Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2015
Cracka hackers who doxed CIA Chief, now hit the FBI Deputy Director

Cracka, the crew of young hackers who doxed the CIA Director John Brennan now hit the FBI Deputy Director Mark Giuliano ’s wife by hacking her email account. I always say, give a keyboard and internet connection to a kid and he would destroy your company. It is not a joke, the effort needed to launch […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2015
GovRAT, the malware-signing-as-a-service platform in the underground

Security Experts at InfoArmor discovered GovRAT, a malware-signing-as-a-service platform that is offered to APT groups in the underground. In the past, I have explained why digital certificates are so attractive for crooks and intelligence agencies, one of the most interesting uses is the signature of malware code in order to fool antivirus. Naturally, digital certificates […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2015
#opKKK Anonymous denied involvement in recent leak

#opKKK – The hacking collective Anonymous is denying involvement in the Monday leak of alleged Ku Klux Klan members that included several US senators. A few days ago the popular Anonymous collective has posted a video message on YouTube and a message on Twitter to announce that it is holding a list of names of […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2015
Project Zero Experts Found critical flaws in Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge

Experts at Google’s Project Zero have discovered a number of high severity flaws in the Android OS version running on Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge smartphones. Experts at Google Project Zero are conducting an analysis of the Android operating system running on the Android OS installed by other manufacturers on their mobile devices. The principal manufactures […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2015
More than 100 Million Android users at risk due to the Baidu Moplus SDK

A vulnerability known as Wormhole affects the Baidu Moplus SDK and potentially exposes more than 100 Million users to cyber attacks. The Moplus software development kit (SDK) distributed by the Chinese Search Engine Baidu includes a functionality that can be exploited to gain access to the user’s device. The backdoor-like feature potentially exposes more than 100 Million Android users to cyber attacks. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2015
KeeFarce Hacking tool steals encrypted credentials from KeePass password manager

KeeFarce is a recently released hacking tool that swipes encrypted credentials from the KeePass password manager through the DLL injection. A password manager is considered one of the most secure tools to archive strong passwords in a computer. Unfortunately, the presence of a malware on the PC can expose passwords even if they are stored […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2015
Hackers win $1 million bounty for iOS 9 remote hack

A team of hackers has received a million-dollar payout for disclosing a iOS zero-day vulnerability that could allow an attacker to remotely hack any Phone. Bad news for the Apple users, a team of hackers have received a million-dollar payout for disclosing an iOS zero-day vulnerability that could allow an attacker to remotely hack any Phone […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2015
The official website of the popular vBulletin forum has been hacked

The website of the vBulletin forum software is down for maintenance following a data breach that exposed personal information of hundreds of thousands users On Sunday, the vBulletin official website has been hacked by an attacker using the moniker “Coldzer0.” The website has been defaced and the vBulletin forum was displaying the message “Hacked by Coldzer0.” At the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 02, 2015
Flaws in ATMs of a German Bank open the doors to cyber attacks

A security researcher at the Vulnerability Lab discovered that ATMs at the German savings bank Sparkasse can leak sensitive info during software updates. The security researcher Benjamin Kunz-Mejri, CEO of the Vulnerability Lab, discovered that ATMs at the German savings bank Sparkasse can leak sensitive data during software updates. The discovery of the anomaly was casual, Benjamin Kunz-Mejri was was […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2015
Hackers have accessed details of 1,827 Vodafone customers

According to Vodafone UK, criminals used the stolen data obtained from “an unknown source” to try to access customers’ accounts. Personal details belonging to roughly 2,000 Vodafone customers have been compromised. According to Vodafone, cyber criminals used the stolen data (emails and passwords) obtained from “an unknown source” to try to access customers’ accounts between […]