Pierluigi Paganini
July 05, 2014
Experts from MetaIntell have discovered a critical vulnerability in the latest version of Facebook SDK which exposes millions of Facebook accounts at risk. Security experts from MetaIntell have discovered a significant security vulnerability in the latest version of Facebook SDK, which affects numerous iOS and Android apps exposing millions of Facebook user’s Authentication Tokens at risk. The researchers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 01, 2014
Security experts at Kaspersky Lab have issued data related to the number of RDP brute force attacks on its clients which show a worrying trend. In the June Kaspersky Lab has included in its products an Intrusion Detection System, which allowed the company to analyze more information on going attacks on its clients. Kaspersky has issued the data […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 30, 2014
Anonymous has announced the campaign dubbed Operation NO2ISIS against some states it accuses of supporting the Islamic terror group ISIS. The group of hacktivists Anonymous has announced a new campaign dubbed Operation NO2ISIS against some nations it accuses of funding or arming the radical Islamic terror group ISIS. In particular Anonymous will target three states suspected of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 28, 2014
A serious code-execution vulnerability in Android 4.3 and earlier was patched with latest KitKat Android Operating System version. Are you using the Android 4.3 version and you are convinced to be secure? You are unfortunately wrong, because this version of Android and earlier are affected by a critical code-execution vulnerability. According to data proposed by the Android […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 26, 2014
A critical vulnerability in the WebShot feature implemented by TimThumb plugin expose WordPress instance to Remote Code Execution attacks. The popular image resizing library TimThumb used in many WordPress themes, 3rd party components and plugins is affected by a critical vulnerability which allows an attacker for certain commands to be remotely executed, without authentication, on the vulnerable website. The discovery of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 26, 2014
Security experts at Duo Security have discovered a serious flaw in the implementation of two-factor authentication which allow attackers to bypass it. Two-factor authentication processes if flawed could give to companies a false sense of security even if we are discussing of PayPal. In the past we have explained how to by-pass Two-factor authentication in various ways, for example, using […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 20, 2014
More than 32000 servers containing motherboards manufactured by Supermicro expose admin passwords in the clear, it is a godsend for hackers. A significant number of servers containing motherboards manufactured by Supermicro exposes administrator passwords, the situation is worrying considering that the problem is well known and a series of patches has been already released to fix […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 19, 2014
Security experts at Zimperium firm revealed that LinkedIn users could be potentially vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle attacks leveraging an SSL stripping. A new research is scaring users of LinkedIn revealing that they could be potentially vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attacks leveraging an SSL stripping. Despite the US security firm Zimperium reported the problem to LinkedIn more than a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 18, 2014
The popular hacker George Hotz, also known as Geohot, as releases a one click tool dubbed Towelroot to root Android devices exploiting a known Linux flaw. The popular hacker George Hotz, also known as Geohot, has designed a root tool called Towelroot that will let most Android smartphones users to root their device without a particular effort and technical knowledge. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 18, 2014
The Italian security firm Tiger Security issued a report on the current state of cyber attacks against the organization of the Brazil 2014 World Cup. The Italian firm Tiger Security is one of the companies in charge to monitor cyber security of the Brazil 2014 World Cup, in these hours its experts have issued an interesting report titled […]
