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Pierluigi Paganini December 01, 2016

More than 1 Million Google accounts hacked by Gooligan Android Malware

Experts from the security firm CheckPoint discovered a new Android malware dubbed Gooligan that has already compromised more than a million Google Accounts. Another malware, dubbed Gooligan, is threatening Android users. The Android malware has already compromised more than 1 Million Google accounts. The Gooligan Android malware roots vulnerable Android devices in the attempt of stealing email addresses and authentication […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 01, 2016

Thousands of UK National Lottery player accounts compromised

Roughly 26,500 accounts of the UK National Lottery players were accessed by cybercriminals, authorities are investigating the case. According to the operator Camelot, roughly 26,500 accounts of the UK National Lottery players were accessed by cybercriminals. The security breach was spotted on November 28th during a routine online security monitoring. “We do not hold full debit card […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 30, 2016

The code of a Firefox Zero-Day Exploit used to unmask Tor Users is online

A zero-day exploit in the wild has been used by threat actors to de-anonymize Tor users by executing malicious code on Windows machines. The news is disconcerting and confirms the existence of a zero-day exploit in the wild that’s being used by threat actors to de-anonymize Tor users by executing malicious code on their machine. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 30, 2016

GCHQ presents CyberChef, an Open Source Data Analysis Tool

The GCHQ has released the code of a new open source web tool dubbed CyberChef, specifically designed for analyzing and decoding data. Open data are a privileged source for intelligence agencies, almost any government is largely investing in technology to analyze them. Recently the British intelligence Agency, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), has launched a new […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 29, 2016

An audit revealed dozen vulnerabilities in the cURL

Security experts who conducted an audit on cURL discovered nearly a dozen vulnerabilities that were patched in the last release. The cURL (read “see URL”) is an open source command line tool and library designed for transferring data through various protocols. The cURL is included in a wide range of applications, including networking devices, printers, smartphones, IoT devices […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 28, 2016

More than 900k routers of Deutsche Telekom German users went offline

Deutsche Telekom confirmed that more than 900,000 routers began to have serious problems connectivity problems due to a cyber attack. More than 900,000 routers belonging to Deutsche Telekom users in Germany were not able to connect to the Internet due to an alleged cyber-attack. The affected routers were used by the Deutsche Telekom customers also […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 28, 2016

Japan is investigating security breach of Defence Information Infrastructure

The Japanese Government is investigating a reported security breach suffered by the High-speed Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) network. The Defence Information Infrastructure is a high-speed large-capacity communication network connecting SDF bases and camps. The Defence Information Infrastructure comprises two distinct networks, one connected to the Internet and an internal network. The security breach took place […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 28, 2016

Hackers crashed San Francisco’s Municipal railway systems

Last week, unknown attackers hacked the computer systems of the San Francisco’s Municipal railway giving riders a free ride all day on Saturday. Last week, hackers crashed the computer system of the San Francisco’s Municipal railway, unknown attackers took offline the ticket kiosks offline and gave riders a free ride all day on Saturday, until […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 27, 2016

Hackers offer a huge Mirai botnet as a DDoS-for-hire service

The hackers Popopret and BestBuy are offering a DDoS-for-hire service leveraging a Mirai botnet composed of around 400,000 compromised devices. We have written a lot about the Mirai botnet after the clamorous attacks against the Dyn DNS service and the OVH hosting, it is a dangerous threat that was designed to target IoT devices that could be used to power massive DDoS […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2016

Hacker found issues in Uber UberCENTRAL Tool that exposed user data

Bounty hunter Kevin Roh has discovered several security vulnerabilities in the Uber UberCENTRAL Tool that exposed user data. Security expert and bounty hunter Kevin Roh has discovered several security vulnerabilities in Uber’s UberCENTRAL Tool that exposed user data. The UberCENTRAL service was launched in July, according to the company it is a dashboard that enables any business to request, manage, […]

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More than 1 Million Google accounts hacked by Gooligan Android Malware

Thousands of UK National Lottery player accounts compromised

The code of a Firefox Zero-Day Exploit used to unmask Tor Users is online

GCHQ presents CyberChef, an Open Source Data Analysis Tool

An audit revealed dozen vulnerabilities in the cURL

More than 900k routers of Deutsche Telekom German users went offline

Japan is investigating security breach of Defence Information Infrastructure

Hackers crashed San Francisco’s Municipal railway systems

Hackers offer a huge Mirai botnet as a DDoS-for-hire service

Hacker found issues in Uber UberCENTRAL Tool that exposed user data

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