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Pierluigi Paganini February 19, 2016

Thousands of WordPress websites used as a platform to launch DDOS

In a recent investigation case, security researchers at Sucuri revealed that 26,000 different WordPress sites were exploited to launch Layer 7 distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. In a recent investigation case, security researchers at Sucuri revealed that 26,000 different WordPress sites were generating a sustained rate of 10,000 to 11,000 HTTPS requests per second […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 19, 2016

Comodo Internet Security opened your PC to attackers

Comodo Internet Security, in the default configuration, installs an application called GeekBuddy that also installs a VNC server enabled by default. The hackers of the Google Project Zero Team have found another serious security issue in the Comodo’s protection software, it is a VNC server enabled by default with a password easy to guess. It […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 19, 2016

Tens of thousands of DVRs exposed on Internet with Hardcoded Passwords

According to a report published by Risk Based Security more than tens of thousands of DVRs are exposed on the Internet with a hardcoded password. According to a report published by Risk Based Security (RBS), the firmware of DVRs manufactured by China-based Zhuhai RaySharp contains hardcoded credentials that could be used by a remote hacker […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2016

VXE Flaw allowed threats to bypass FireEye detection engine

Researchers at Blue Frost Security firm discovered a flaw in the FireEye Virtual Execution Engine (VXE) that allows an attacker to completely bypass virtualization-based dynamic analysis and whitelist malware. Security researchers at Blue Frost Security have found a high severity vulnerability in FireEye products that allowed an attacker to bypass the company’s detection engine and […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2016

Researcher hacks medical devices and the whole hospital with ease

Sergey Lozhkin, a security expert at Kaspersky Lab demonstratd how it is easy for hackers to compromise medical devices and critical healthcare infrastructure. The ascent in the Internet of Things (IoT) has left gadgets more associated, yet much of the time more vulnerable, than at any other time. From auto hacking to digital assaults against […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2016

Anonymous leaked 18GB of data belonging to the Turkish national police

Members of the Anonymous group have stolen 18GB worth of data belonging to Turkey’s national police force and leaked it online. The group of hacktivists Anonymous has just released roughly 18GB of sensitive data belonging to the Turkey’s national police. The hackers have accessed the database of the Turkish General Directorate of Security (EGM) and leaked […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2016

Linux Fysbis Trojan, a new weapon in the Pawn Storm’s arsenal

Malware researchers at PaloAlto discovered the Fysbis Trojan, a simple and an effective Linux threat used by the Russian cyberspy group Pawn Storm. Do you remember the Pawn Storm hacking crew? Security experts have identified this group of Russian hackers with several names, including APT28, Sofacy or Sednit, it has been active since at least 2007. The name Pawn Storm is used by security […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2016

Cisco Industrial switches affected by an unpatched flaw

Cisco disclosed a DoS vulnerability affecting the IOS software running on the industrial switches belonging to the Industrial Ethernet 2000 Series. Last week I wrote about a vulnerability affecting CISCO Universal Small Cell kits that allows unauthenticated remote users to retrieve devices’ firmware, now another vulnerability is worrying the customers of the IT Giants. The flaw coded […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2016

APT Groups don’t go under the grid after a successful attack!

What happened to some of the APT groups behind clamorous cyber attacks? Why they don’t go dark anymore after being outed, a behavior completely different from the past. I’m sure everyone remembers the Sony attack occurred in 2014, when the US Government blamed the North Korean Government for the attack, materially executed by a hacking […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 15, 2016

Don’t set your iPhone’s Date to January 1, 1970 or your will brick it

Another embarrassing problem for Apple iOS mobile devices (iPhone and iPad), setting the date of the devices to January 1st, 1970 will brick them. Don’t Try it! Another embarrassing problem for Apple iOS mobile devices, a software flaw could be exploited to permanently kill your iPhone, iPad or iPod. The issue affects the Apple iOS date and time […]

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Thousands of WordPress websites used as a platform to launch DDOS

Comodo Internet Security opened your PC to attackers

Tens of thousands of DVRs exposed on Internet with Hardcoded Passwords

VXE Flaw allowed threats to bypass FireEye detection engine

Researcher hacks medical devices and the whole hospital with ease

Anonymous leaked 18GB of data belonging to the Turkish national police

Linux Fysbis Trojan, a new weapon in the Pawn Storm’s arsenal

Cisco Industrial switches affected by an unpatched flaw

APT Groups don’t go under the grid after a successful attack!

Don’t set your iPhone’s Date to January 1, 1970 or your will brick it

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