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Pierluigi Paganini June 28, 2017

Experts found a critical remote buffer overflow vulnerability in Skype

The security expert Benjamin Kunz-Mejri from security firm Vulnerability Lab discovered a remote zero-day stack buffer overflow vulnerability in Skype. The security expert Benjamin Kunz-Mejri from security firm Vulnerability Lab discovered a Skype zero-day stack buffer overflow vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-9948, that could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute malicious code. Vulnerability Lab reported the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2017

Human error is the root cause of password reset email sent to AA customers

UK car insurance company AA accidentally sent out a ‘password update’ email to its customers, the incident was caused by a human error. UK car insurance company AA accidentally sent out a “password update” email to its customers, the messages led the motorists to log into the motoring organization’s website to change their passwords. The concurrent […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2017

Pro-ISIS group defaced US Government websites in 3 states

Several government websites were hacked by a pro-ISIS group that is calling itself Team System DZ, including those of the Ohio Governor John Kasich. Several government websites in Ohio and Maryland, including the one belonging to Ohio Governor John Kasich, had to be shut down Sunday after being defaced by pro-ISIS hackers. The hackers breached the websites […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2017

Google Hacker found a new way to bypass Microsoft Windows Defender

The Google Project Zero expert Tavis Ormandy has found a flaw in Windows Defender that allow attackers to bypass the Microsoft anti-virus tool. The popular Google Project Zero hacker Tavis Ormandy has discovered a new bug in Windows Defender that allow attackers to circumvent the Microsoft anti-virus tool. Ormandy publicly disclosed the news of the vulnerability in […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2017

UK Parliament shut down external access to email accounts after cyberattack

The UK Parliament has suffered the biggest ever cyber attack against the email systems, it shut down external access to mitigate the threat. The UK Parliament has shut down external access to e-mail accounts on Saturday after a cyberattack. According to the authorities, the attack was “sustained and determined,” hackers launched a prolonged brute-force attack against […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2017

Stealing AES-256 keys in seconds using €200 of off-the-shelf components

Security experts at Fox‑IT have demonstrated that is possible sniff AES-256 encryption keys from a distance of one meter (3.3 feet) with a cheap equipment. Security experts at Fox‑IT have demonstrated that is possible to power a side-channel attack to wirelessly extract secret AES-256 encryption keys from a distance of one meter (3.3 feet). The […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2017

32TB of Windows 10 internal builds and portions of core source code leaked online

A massive dump of Microsoft’s confidential Windows 10 internal builds, and the source codes for private software has been leaked online. A huge trove of Microsoft internal Windows operating system builds and portions of core source code have leaked online. The news was first reported by The Register, the 32TB of official and non-public installation images […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2017

US intelligence claims Russian hackers probed electoral networks in 21 US states

According to the US intelligence, Russian hackers tried to compromise electoral networks in 21 unnamed US states, but voting tallies hadn’t been hacked. According to Homeland Security officials, the attack against the 2016 Presidential election was more sophisticated than first thought. In a public hearing into the Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election held by […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2017

Experts devised the GhostHook Attack technique to bypass Windows 10 PatchGuard Protections

Experts have devised the GhostHook Attack technique to install rootkits on machines running the Windows 10 operating system. Security flaws in Microsoft PatchGuard kernel protection could be exploited by attackers to install rootkits on machines running the secure Windows 10 operating system. The PatchGuard, also known as Kernel Patch Protection, is a software protection utility that been […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2017

OpenVPN fixed several remotely exploitable flaws that were not detected by recent audits

OpenVPN fixed several vulnerabilities that could be exploited by remote attackers, the flaws were not detected in a recent audit. Recently two distinct audits were conducted to discover security issues in the OpenVPN, many flaws were found but some vulnerabilities were not spotted by the experts. Four of the vulnerabilities in OpenVPN 2.4.2, were found by […]

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Experts found a critical remote buffer overflow vulnerability in Skype

Human error is the root cause of password reset email sent to AA customers

Pro-ISIS group defaced US Government websites in 3 states

Google Hacker found a new way to bypass Microsoft Windows Defender

UK Parliament shut down external access to email accounts after cyberattack

Stealing AES-256 keys in seconds using €200 of off-the-shelf components

32TB of Windows 10 internal builds and portions of core source code leaked online

US intelligence claims Russian hackers probed electoral networks in 21 US states

Experts devised the GhostHook Attack technique to bypass Windows 10 PatchGuard Protections

OpenVPN fixed several remotely exploitable flaws that were not detected by recent audits

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