Pierluigi Paganini
October 14, 2015
Two researchers from the French Intelligence Agency ANSSI discovered that hackers can control a mobile device remotely using the personal voice assistant. A team of experts from French Intelligence Agency ANSSI has discovered that a hacker can completely control mobile devices from as far as 16 feet away. How is it possible? The hackers have discovered a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 14, 2015
The Chinese jailbreaking team Pangu has just released a software (iOS 9 jailbreak) that allows Apple users to jailbreak their mobile devices using  iOS 9. Every time a new release of the popular Apple iOS is presented, hackers and experts start the competition to jailbreak it. One of the most active hacking crew in this […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2015
Researchers at Trend Micro have issued a new report on the Japanese Cybercrime Underground, a growing criminal community with his characteristics. Cybercrime underground is a growing and prolific industry that knows no crisis as demonstrated by the numerous reports issued by principal security companies and law enforcement. In the past we have analyzed criminal most […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 12, 2015
In March I presented the PoC of a computer-frying Killer USB pendrive designed by the Russian researcher, now the USB Killer 2.0 is arrived! Do you remember the killer USB? In March I presented the proof-of-concept computer-frying Killer USB pendrive designed by the Russian researcher with the pseudonym “Dark Purple.” Dark Purple works for a company that develops and manufactures electronic components, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 12, 2015
European Aviation Safety Agency European Aviation confirmed the concerns about the Airplane hacking. Hackers could easily infiltrate critical systems. On October 8, 2015, the director of the European Aviation Safety Agency, Patrick Ky revealed he has hired consultant, which is also a commercial pilot, who was able to exploit vulnerabilities in the Aircraft Communications Addressing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2015
For the first time, hackers have been arrested in China by law enforcement at the behest of the US government. Is it true cooperation? It is probably the first time that Chinese authorities have arrested hackers in China following a request of the US Government. Two weeks, before the visit of the Chinese President Xi Jinping in the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2015
Cyber Threat Summit 2015 – Study on criminal activities in the dark web.  “The Dark web – Why the hidden part of the web is even more dangerous?” Also, this year I have participated as a speaker to the Cyber Threat Summit 2015 held in Dublid, an event aimed at senior CISO level delegates and senior executives […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2015
The Dow Jones firm confirmed to have suffered a data breach, payment card and contact info for less than 3,500 users have been exposed. At the end of the last week, the CEO of Dow Jones & Co disclosed a data breach affecting 3,500 people in a letter to customers. Dow Jones is a media company owned […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2015
A group of researchers has demonstrated that the cost of breaking the SHA-1 hash algorithm is lower than previously estimated. The SHA-1 is still one of the most used cryptographic hash algorithm, but bad news for its supporters, a New Collision Attack Lowers Cost of Breaking it. The news is worrying, the cost and time […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2015
A security researcher has discovered a serious vulnerability in Netgear router that could be exploited by attackers to change the DNS settings. Once again the NetGear Routers are in the headlines for a serious security issue, nearly 500o devices are exposed to DNS Monitoring. The security researcher Joe Giron has discovered a serious vulnerability in Netgear router […]
