Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2015
XARA data stealing flaws affect Apple iOS, OSX

A team of researchers from Indiana University discovered a number of XARA vulnerabilities in both Apple’s OS X and iOS that allows Apple Keychain crack. A team of researchers from Indiana University (Luyi Xing, Xialong Bai, XiaoFeng Wang, and Kai Chen lead by Tongxin Li, of Peking University, and Xiaojing Liao, of Georgia Institute of […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2015
Exclusive – Voidsec disclosed a number of flaws affecting Minds.com Platform

Security expert at Voidsec have analyzed the popular social networking minds.com disclosing a number of security vulnerabilities. Security expert at Voidsec, Paolo Stagno ( aka voidsec – [email protected] ) and Luca Poletti ( aka kalup – [email protected] ), have analyzed the popular social networking platform minds.com that is getting attention by media because it aims to give transparency and protection to user […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2015
#OpC51 Anonymous hit systems at Canadian Government

Anonymous claimed responsibility for running DDoS attacks on Canadian government systems against the approval of anti-terror law C-51. An ongoing cyber attack is targeting systems of the Canadian Government, including Government websites and email systems. The cyber attack started a few days after members of the Canadian parliament were warned of an impending attack. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2015
More than 600 million Samsung S devices open to hack

More than 600 million Samsung S devices could be opened to cyber attacks because a flaw in the validation of language pack updates for the SwiftKey keyboard. More than 600 million Samsung smartphones could be opened to cyber attack due to the presence of a security flaw in the validation of the  Swiftkey language pack updates. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2015
Cyber attacks against VOIP systems on the rise

Security experts at Nettitude reported that VoIP (Voice over IP) infrastructures worldwide are targeted by a growing number of cyber attacks. A new wave of attacks against Voice over IP (VoIP) systems is targeting UK businesses, security experts believe that a surge was advantaged by the greater availability of hacking tools in the criminal underground. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 15, 2015
$38 an hour is the cost of destructive DDos Attacks

DDOS attacks have become cheaper than one can think, just because of the era of DDOS-for-hire services. However, such attacks are easier to launch now and don’t cost much, but when it comes to the victim – it costs $40,000 per hour to them considering the loss. Incapsula revealed in its annual Report of DDoS […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 15, 2015
OPM data offered for sale on the Dark Web

Government records stolen in the recent data breach at the US OPM (Office of Personnel Management) are surfacing from the Dark Web. While security experts speculate on the possible responsible for the recent data breach at US the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) the alleged data appeared in the dark web. I have personally found it on […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 14, 2015
Researcher found Wind turbines and solar systems vulnerable worldwide

A German security researcher reported hundreds of wind turbines and solar systems wide open to easy exploits worldwide due to the lack of security by design The German researcher Maxim Rupp has discovered numerous security issues in clean energy systems, including solar lighting and wind turbines. The possible consequence of a cyber attack is the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 14, 2015
OPM hack: White House orders the adoption of best practices

Following the recent OPM data breach the White House requested IT administrators to implement and adopt basic security measures. A few days ago news media agencies reported the data breach at the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM), according to the US Government the hack is one of the largest breaches of federal employees’ data. Data […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 13, 2015
Exploring the Hacker’s List marketplace, 23% are FB hacking

An interesting overview of the hacking services offered by the platform Hacker’s List reveals that hacking Facebook accounts is the most common request. Last week the colleagues at The Hacker News explained how to exploit a simple trick to take over a WhatsApp account, today they have decided to write a post describing a newborn hacking community. The experts […]