in […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2017
Wikileaks: CIA tasked Raytheon for analyzing TTPs used by threat actors in the wild

Wikileaks revealed that CIA contractor Raytheon Blackbird Technologies was tasked to analyze advanced malware and TTPs used by threat actors in the wild. Wikileaks continues to publish documents from Vault 7 leaks, today the organization has shed light on the collaboration between the US Intelligence agency and tech firms for malware development. The last batch […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2017
Oracle July 2017 Critical Patch Update addresses record-breaking 308 issues

Oracle just released the July 2017 Critical Patch Update (CPU) to address a total of 308 flaws in its solutions, it’s a record for the IT giant. Oracle issued its quarterly update, the July 2017 Critical Patch Update (CPU), that addresses 308 security vulnerabilities, 30 of them are rated as critical. This July 2017 Critical Patch Update […]