Pierluigi Paganini
July 05, 2017
The Ukraine’s cyber police seized the MeDoc servers after detecting a new suspicious activity and fearing new malware-based attacks. The Ukrainian authorities have seized equipment from the online accounting firm MeDoc which is suspected to have had a significant role in the recent NotPetya attack. The Ukraine’s cyber police have seized the servers after detecting a new suspicious activity, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 05, 2017
Bithumb, one of the world’s largest Bitcoin and Ether crypto currencies exchanges, has been hacked. Over $1 Million worth Bitcoin and Ether stolen. Bithumb, one of the world’s largest Bitcoin and Ether crypto currencies exchanges, has been hacked. The hackers have stolen more than $1 Million in crypto currencies from the accounts of several users of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 04, 2017
According to experts from Talos, security vulnerabilities in pre-installed software expose Dell systems to code execution attacks. Security vulnerabilities in pre-installed software expose Dell systems to code execution attacks. Hackers can exploit the flaws to disable security mechanisms, escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code within the context of the application user. According to the experts […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 04, 2017
Today I have the pleasure to interview Mubix âRobâ Fuller (@mubix ) one of the most prominent experts in the hacking community. Rob has over 11 years of experience covering all facets of information security. He has been behind the lines helping to design, build, and defend the US Marine Corps, US Senate, and Pentagon networks […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 04, 2017
Experts have devised a side-channel attack on RSA secret keys that allowed to crack 1024-bit RSA Encryption in GnuPG Crypto Library. Security researchers have found a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-7526, in a Gnu Privacy Guard (aka (GnuPG or GPG) cryptographic library that allowed them cracking RSA-1024 and extract the RSA key to decrypt data. The research team was composed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 04, 2017
Researchers from Mandiant found a way to gain root privileges on Lenovo VIBE smartphones by chaining three vulnerabilities. The Lenovo VIBE smartphones were affected by security vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker with physical access to the device to gain root privileges. Researchers from Lenovo confirmed that the vulnerabilities could be exploited only on devices that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 03, 2017
Security researchers at SEC-Consult found severe vulnerabilities in the German e-government Communication Library OSCI (Online Services Computer Interface). According to the experts at SEC-Consult, the German e-government system OSCI (Online Services Computer Interface) is open to padding oracle attacks and other vulnerabilities due to the use of an insecure communications protocol. The researchers at SEC Consult found severe vulnerabilities […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 03, 2017
Telegram agrees to register with Russia authorities to avoid the local ban, but the battle is still ongoing because it won’t share user data. The Russian Government threatened to ban Telegram because it refused to comply data protection laws. “There is one demand, and it is simple: to fill in a form with information on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 03, 2017
The recent global outbreak of the “NotPetya” malware has some very curious features that have left security officials puzzled. Despite the press coverage, NotPetya is not really a ransomware attack to hold your data hostage. It’s a killbot. Several information security specialists have pointed a finger directly at Moscow; citing circumstantial evidence the source of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 02, 2017
The FBI hacked the system of a dark web user who tried to purchase a mail bomb from an undercover investigator in the US. According to a plea agreement, filed on April 28, 2017, Clinton Scott Bass of Georgia (US) tried in a first time to purchase a car bomb. The man, who was using […]
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