Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2014
Hackers threatens major cyber-attack on World Cup 2014

Sporting events are an excellent scenario for hacktivists, protest against the World Cup in Brazil are increasing and hackers announced a major cyber attack. The football World Cup in Brazil 2014 is coming soon, the infrastructure used for the event are a prime target for each category of bad actors, state-sponsored hackers intent on cyber espionage, cyber criminals […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2014
15 million WordPress instances run flawed SEO plugin. Fix it!

Security researchers at Sucuri firm have discovered multiple serious vulnerabilities in the popular ‘All In One SEO Pack’ plugin for WordPress. WordPress in one of most targeted CMS platforms due its large diffusion, attackers are able to compromise victim instance exploiting flaws in outdated version or in vulnerable plugins . The Netcraft internet services company, in […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2014
Iranian hackers behind most elaborate spying campaign on social media

Experts at iSight issued a report describing the most elaborate net-based spying campaign organized by Iranian hackers using social media. Iranian Hackers use a network of fake accounts (NEWSCASTER network) on principal social media to spy on US officials and political staff worldwide, this is reported in an analysis done by iSIGHT Partners. A few days ago […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2014
Encryption Tool TrueCrypt shuts down mysteriously. Is it unsecure?

Encryption Tool TrueCrypt shuts down mysteriously, a message on the official SourceForge-hosted page is encouraging users to adopt Microsoft Bitlocker. TrueCrypt, another myth is falling down? Many TrueCrypt users have had a nasty surprise visiting the TrueCrypt page at SourceForge, the page content warns visitors that the open source encryption software is not secure and that its […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2014
Nice Recording eXpress lawful intercept solution is flawed

Researchers at SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab discovered that Nice Recording eXpress lawful intercept software contains numerous flaws, including a backdoor. Nice Recording eXpress voice-recording package software used by law enforcement to intercept communications of suspects under investigation contains various flaws, this is the discovery of security researchers at SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab. The researchers have recently published an […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2014
Spotify Android app hacked, change password and Upgrade it

Spotify company is investigating unauthorized access to its systems and internal company data. Android users urge to update the app and change the password. The popular Music streaming service Spotify is the last illustrious victim of hackers. The Swedish company today has issued an advisory to inform its the users of its Android app that it has suffered a […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 27, 2014
Serious WordPress issue exposes users to hijacking even if 2FA is enabled

Unencrypted cookies leave WordPress accounts exposed to hijacking on insecure networks, even if the two-factor authentication is enabled. WordPress administrators must be aware that it is quite easy for hackers to hijack their web site if they login from the same WI-Fi connection (e.g. From a public place) even if it is protected by two-factor authentication, . […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 26, 2014
UPDATED – Ex LulzSec Sabu helped feds foil 300+ cyberattacks

Prosecutors filed a document which reveals ex LulzSec hacker Sabu helped US authorities stop more that 300 cyber attacks against US targets. The time of sentencing the former LulzSec hacker is arrived, next week the turned-FBI informant Hector “Sabu” Monsegur will be judged for the numerous cyber attacks he organized when he was a member of Anonymous group. […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 26, 2014
Critical Infrastructure, hackers targeted public utility SCADA

Cyber attacks could pose a potentially huge risk to US critical infrastructure, state-sponsored hackers and cyber criminals are increasing their activity. Governments are even more alarmed by the possibility of cyber attacks against critical infrastructure, hackers could pose a potentially huge risk to the helpless population. In a recent US Government exercise, a team of hackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 25, 2014
FireEye-Mandiant data confirms DOJ’s Findings on APT1

Experts at Mandiant have corroborated the DOJ’s data by releasing additional evidence not included in the original APT1 report. One of the news most important shared on the internet this week it the one related to the indictment announced by US Department of Justice (DOJ) on five members of PLA Unit 61398. One year ago Mandiant experts deeply analyzed […]