Pierluigi Paganini
December 01, 2013
Bogdan Alecu, a system administrator at Dutch IT services company Levi9, discovered that Google Nexus phones are vulnerable to SMS-based DOS attack. The popular family of Smartphones Google Nexus is vulnerable to SMS-based DOS attack that could cause the handset freeze and other anomalous behaviors. Bogdan Alecu, a system administrator at Dutch IT services company Levi9, discovered […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 30, 2013
Today the official Vodafone Iceland was breached by group of hackers Maxn3y, left defaced and a heap of data leaked from its servers. Vodafone Iceland was hacked by the group of hackers Maxn3y (@AgentCoOfficial) who in the past has stolen data from airports’ systems, electronic giants and fast food company. The hackers announced via Twitter […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 28, 2013
A security issue inside cookie-based storage mechanism of Ruby on Rails could expose thousand websites to cyber attacks. Ruby on Rails, “hit an open source web application framework to compromise a wide audience”, this is the thought of attackers that desire who want to hack the highest number of web sites. A security issue inside […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 25, 2013
Security experts Stewart from Dell SecureWorks and independent researcher David Shearhave explored online underground marketplace for stolen data. Digital identity is one of the most attractive goods sold in the underground, to a growing demand coincided with a more structured supply that will satisfy even the most complex requirements. Cybercrime pays and in the majority […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 23, 2013
Security researcher Oren Hafif demonstrated how to hack a Google Gmail account exploiting a serious flaw in the password reset process. A serious vulnerability in the password reset process of Google account allows an attacker to hijack any account, this is the sensational discovery made by security researchers Oren Hafif. “that password recovery is often in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 21, 2013
Imperva experts detected a surge in the exploitation of Jboss Application Server as result of the public disclosure of an exploit code. The cybercrime no stops and this time the alarm is related to a vulnerability in JBoss Application Servers that enable an attacker to remotely get a shell on a vulnerable web server. The concerning […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 20, 2013
British blogger revealed that his LG Smart TV collects and sends details about the owners’ viewing habits even if the users have activated a privacy setting. Exactly one year ago we discussed about the possibility to exploit a vulnerability in Samsung Smart TV to penetrate our domestic network to spy on us or to serve a malware. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 20, 2013
Users of Netflix, the provider of on-demand Internet streaming media, must beware of Silverlight exploit that could allow attackers to hack their systems. A vulnerability in Microsoft Silverlight 5 exposes to the risk of cyber attacks nearly 40 million Netflix streamers, the flaw is being exploited to execute arbitrary code on victim’s systems without any […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 18, 2013
Jeremy Hammond was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, during the process he declared that FBI directed my attacks of Anonymous on foreign governments. Jeremy Hammond, the popular Anonymous hacktivist considered the principal responsible for the disclosure of thousands of emails from the private intelligence firm Stratfor was sentenced on Friday to 10 years in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 16, 2013
The FBI is warning that members of the Anonymous hacking collective have violated networks belonging to multiple government agencies stealing sensitive data The Reuters agency reported that members of the hacktivist group of Anonymous secretly violated U.S. Government networks in multiple agencies and stolen sensitive information. The FBI warned that the hacking campaign began almost […]
