Pierluigi Paganini
February 11, 2015
A serious vulnerability in the FancyBox WordPress plugin makes it easy for a hacker to compromise any website based on the popular CMS. Last week SecurityWeek reported about another a zero-day flaw found in a WordPress plugin. This time, a new vulnerability found in the popular FancyBox for WordPress plugin could be exploited to inject […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 11, 2015
Researchers from Trend Micro discovered that unknown hackers have compromised  Gas Pump Monitoring Systems in the US … it’s security emergency. Researchers at Trend Micro and many other security firms have observed a significant increase in the number of cyber attacks against systems in oil and energy industries. Another worrying trend observed by the experts is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 09, 2015
WhatsSpy Public is a web-based tool that could allow an attacker to access Whatsapp user information related to his activity. WhatsSpy Public is a web-based tool created by Maikel Zweerink that can trace the moves of a WhatsApp user. WhatsSpy is able to display user information in a friendly dashboard that includes events being displayed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 09, 2015
Anonymous announced the OpISIS and launched a series of attacks against the jihadist websites supporting the ISIS and its propaganda on the Web. As promised the Anonymous collective has launched a massive cyber attack against Islamic State (ISIS) terror group, the popular  group shouted revenge in the aftermath of the vicious against the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. After […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 07, 2015
The security portal secnews.gr revealed that Anonymous has taken over the website of the German politician Martin Schulz and has stolen sensitive data. According to the exclusive information provided by the Greek security portal www.secnews.gr the hacktivist group Anonymous has taken over the official website of the German politician Martin Schulz. An unknown person contacted Secnew’s journalists […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 06, 2015
The black box attacks are a new alarming trend in the criminal ecosystem, the experts Olga Kochetova and Alexey Osipov have provided a proof-of-concept. Cyber criminals can hack ATM systems and force them to dispense the cash by sending a command through a smartphone, in this attack scenario the mobile devices are used only to send […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2015
The popular website About.com is affected by numerous security flaws that expose its users to XSS, XFS, Open Redirect attacks since October 2014. Wang Jing, a PhD student at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore has discovered that the majority of the web page of About.com are vulnerable different types of attacks, including cross-site scripting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2015
A researcher has discovered a series of security issues in the newborn iOS Outlook app that allows Microsoft to access user emails and credentials. Security researcher and Head of Development at midpoints GmbH and IBM Champion RenĂ© Winkelmeyer has published a blog post to warn about security issues in the newborn iOS Outlook app. According to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 02, 2015
A third critical zero-day vulnerability affects Adobe Flash Player 16.0.0.296 and earlier versions for Windows, Linux and Mac. It is the third time in a few weeks that the security of Adobe users is menaced by a zero-day in Flash that affects Windows, Linux and OS X systems. The company is already working to provide a patch […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 02, 2015
A report issued by FireEye revealed that hackers have stolen GigaBytes of data from Syrian opposition’s computers, including battlefield plans. A recent report issued by FireEye revealed that hackers tapped into Syrian opposition’s computers and have stolen gigabytes of secret communications and battlefield plans. In mid-2013, ten armed units belonging to the opposition to the Syrian Government were […]
