Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini June 07, 2016
Hackers can remotely disable car alarm on Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV SUVs

Hackers discovered it is possible to remotely control features of Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV by hacking the mobile applications designed by the car vendor. A team of experts from the UK security firm Pen Test Partners has demonstrated that it is possible to remotely control some feature of the popular SUV Mitsubishi Outlander plug-in hybrid electric vehicle […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2016
Charging Mobile Devices could be very risky according to Kaspersky

Experts from Kaspersky Lab have conducted an experiment to demonstrate the risks for charging mobile devices with untrusted USB charging points and PCs. A simple operation like charging mobile Smartphone could expose users at serious risks. It is not a novelty, mobile devices could be hacked while owners are charging them by using a standard […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2016
As of the end of March, 93 percent of all phishing emails contained ransomware

The anti-phishing company PhishMe that observed that as of the end of March 93 percent of all phishing emails contained a ransomware. Ransomware is becoming a privileged instrument of cyber criminals to rapidly earn money, the diffusion of this type of threat is changing the threat landscape scenario, for example, as of the end of March, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2016
Mark Zuckerberg hacked by the hacking crew OurMine Team

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hacked, a group of young hackers known as OurMine Team took over its Pinterest, Twitter, LinkedIn accounts. No one is secure when dealing with cyber security, event the popular Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. His social media accounts Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn were hacked. On Sunday, A group of hackers using the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2016
Old CVE-2014-3704 flaw in Drupal still exploited in attacks

More than 19 months after its public disclosure the CVE-2014-3704 is still exploited in attacks against Drupal-based websites. It was October 2014, when Drupal patched a critical SQL injection vulnerability (CVE-2014-3704) that was affecting all Drupal core 7.x versions up to the recently-released 7.32 version, which fixed the issue. The patch issued by Drupal fixed the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2016
How to steal encryption keys from the air through a PC’s noises

A group of Israeli researchers demonstrated how to steal RSA encryption keys through a PC’s noises during cryptographic operations. If you think that air-gapped networks are totally secure you are wrong, in the past, many research teams have devised methods to steal data from computers disconnected from the Internet. They demonstrated that it is possible […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2016
GhostShell is back and leaked 36 million records

GhostShell is back and leaked 36 million records from vulnerable networks to invite experts to pay attention to the new MEAN Stack. GhostShell is back and once again to warn us about the poor security posture of many services, this time, he announced to have leaked 36 million accounts/records. The hacker is inviting experts to pay attention to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2016
10,000+ WordPress websites compromised due to a flaw in WP Mobile Detector plugin

More than 10,000 WordPress installations being exploited in the wild due to a vulnerability in the  WP Mobile Detector plugin. Security experts at Sucuri reported that a growing number of WordPress installations have been compromised by hackers exploiting a security flaw in a widely used plugin called WP Mobile Detector. The worrisome news is that […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 02, 2016
TeamViewer hacked? The company officially denies it

Many TeamViewer users reported that their systems were accessed by hackers via the popular support tool, but the company denies any incident. Many TeamViewer users reported that their systems were accessed by hackers via the popular support tool, but the company denies any security breach. First claims appeared on Reddit, several users reported that unauthorized parties remotely accessed […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 02, 2016
Lenovo Accelerator Application contains a bug that allows remote hack of your PC

A study of Duo Security revealed that Lenovo Accelerator Application support tool contains a high-risk flaw that allows remote code execution. Once again bad news for Lenovo users, the company is informing them that the Lenovo Accelerator Application contains a high-risk vulnerability that could be exploited by hackers to remotely execute code on the machine and […]