Pierluigi Paganini
June 20, 2015
A group of researchers demonstrated that encryption keys can accidentally leak from a PC via radio waves by using a cheap consumer-grade kit. In the past we have already spoken about the possibility to steal sensitive data from a computer by analyzing radio waves and electromagnetic emissions. The researchers Daniel Genkin, Lev Pachmanov, Itamar Pipman […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 20, 2015
Security experts at ERPScan discovered a serious security issue in SAP’s in-memory relational database management system, HANA. The SAP in-memory relational database management system, HANA, is affected by a serious security issue, the static encryption key is stored in the database. The fact that the encryption key is static means that every SAP HANA installation […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 19, 2015
A team of researchers from Indiana University discovered a number of XARA vulnerabilities in both Apple’s OS X and iOS that allows Apple Keychain crack. A team of researchers from Indiana University (Luyi Xing, Xialong Bai, XiaoFeng Wang, and Kai Chen lead by Tongxin Li, of Peking University, and Xiaojing Liao, of Georgia Institute of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 18, 2015
Security expert at Voidsec have analyzed the popular social networking minds.com disclosing a number of security vulnerabilities. Security expert at Voidsec, Paolo Stagno ( aka voidsec – [email protected] ) and Luca Poletti ( aka kalup – [email protected] ), have analyzed the popular social networking platform minds.com that is getting attention by media because it aims to give transparency and protection to user […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 18, 2015
Anonymous claimed responsibility for running DDoS attacks on Canadian government systems against the approval of anti-terror law C-51. An ongoing cyber attack is targeting systems of the Canadian Government, including Government websites and email systems. The cyber attack started a few days after members of the Canadian parliament were warned of an impending attack. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 17, 2015
More than 600 million Samsung S devices could be opened to cyber attacks because a flaw in the validation of language pack updates for the SwiftKey keyboard. More than 600 million Samsung smartphones could be opened to cyber attack due to the presence of a security flaw in the validation of the Swiftkey language pack updates. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 17, 2015
Security experts at Nettitude reported that VoIP (Voice over IP) infrastructures worldwide are targeted by a growing number of cyber attacks. A new wave of attacks against Voice over IP (VoIP) systems is targeting UK businesses, security experts believe that a surge was advantaged by the greater availability of hacking tools in the criminal underground. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 15, 2015
DDOS attacks have become cheaper than one can think, just because of the era of DDOS-for-hire services. However, such attacks are easier to launch now and don’t cost much, but when it comes to the victim – it costs $40,000 per hour to them considering the loss. Incapsula revealed in its annual Report of DDoS […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 15, 2015
Government records stolen in the recent data breach at the US OPM (Office of Personnel Management) are surfacing from the Dark Web. While security experts speculate on the possible responsible for the recent data breach at US the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) the alleged data appeared in the dark web. I have personally found it on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 14, 2015
A German security researcher reported hundreds of wind turbines and solar systems wide open to easy exploits worldwide due to the lack of security by design The German researcher Maxim Rupp has discovered numerous security issues in clean energy systems, including solar lighting and wind turbines. The possible consequence of a cyber attack is the […]
