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Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2015

Mass-Scale Abuse of poorly configured SOHO Routers

Several dozen Imperva Incapsula customers were targeted by a DDoS botnet comprised of tens of thousands of hijacked SOHO routers. Security experts at Incapsula firm spotted a DDoS botnet composed of tens of thousands of malware-infected Small Office / Home Office SOHO routers engaged in application layer HTTP flood attacks. The SOHO routers were infected with a strain […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 11, 2015

PHP hash comparison flaw is a risk for million users

New PHP vulnerability dubbed ‘Magic Hash’ being found by Robert Hansen (aka RSnake) of WhiteHat Security can enable attackers into breaching users’ accounts. New vulnerability dubbed ‘Magic Hash’ being found by Robert Hansen (aka RSnake) of WhiteHat Security can enable attackers into breaching users’ accounts. Because of a security flaw according to which PHP tackles […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 11, 2015

Apple Watch hacked, a developer runs a web browser on it

The popular developer Comex has posted online a video Proof-of-Concept to demonstrate that it is possible to run arbitrary code on the Apple Watch. The Internet of things is probably the paradigm that most of all is invading our daily life, smart objects surround us and collect a huge quantity information enlarging our surface of attack. The problem […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 10, 2015

Security Affairs newsletter Round 8 – Best of the week from best sources

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from the best sources free for you in your email box. Trustwave discovered the first political malvertising campaign Mozilla Fundation, a step toward to full HTTPS implementation How Selerity reported Twitter’s earnings—before Twitter did Carders crack Hard Rock casino Australian […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 10, 2015

Hiring hackers, how much is it?

In recent years the perception of the role of hackers is completely changed, in the past these high-skilled professionals were viewed as dangerous threats that needed to be kept at arm’s length, meanwhile today they are highly sought from private companies and intelligence agencies. “An increasingly large number of modern business operations rely on an understanding of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2015

95 percent of SAP systems were exposed to vulnerabilities

Onapsis study found that over 95% of SAP systems are exposed to vulnerabilities that could lead to full compromise of the company’s business. SAP is one of the most popular enterprise software used by companies to manage business operations and customer relations. A recent study conducted by the SAP solutions provider revealed that more than 95 percent […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2015

GPS used to locate a gang using gas pump skimmers

Law enforcement identifies and located suspects members of a criminal organization that used gas pump skimmers, by using the GPS technology. The number of attacks against ATMs located in supermarkets and Gas pumps is constantly increasing, the crooks use credit and debit card skimmers that use different technologies to steal card data and steal them. Today […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2015

Facebook Friends Mapper – How to crawl Hidden Friends

Hackers have a new tool in their arsenal dubbed Facebook Friends Mapper that allows them to crawl Facebook Hidden Friends list just in a click. Facebook users can protect their privacy by setting the “privacy level” for every information related their profile or content they post online. Users can decide to completely set as private the information in […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2015

Flawed Open Smart Grid Protocol is a risk for Smart Grid

More than four million smart meters and similar devices worldwide are open to cyber attacks due to the security issued in the Open Smart Grid Protocol. The Open Smart Grid Protocol (OSGP) is a family of specifications published by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) that are implemented today by more than four million smart […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2015

Traditional crooks and violent offenders are turning to the cybercrime

According to data provided by British law enforcement, at least a 25 percent of organised criminals in the country is converting themselves to cybercrime. Cybercrime is becoming even more attractive to traditional crooks, including violent offenders. According to data provided by British law enforcement traditional crimes were continuing to fall while the number of online crimes […]

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Mass-Scale Abuse of poorly configured SOHO Routers

PHP hash comparison flaw is a risk for million users

Apple Watch hacked, a developer runs a web browser on it

Security Affairs newsletter Round 8 – Best of the week from best sources

Hiring hackers, how much is it?

95 percent of SAP systems were exposed to vulnerabilities

GPS used to locate a gang using gas pump skimmers

Facebook Friends Mapper – How to crawl Hidden Friends

Flawed Open Smart Grid Protocol is a risk for Smart Grid

Traditional crooks and violent offenders are turning to the cybercrime

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