Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2017
Cyber security experts disclosed the existence of 10 unpatched security flaws in dozens of Linksys routers widely used today. The IOActive senior security consultant Tao Sauvage and the independent security researcher Antide Petit have reported more than a dozen of unpatched security vulnerabilities affecting 25 different Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Routers models. The security duo published […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2017
A security researcher presented a method to exfiltrate sensitive data from a laptop or a smartphone through built-in ambient light sensors. The security expert Lukasz Olejnik discovered that it is possible to steal sensitive data exploiting the ambient light sensors built-in many smartphones and laptops. The ambient light sensors are installed on electronic devices to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2017
Symantec observed the Hajime IoT malware leaving a message on the devices it infects, is it the work of a cyber vigilante? The Mirai botnet is the most popular thingbot, it is targeting poorly configured and flawed ‘Internet of Things’ devices since August 2016, when the threat was first discovered by the researcher MalwareMustDie. Many other bots threaten […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2017
Oracle patch update for April 2017 fixed a record number of vulnerabilities, including Apache Struts and Shadow Brokers exploits. Oracle has released security updates to fix flaws in its product, including Apache Struts and a Solaris exploit included in a dump leaked by the Shadow Brokers hackers and containing NSA documents and hacking tools. The Oracle patch update […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2017
A critical vulnerability affects the Drupal References module that is used by hundreds of thousands of websites using the popular CMS. The Drupal security team has discovered a critical vulnerability in a third-party module named References. The Drupal team published a Security advisory on April 12 informing its users of the critical flaw. The flaw has a huge impact on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2017
The Chinese security Xudong Zheng is warning of Homograph Phishing Attacks are “almost impossible to detect” also to experts. The Chinese security researcher Xudong Zheng has devised a phishing technique that is “almost impossible to detect.” Hackers can exploit a known vulnerability in the popular web browsers Chrome, Firefox and Opera to display to the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 18, 2017
It started quietly as a probability not a reality. Now within months cyberwarfare has become a reality plausible as the air we breathe. The revelation of governments hacking units has brought light for a new domain of conflict: Cyberwarfare. Once a secret these government agencies were public revealed like the Equation Group as well as […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 17, 2017
The Security expert David Routin (@Rewt_1) has detailed a step by step procedure to exploit the recently patched cve-2017-0199 vulnerability exploited in Windows attacks in the wild. Introduction Since several days the security community has been informed thanks to FireEye publication of different malware campaigns (Dridex…) leveraging the CVE-2017-0199. Several other publications were related to this vulnerability but […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 17, 2017
The failure of the missile launch made the North Korea may have been thwarted by a cyber attack powered by the US Cyber Command. The crisis between the US and North Korea is increasing, Donald Trump warns his military may ‘have no choice’ to strike the rogue state. According to The Sun, US cyber soldiers may have […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 16, 2017
The Callisto APT Group borrowed the source code leaked by hackers that broke into Hacking Team network. According to F-Secure Labs, The Callisto APT Group used the HackingTeam leaked surveillance software to gather intelligence on foreign and security policy in eastern Europe and the South Caucasus. The Callisto APT group targeted government officials, military personnel, journalists and think tanks since […]
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