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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Researcher Dan Melamed recently discovered an open url redirection flaw in Facebook that allowed to have a facebook.com link redirect to any website. A Facebook Open URL Redirection vulnerability is the last discovery of security expert Dan Melamed that reported it in a recent post. Dan is an old acquaintance of Security Affairs, he revealed […]
At last HP’s Pwn2Own 2013 contest hacking teams from Japan and China compromised iPhone 5 running iOS 6 and iOS 7 and a Samsung Galaxy S4. During the last HP’s Pwn2Own 2013 contest at Information Security Conference PacSec 2013 in Tokyo, two teams of Chinese and Japanese hackers demonstrated the exploitation of zero-day vulnerability in Appleâs Safari browser for […]
MacRumors, the Mac news and information website and user forums, was hacked, more than 860,000 accounts were potentially compromised. MacRumors, the popular Mac news and information website and user forums have been hacked this week, according the first news circulating on the internet more than 860,000 accounts were potentially compromised on the total of 1.8 million registered […]
The GCHQ (British Government Communications Headquarters) used fake LinkedIn and Slashdot to hack Belgacom, OPEC & others GRX providers. According to the German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel the British signals intelligence spy agency has again adopted a âquantum insertâ technique to target employees of two companies that are GRX (Global Roaming Exchange) providers. The […]
FireEye Labs has identified a new IE zero-day exploit used for a watering hole attack in the US. As usual it is crucial to track and mitigate so dangerous threats in time to avoid serious problems. FireEye Labs has detected a new series of attacks based on the exploit of a new IE zero-day vulnerability […]
Search engines are formidable tools for reconnaissance, Google Hacking is essential knowledge for professionals searching for website vulnerabilities. Search engines are powerful tools for attackers that need to conduct passive reconnaissance, their use could help to gather information on the target network organization, application used and related vulnerabilities, sensitive documents and info on company personnel. […]
Security experts at Securi firm have recently detected a series of SQL Injection attacks conducted abusing of the Google Bot activity. The exploitation of search engines like Google and Bing to conduct an attack represents an optimal choice for hackers that intend to stay hidden during the offensive. No IT administrator would block traffic from […]