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Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2016

Homeland Security – US Consular Consolidated Database vulnerable to cyber attacks

According to the results of an internal review, the US passport and visa Consular Consolidated Database (CCD) database is open to intrusion. According to the results of an internal review of the US State Department, the Consular Consolidated Database (CCD) is vulnerable to cyber attacks. The State Department considers the CCD as an “unclassified but […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2016

APT6 compromised the US government networks for years

The federal bureau of investigation issued an alert related the APT6 state-sponsored hacking group that has compromised the US Government networks for years. The FBI revealed that “a group of malicious cyber actors have compromised and stolen sensitive information from various government and commercial networks” since at least 2011. The alert was published online by AlenVault […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2016

Keep Windows machines infected abusing Windows Desired State Configuration (DSC)

Two forensics experts have demonstrated how to abuse the Windows Desired State Configuration (DSC) feature to gain persistence on the compromised machine. At the last Black Hat Asia, the forensics experts Matt Hastings and Ryan Kazanciyan from Tanium have demonstrated how to abuse the Windows Desired State Configuration (DSC) feature to gain persistence on the compromised machine. The DSC […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2016

Is the hack of an email server behind the Panama Papers?

Which is the source of Panama Papers? According to Mossack the hackers breached its systems, according to the experts its email server was breached. The Panama Papers is a huge trove of strictly confidential documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca was leaked online during the weekend, it is largest data leaks ever. The entire archive […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2016

DB with records of 50 Million Turkish Citizens Leaked Online. Are they recycled data?

A database containing records of 50 Million Turkish Citizens appeared online in the weekend. Is it a new or a recycled archive? Details of almost 50 Million Turkish citizens have been leaked online, the bulk data was hosted on a server with the IP address 185.100.87.84. The archive was published during the weekend, the publishers claim they it belongs […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2016

US and UK Will Simulate a Cyber Attacks on nuclear plants in 2016

US and UK are planning to simulate a cyber attacks on nuclear plants, to test their resilience in the light of the nuclear security summit. In the light of the recent events with the terrorist attacks in Europe, the fear of other similar threats becomes greater by the minute. Coordinates cyber attacks on nuclear plants would […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2016

German intelligence Agency BND spied on Netanyahu

The German Intelligence Agency BND has intercepted the Office of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu among others. According to the German weekly Der Spiegel, the German intelligence Agency BND (Bundesnachrichtendienst) has reportedly been spying on Israel for years. The Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Office is one of the main targets of the espionage activity, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2016

Hacking connected lightbulbs to breach Air-Gapped networks

Two of security researchers have shown how hackers can target connected lightbulbs to exfiltrate sensitive data from Air-Gapped networks. Two of security researchers from the Weizmann Institute have shown how hackers can target connected lightbulbs to steal sensitive data from Air-Gapped networks. The two researchers are Adi Shamir, the popular co-inventor of the RSA algorithm, and PHD student […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2016

The website of the Hungarian Government temporarily shut by cyberattack

Officials confirmed that the Hungarian government website came under attack from outside the country. The access to many websites was blocked. The Hungarian Government announced that its computer network was targeted by a major cyber attack that temporarily blocked the access to several websites. The attacks hit the main Hungarian government website and many other sites, including […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2016

Remotely unlock doors exploiting a flaw in HID Door Controllers

Experts from Trend Micro have discovered a serious flaw in HID door controllers that could be remotely exploited by hackers to open the doors. Security experts at Trend Micro have discovered a serious flaw in door controllers developed by the HID access control systems manufacturer that could be exploited by hackers to send one malicious UDP request to […]

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Homeland Security – US Consular Consolidated Database vulnerable to cyber attacks

APT6 compromised the US government networks for years

Keep Windows machines infected abusing Windows Desired State Configuration (DSC)

Is the hack of an email server behind the Panama Papers?

DB with records of 50 Million Turkish Citizens Leaked Online. Are they recycled data?

US and UK Will Simulate a Cyber Attacks on nuclear plants in 2016

German intelligence Agency BND spied on Netanyahu

Hacking connected lightbulbs to breach Air-Gapped networks

The website of the Hungarian Government temporarily shut by cyberattack

Remotely unlock doors exploiting a flaw in HID Door Controllers

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