Pierluigi Paganini
April 08, 2016
The FBI Director James Comey confirmed the Agency had purchased a hacking tool to crack the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, but … The FBI has found a way to unlock any Apple iPhone, this is the opinion of the majority of security experts. Apple has expressed its concerns about the technique adopted by the Feds to access data […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 06, 2016
A new Flash Player zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2016-1019) has been actively exploited by threat actors in attacks against systems running Windows XP and 7. Once again a zero-day vulnerability in the Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.197 is threatening Internet users worldwide. The news was spread by Adobe that issued a security alert on Tuesday anticipating an imminent […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 06, 2016
iPhone 6s and 6s Plus running the latest iOS version are plagued by a vulnerability that can be exploited to bypass the lockscreen. Another flaw plagues the new Apple iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, this time the mobile devices are affected by a Lockscreen Bypass vulnerability that could be exploited by local attackers to access […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 06, 2016
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
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
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
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
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 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
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, […]
