Pierluigi Paganini
February 18, 2016
Members of the Anonymous group have stolen 18GB worth of data belonging to Turkeyâs national police force and leaked it online. The group of hacktivists Anonymous has just released roughly 18GB of sensitive data belonging to the Turkeyâs national police. The hackers have accessed the database of the Turkish General Directorate of Security (EGM) and leaked […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2016
Malware researchers at PaloAlto discovered the Fysbis Trojan, a simple and an effective Linux threat used by the Russian cyberspy group Pawn Storm. Do you remember the Pawn Storm hacking crew? Security experts have identified this group of Russian hackers with several names, including APT28, Sofacy or Sednit, it has been active since at least 2007. The name Pawn Storm is used by security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 16, 2016
Cisco disclosed a DoS vulnerability affecting the IOS software running on the industrial switches belonging to the Industrial Ethernet 2000 Series. Last week I wrote about a vulnerability affecting CISCO Universal Small Cell kits that allows unauthenticated remote users to retrieve devicesâ firmware, now another vulnerability is worrying the customers of the IT Giants. The flaw coded […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 16, 2016
What happened to some of the APT groups behind clamorous cyber attacks? Why they don’t go dark anymore after being outed, a behavior completely different from the past. I’m sure everyone remembers the Sony attack occurred in 2014, when the US Government blamed the North Korean Government for the attack, materially executed by a hacking […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 15, 2016
Another embarrassing problem for Apple iOS mobile devices (iPhone and iPad),  setting the date of the devices to January 1st, 1970 will brick them. Don’t Try it! Another embarrassing problem for Apple iOS mobile devices, a software flaw could be exploited to permanently kill your iPhone, iPad or iPod. The issue affects the Apple iOS date and time […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 15, 2016
A flaw affecting the Cisco Universal Small Cell devices allows unauthenticated remote users to retrieve devices’ firmware, so Cisco urges patching these systems. Other problems for the IT giant Cisco, the company is asking service providers using its Universal Small Cell solutions to update their systems and install a patch to solve a serious security issue. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 15, 2016
A security expert discovered a misconfigured MongoDB installation behind a Microsoft’s career portal that exposed visitors to attacks. The security expert Chris Vickery has discovered a new misconfigured MongoDB installation used by a Microsoft’s career portal. The misconfigured MongoDB installation exposed some information and enabled read/write access to the website. The database also included information on other […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 14, 2016
Pakistani citizen Muhammad Sohail Qasmani admits laundering Millions from massive computer hacking and telecommunications fraud scheme. A Pakistani citizen, Muhammad Sohail Qasmani (47) admitted laundering millions of dollars as part of a massive international computer hacking and telecommunications fraud scheme. The man worked for a hacking crew that targeted US companies by hacking into their PBX […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 14, 2016
According to Israelâs Channel 10 Iranian hackers succeeded in gaining access last year to the computer database of a retired Israeli army chief of staff. Many reports published by security firms warn of the increasing threat represented by Iranian hackers. US and Israeli organizations represent a privileged target for these hackers, last year they used stolen private pictures of IDFâs women […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 13, 2016
The British Intelligence Agency GCHQ has a license to hack computers and devices, the UK’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) ruled. This means that the UK Government is giving full power to its intelligence agency to spy on Britons as well as people living abroad. The verdict was issued on Friday after Privacy International and seven ISPs […]
