Pierluigi Paganini
January 05, 2015
A security researcher has presented a technique dubbed Thunderstrike hack to infect Appleâs Mac PCs with with EFI Bootkit through the Thunderbolt port. Infect Apple Mac PCs exploiting the Thunderbolt port is possible, the security researcher Trammell Hudson has demonstrated how it is possible during  the last edition of the annual Chaos Computer Congress in Hamburg, Germany. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 05, 2015
Many gamers are finding purchases that they never made their accounts for Electronic Arts Origin service. Once again the gaming industry under attack. There is no peace for the companies operating in the gaming industry. During Christmas holidays, the hackers of Lizard Squad brought down the PSN and Xbox live services, while yesterday the hacking […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 03, 2015
The hacking team H4LT has leaked Xbox One SDK online that could let experts to develop their own Homebrew Apps and run them on the popular gaming console. The gaming industry is in full storm after the massive outage of PSN and Xbox live at Christmas caused by the Lizard Squad. This time is the leakage online of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 03, 2015
iDict is the a hacking tool that was published on GitHub and that can break into any iCloud account running an Apple ID Dictionary attack. A hacker has released a tool called iDict that he sustains that could be used to break into any iCloud account. According to the expert, iDict implements an exploit that is able […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 01, 2015
A member of the Lizard Squad hacking group that shutdown the Play Station Network and the Xbox live service networks has been arrested by the UK police. In these days, we have followed the news related to hacking team known as the Lizard Squad who became famous for having ruined Christmas for millions of users of PSN […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 01, 2015
A security expert discovered a vulnerability in Facebook that allows to perform several malicious activities just uploading a forged Microsoft Word file. Security researcher Mohamed Ramadan has discovered a critical vulnerability in Facebook which allows an attacker to hack users’ account using a forged Microsoft Word .docx file. Ramadan is not new to this kind of discoveries, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 31, 2014
A group of experts managed to uncover USB modem vulnerabilities that allow a potential attacker to gain full control of the connected system. A team of researchers at Positive Technologies conducted a study on how to compromise USB modems and attack SIM cards via SMS over 4G networks at the PacSec and Chaos Computer Club […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 30, 2014
Security Experts at Trend Micro discovered a series of hacking attacks targeting Facebook users and exploiting the Same Origin Policy vulnerability. A serious security vulnerability affects the default web browser of the Android OS lower than 4.4, according the data provided by Google official dashboard nearly the 66% of Android devices is impacted. The security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 30, 2014
A security expert at the conference of the Chaos Computer Club has shown how to bypass Fingerprint biometrics using only a few photographs. Fingerprint biometrics are considered by many security experts, one of the most sophisticated authentication systems that combines security and ease of use. IT giant like Apple and Samsung are looking with great […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 28, 2014
Sky News has interviewed one of the members of Lizard Squad that explained the motivation of the recent cyber attacks. What to learn from the attack? The Lizard Squad team is the hacking collective that ridiculed the IT giants Microsoft and Sony in the Christmas day, the popular hackers have brought down the Play Station […]
