Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2017
DOK Malware is a stealthy malicious code recently discovered by researchers at security firm CheckPoint, it affects almost ant Mac OS X version. Malware researchers at CheckPoint firm have discovered a new stealth Mac malware dubbed DOKÂ that affects almost ant Mac OS X version. At the time of its discovery, the DOK malware has zero […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2017
Security researchers discovered an SNMP flaw dubbed StringBleed that affects several models of Internet-connected devices. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) authentication bypass affects several IoT devices, hackers could exploit the issue by simply sending random values in specific requests. The problem, dubbed StringBleed and tracked as CVE 2017-5135, was reported by the security researchers Ezequiel Fernandez and Bertin Bervis. The SNMP […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2017
Kali Linux 2017.1 rolling release was announced, the popular distro comes with a set of significant updates and features. The popular Kali Linux distribution has a new weapon in its hacking arsenal, it can use cloud GPUs for password cracking. Kali Linux is the most popular distribution in the hacking community, it is a Debian-based distro […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2017
According to the experts at the security firm Morphisec that massive attack against Israeli targets was powered by the OilRig APT group. Yesterday the Israeli Cyber Defense Authority announced it has thwarted a major cyberattack against 120 targets just days after harsh criticism of new cyber defense bill. In a first time, the authorities blamed a foreign […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2017
The Israeli Government announces it thwarted a major cyberattack against 120 targets just days after harsh criticism of new cyber defense bill. According to haaretz.com, Israeli Government revealed it repelled a major cyberattack aimed at 120 targets. The unusual announcement was made by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in a very unusual announcement on Wednesday. Israel […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2017
Security experts from security firm Redsocks published an interesting report on how to crack APT28 traffic in a few seconds. Introduction APT28 is a hacking group involved in many recent cyber incidents. The most recent attack allegedly attributed to this group is the one to French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron’s campaign. Incident response to this Advanced […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2017
The United States Air Force has launched the ‘Hack the Air Force’ bug bounty program to test the security of its the networks and computer systems. I have discussed many times the importance and the numerous advantages of a bug bounty program. Bug bounties are very popular initiatives among the communities of white hats, principal companies, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 26, 2017
Security vulnerabilities in the Hyundai Blue Link mobile apps allowed hackers to steal vehicles, the car maker fixed them. Security vulnerabilities in the Hyundai Blue Link mobile apps could be exploited by hackers to locate, unlock and start vehicles of the carmaker. The Blue Link application is available for both iOS and Android mobile OSs, it was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 26, 2017
Atlassian announced that unknown hackers broke into a cloud server of the company and accessed a huge amount of data of its group chat service HipChat. On Monday, Atlassian reset user passwords for its group chat service HipChat after it notified its customers of a data breach. Â Unknown hackers broke into a cloud server of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 26, 2017
The Interpol located and shut down nearly 9,000 Command and control servers located in Asia and hacked with a WordPress plug-in exploit. An investigation conducted by the Interpol resulted in the identification of nearly 9,000 command and control servers located in Asia. The law enforcement body operated with the support of private partners, including Kaspersky Lab, Cyber Defense Institute, […]
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