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Pierluigi Paganini August 08, 2014

Disclosed 40 GB of data of FinFisher government spyware related to alleged Gamma hack

A Hacker claims to have hacked the network of Gamma International firm and he has leaked docs related to the malware-for-government FinFisher. Earlier this week the British company Gamma International appears to have been hacked and a collection of files from its systems have been leaked on the Internet. The security firm is popular because it […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2014

WordPress and Drupal websites Vulnerable to DoS attack which can make them completely inaccessible

The popular expert Nir Goldshlager has discovered an XMLRPC vulnerability which affects millions WordPress and Drupal websites exposing them to DoS Attack. If your website is based a WordPress or Drupal CMS you need to urgently update it to the last version released due to the presence of a critical vulnerability in the implementation of […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2014

FBI infected PCs on a large scale to persecute alleged criminals

A report disclosed by Wired suggests that the FBI is using a malware to identify Tor users by infecting machines on a large scale. It’s not a mystery that usage of the Tor network represents a problem for investigators of law enforcement agencies and for government entities that need to track users on the popular anonymizing network. […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2014

Security flaw allows to bypass PayPal two-factor authentication

A Security researcher has discovered a new flaw in the two-factor authentication process implemented by PayPal to protect its users. Security researcher Joshua Rogers has discovered a simple way of bypassing the two-factor authentication mechanism implemented by PayPal to protect accounts that are linked to eBay accounts. The flaw resides in the login process when a user is prompted […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2014

Hacking satellite communications equipment on passenger jets

Cyber security expert claims to be able access satellite communications equipment on passenger jets through their WiFi and in-flight entertainment systems. Airplanes Can Be Hacked Through Wireless In-flight Entertainment System, this is not a new discovery as I explained in a post published more that one year ago and titled “Cyber Threats against the Aviation […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2014

Tens of thousands of Mozilla developers emails and password exposed

Mozilla Security Team announced the accidental disclosure of MDN email addresses of about 76,000 users and encrypted passwords of about 4,000 users. Bad news for tens of thousands of Mozilla developers, their email addresses and encrypted passwords were accidentally exposed. The news was reported in blog post published on the official Mozilla Security Blog, the risk is […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2014

OpSaveGaza , Anonymous paralized Mossad website with a DDoS

Members of the group of hacktivists Anonymous have coordinated a major Distributed Denial of Service attack early this morning as part of the #OpSaveGaza. Anonymous, the popular collective of hacktivists, has taken down the official website of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad as announced through a tweet from one of its numerous accounts. Obviously the collective […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2014

Hackers can exploit USB devices to trigger undetectable attacks

A popular security researcher revealed that bad actors can tap into USB Devices to conduct attacks non detectable with known security defenses. Security experts demonstrated that USB devices can be used to compromise personal computers in a potential new type of attacks that evade all actual security protections. Karsten Nohl, chief scientist with Berlin’s SR Labs, discovered that […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2014

Zero-day flaws affect Symantec Endpoint Protection

Pen Testers at Offensive Security discovered Zero-day flaws in Symantec Endpoint Protection that could be exploited to gain full system access. Yesterday I reported the results of the study conducted by the security researcher Joxean Koret which publicly revealed a series of flaws affecting 14 of 17 major antivirus engines. The security experts remarked that antivirus products are […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2014

Discovered attacks to compromise TOR Network and De-Anonymize users

On July 4 2014 Tor Team discovered a group of malicious relays that they assume were trying to deanonymize Tor Network users with confirmation attack technique. Tor network is an excellent technology to ensure users’ online anonymity, thanks to the Tor network users can hide online activities, staying far from the prying eyes of governments and […]

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Disclosed 40 GB of data of FinFisher government spyware related to alleged Gamma hack

WordPress and Drupal websites Vulnerable to DoS attack which can make them completely inaccessible

FBI infected PCs on a large scale to persecute alleged criminals

Security flaw allows to bypass PayPal two-factor authentication

Hacking satellite communications equipment on passenger jets

Tens of thousands of Mozilla developers emails and password exposed

OpSaveGaza , Anonymous paralized Mossad website with a DDoS

Hackers can exploit USB devices to trigger undetectable attacks

Zero-day flaws affect Symantec Endpoint Protection

Discovered attacks to compromise TOR Network and De-Anonymize users

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