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Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2015

Hacking home networks by compromising a Nest thermostat

A group of researchers from TrapX Security demonstrated how to infiltrate home networks by compromising a Nest thermostat. We already discussed in the past of the risks related to cyber attacks against IoT devices, these smart objects are everywhere, including our homes, so they represent a privileged target for hackers. Security experts from TrapX Security demonstrated how […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2015

Just $104 to exploit the FREAK flaw and hit the NSA website

Researchers hack NSA’s website with only $104 and 8 hours of Amazon’s cloud computing power using the #FREAK vulnerability A team of researchers demonstrated that it is possible to exploit the FREAK vulnerability to hack the official NSA website by using 8 hours of Amazon’s cloud computing power and spending only $104. The researcher made […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2015

SIGA data breach exposed confidential data of 98000 US Military Personnel

Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) confirms that following the SIGA data breach, confidential data belonging to US military personnel were exposed. A bad news for the US military, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) confirms that, following a the data breach of the German telecom company SIGA Telecom and an AAFES contractor occurred on March 5, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2015

All Windows systems are vulnerable to the FREAK attack

According to a security advisory published by Microsoft all supported versions of Windows are affected by the recently discovered FREAK vulnerability FREAK is major security SSL/TLS vulnerability recently discovered that for more than a decade left users of Apple and Google devices vulnerable to hacking when they visited millions of legitimate and secure websites. The critical […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2015

Drones spying on cell phones for Advertizing campaigns

The Singapore-based company AdNear is using a fleet of commercial drones to determine users’ location and deliver hyper-targeted ads. Drones that spy on unaware people, a nightmare come true, apparently nothing new considering that it is a common practice of law enforcement and Intelligence agency. The bad news is that also a few advertising companies are also […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2015

FREAK, the new vulnerability that threatens the IT industry

FREAK, a new major security flaw that left users of Apple and Google devices exposed to MITM attack while visiting supposedly secure Websites. IT industry is facing with a new major security SSL/TLS vulnerability that for more than a decade left users of Apple and Google devices vulnerable to hacking when they visited millions of […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 03, 2015

D-Link home routers affected by remote command injection flaw

D-Link routers contain a vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers to get root access remotely and run several attacks. Once again security experts have found security vulnerabilities in home routers, these devices are a privileged target of cyber criminals that exploit the flaws in the software they run for several purposes. This time the flawed routers […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2015

How to serve malware by exploiting Blu-ray disc attacks

A British hacker has found two Blu-Ray-borne attacks that could be run to infect machines, a technique that remind the method used by the Equation Group. Security expert Stephen Tomkinson from NCC Group has discovered a couple of vulnerabilities in the software used to play Blu-ray discs. The exploitation of the flaw could be used to implant […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2015

Hacking the hackers : A cyber resilience approach

A cyber resilience approach: the need to become cyber resilient is very essential because eliminating risks completely is impossible. Hacking emerged as a geeky, tech-oriented culture that was a little mischievous, but ultimately was about programming and finding faults or bugs in the code. It has evolved over time to become a criminal activity. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2015

Seagate NAS affected by a Remote Code Execution zero-day vulnerability

A security expert discovered a Remote Code Execution zero-day vulnerability in Seagate Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems. A critical zero-day vulnerability affects Network Attached Storage (NAS) device software produced by the Seagate firm. The vulnerability was discovered by the security researcher OJ Reeves on October 7 and reported to Seagate that still hasn’t fixed the zero-day. The Seagate […]

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Hacking home networks by compromising a Nest thermostat

Just $104 to exploit the FREAK flaw and hit the NSA website

SIGA data breach exposed confidential data of 98000 US Military Personnel

All Windows systems are vulnerable to the FREAK attack

Drones spying on cell phones for Advertizing campaigns

FREAK, the new vulnerability that threatens the IT industry

D-Link home routers affected by remote command injection flaw

How to serve malware by exploiting Blu-ray disc attacks

Hacking the hackers : A cyber resilience approach

Seagate NAS affected by a Remote Code Execution zero-day vulnerability

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