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Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2017

Russian Channel One alleged hacked and BBC Sherlock Final Leaked

On Monday, Russian State Television Channel One leaked online the BBC Sherlock Final episode, the broadcaster blames hackers. On Monday, a Russian state television Channel One blamed hackers for the leak online of the final episode of the BBC drama Sherlock a day before its actual planning. The Russian Channel One was set to transmit the end-of-season […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2017

Hackers demonstrate how to hack Samsung SmartCam

Researchers Exploitee.rs discovered a flaw in Samsung SmartCam IP cameras that could be exploited to execute commands and hijack vulnerable devices. Samsung SmartCam IP cameras are affected by a serious vulnerability that could be exploited by remote attackers to execute commands and hijack vulnerable devices. Samsung Electronics sold the Samsung Techwin security division to the Hanwha […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2017

Insidious phishing attack leverages on fake attachments to steal Gmail credentials

Cybercriminals are adopting specially crafted URLs to trick users into entering their Gmail credentials in a new sophisticated phishing campaign. Security experts discovered a new effective Gmail phishing attack that is able to deceive also tech-savvy people. Crooks leverage on specially crafted URLs to trick victims into providing their Gmail credentials on a phishing page. The malicious messages are sent […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2017

Talos Team discovered serious issues in Aerospike Database Server

Security experts from Cisco Talos discovered several flaws in the Aerospike Database Server, a high-performance, and open source NoSQL database. Security experts from Cisco Talos have discovered several vulnerabilities in the Aerospike Database Server, a high-performance, and open source NoSQL database. It is used by several major brands for high-performance applications, including Kayak, AppNexus, Adform, adMarketplace and […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2017

Ploutus-D, a new variant of Ploutus ATM malware spotted in the wild

Security experts from FireEye have spotted a new variant of the infamous Ploutus ATM malware that infected systems in Latin America. Ploutus is one of the sophisticated ATM malware that was first discovered in Mexico back in 2013. The threat allows crooks to steal cash from ATMs using either an external keyboard attached to the machine […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2017

Hackers that hit MongoDB installs now switch on exposed Elasticsearch clusters

The hackers that targeted MongoDB installations with ransom attacks now switch on the exposed Elasticsearch clusters with a similar tactic. A few days ago I reported the news of a string of cyber attacks against MongoDB databases. Hackers broke into unprotected MongoDB databases, stealing their content, and asking for a ransom to return the data. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2017

WhatsApp backdoor? What is wrong in the last claims?

A security issue can be used to intercept and read encrypted messages. Is this a WhatsApp backdoor? Which are potential risks? Is the popular messaging service Whatsapp affected by a backdoor? According to a blog post published by The Guardian, the application was affected by a vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers to intercept and read messages. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2017

@Kapustkiy is back and hacked the Government of Venezuela

The popular hacker Kapustkiy hacked a website belonging to the Government of Venezuela in protest against the dictatorship of Nicolas Maduro. The White hat hacker Kapustkiy has hacked the Government of Venezuela and leaked data on Pastebin http://pastebin.com/ud0pewGL. Kapustkiy hacked the website www.gdc.gob.ve by exploiting a Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in: http://www.gdc.gob.ve/2.0/gui_resources/css/?f=../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd “I have found a LFI in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 13, 2017

WordPress 4.7.1 released, patches eight vulnerabilities and 62 bugs

According to the release notes the latest version of WordPress 4.7.1 addresses eight security vulnerabilities and other 62 bugs. Wednesday the latest version of WordPress 4.7.1 was released by the WordPress Team, it is classified as a security release for all previous versions. According to the release notes, the new version addresses eight security flaws […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 13, 2017

ShadowBrokers exits releasing another arsenal of tools to hack Windows

The ShadowBrokers hacking group that broke into the NSA arsenal and stole its hacking tools is signing off, leaving a gift to the security community. The mysterious hacking group calling themselves “The Shadow Brokers” has apparently decided to put an end to their failed attempts to sell exploits and hacking tools they claimed to have […]

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Russian Channel One alleged hacked and BBC Sherlock Final Leaked

Hackers demonstrate how to hack Samsung SmartCam

Insidious phishing attack leverages on fake attachments to steal Gmail credentials

Talos Team discovered serious issues in Aerospike Database Server

Ploutus-D, a new variant of Ploutus ATM malware spotted in the wild

Hackers that hit MongoDB installs now switch on exposed Elasticsearch clusters

WhatsApp backdoor? What is wrong in the last claims?

@Kapustkiy is back and hacked the Government of Venezuela

WordPress 4.7.1 released, patches eight vulnerabilities and 62 bugs

ShadowBrokers exits releasing another arsenal of tools to hack Windows

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