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Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2015

Department of Energy hacked 159 times between 2010 and 2014

According to a review of federal records obtained by USA Today, the US Department of Energy is among the most targeted government organizations in the US. The US Department of Energy manages information of strategic importance for a potential attacker, it oversees the operations of power grid, nuclear arsenal, and national labs. The data show that the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2015

Are you using a smartwatch? Hackers could get your data

Researchers have created an app that follows the micro-movements of your smartwatch and are able to detect what keys you’re pressing with your left hand and thus guess what words you may be typing on a keyboard. A group of students lead by Romit Roy Choudhury, Associate Professor at ECE Illinois developed a mobile app […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2015

ISIS hackers violated top secret British Government emails

According to an investigation by the GCHQ intelligence agency ISIS hackers targeted information held by some of David Cameron’s most senior ministers. According the experts at the British Intelligence GCHQ, ISIS hackers intercept top secret British Government emails. The investigation conducted by the GCHQ allowed the British intelligence to uncover a serious breach, terrorists linked […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2015

TSA master keys 3D blueprints for Luggage Locks Leaked Online

On gitHub there are available for download the blueprints for the TSA master keys, every lock which is ‘TSA recognized’ is at risk. In November 2014, The Washington Post published a story about “the secret life of baggage” showing the secret work the Transportation Security Administration officers. The article was only briefly accompanied by a photo […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2015

Zimperium firm released the Android Stagefright Exploit Code

Zimperium firm released the Android Stagefright Exploit Code, the Android flaw that is threatening the users of the popular Google mobile OS. Experts at Zimperium Mobile Security Labs (zLabs) recently discovered a critical flaw, dubbed Stagefright affecting the Android OS. The experts revealed that the Stagefright flaw (CVE-2015-1538) potentially affects 95% of Android devices running version 2.2 to 5.1 of […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2015

iOS 9 security by design, but hacker already shows a jailbreak

Apple announced the secure iOS 9 but a popular hacker demonstrated the untethered iOS 9 Jailbreak in a video PoC before its release. Apple announced new security enhancements for its new operating system iOS 9. The new version of the Apple OS, iOS 9, will be available from September 16th on the iPhone, iPad and iPod, according the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2015

10 Days to crack 11 Million Ashley Madison hashed passwords

Ashley Madison – A group of hackers which calls itself CynoSure Prime has cracked more than 11 Million hashed passwords protected with Bcrypt. How? Last month hackers breached the popular adultery website Ashley Madison and leaked online a dump containing data belonging to 37 Million users, including 37 Million of encrypted password. News of the day is […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2015

Cyber criminal crew DD4BC extorts businesses via DDoS

According to a report recently issued by Akamai, the DD4BC criminal group has been responsible for at least 114 DDoS attacks on its customers. According the Akamai firm, the criminal crews known as DD4BC has carried out at least 114 DDoS attacks with an average peak bandwidth of around 13.34 Gbps on its customers since April […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2015

Another computer system at the Pentagon has been hacked

Another cyber attack hit computer systems at the Pentagon, this time the food court computers have been hacked exposing employees’ bank information. In August, alleged Russian hackers have hacked an unclassified emailing server of the Pentagon, it was just one of the numerous attacks against the US Government systems. According to the NBC news, US […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 10, 2015

North Korea exploits a 0-day in the South Korea’s principal Word processor

FireEye suspects that the North Korea is responsible for a number of attacks against the South Korea relying a 0day in the South most popular Word processor. Security experts from FireEye speculate that The North Korea has carried out cyber attacks against entities of the South Korea by exploiting a zero-day ( CVE-2015-6585) in a […]

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Department of Energy hacked 159 times between 2010 and 2014

Are you using a smartwatch? Hackers could get your data

ISIS hackers violated top secret British Government emails

TSA master keys 3D blueprints for Luggage Locks Leaked Online

Zimperium firm released the Android Stagefright Exploit Code

iOS 9 security by design, but hacker already shows a jailbreak

10 Days to crack 11 Million Ashley Madison hashed passwords

Cyber criminal crew DD4BC extorts businesses via DDoS

Another computer system at the Pentagon has been hacked

North Korea exploits a 0-day in the South Korea’s principal Word processor

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