Pierluigi Paganini
June 18, 2015
Anonymous claimed responsibility for running DDoS attacks on Canadian government systems against the approval of anti-terror law C-51. An ongoing cyber attack is targeting systems of the Canadian Government, including Government websites and email systems. The cyber attack started a few days after members of the Canadian parliament were warned of an impending attack. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 17, 2015
More than 600 million Samsung S devices could be opened to cyber attacks because a flaw in the validation of language pack updates for the SwiftKey keyboard. More than 600 million Samsung smartphones could be opened to cyber attack due to the presence of a security flaw in the validation of the Swiftkey language pack updates. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 17, 2015
Security experts at Nettitude reported that VoIP (Voice over IP) infrastructures worldwide are targeted by a growing number of cyber attacks. A new wave of attacks against Voice over IP (VoIP) systems is targeting UK businesses, security experts believe that a surge was advantaged by the greater availability of hacking tools in the criminal underground. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 15, 2015
DDOS attacks have become cheaper than one can think, just because of the era of DDOS-for-hire services. However, such attacks are easier to launch now and don’t cost much, but when it comes to the victim – it costs $40,000 per hour to them considering the loss. Incapsula revealed in its annual Report of DDoS […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 15, 2015
Government records stolen in the recent data breach at the US OPM (Office of Personnel Management) are surfacing from the Dark Web. While security experts speculate on the possible responsible for the recent data breach at US the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) the alleged data appeared in the dark web. I have personally found it on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 14, 2015
A German security researcher reported hundreds of wind turbines and solar systems wide open to easy exploits worldwide due to the lack of security by design The German researcher Maxim Rupp has discovered numerous security issues in clean energy systems, including solar lighting and wind turbines. The possible consequence of a cyber attack is the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 14, 2015
Following the recent OPM data breach the White House requested IT administrators to implement and adopt basic security measures. A few days ago news media agencies reported the data breach at the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM), according to the US Government the hack is one of the largest breaches of federal employees’ data. Data […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 13, 2015
An interesting overview of the hacking services offered by the platform Hacker’s List reveals that hacking Facebook accounts is the most common request. Last week the colleagues at The Hacker News explained how to exploit a simple trick to take over a WhatsApp account, today they have decided to write a post describing a newborn hacking community. The experts […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 12, 2015
Cyber security expert Cesar Cerrudo once again is warning the IT security community on the risks related to the deployment of vulnerable traffic lights. Cesar Cerrudo, CTO at IOActive, has conducted several tests to investigate on the security of components within control systems of traffic lights and electronic signs in different cities around the world discovering […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 11, 2015
A security expert discovered that United Airlines accounts could be locked-out by running a brute-force attack. The effects on a large scale could be serious. According to WorldMate security officer Yosi Dahan, a threat actor could easily lock-out United Airlines users from their accounts. Dahan explained that reported the security issue in March under the United Airlines bug bounty […]
