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Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2013

Android Firefox Zero-Day exploit available on the underground

A researcher at Malwarebytes has discovered that a Russian hacker recently released an Android Firefox Zero-Day exploits on the underground. A new Android Firefox Zero-Day Exploit is available on the underground market for sale, a Russian exploit writer known as “fil9” has proposed it in the open exploit market with a starting price of $460. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2013

PHP SuperGlobal variables gaining popularity within hacking community

Imperva security researchers observed Web attacks involving PHP SuperGlobal variables are gaining popularity within the hacking community. Security researchers sounded the alarm for the possible abuse of PHP SuperGlobal variables by attackers, it is very frequent to read on PHP application that are hacked cyber cybercriminals. Security experts from Imperva sustains that PHP applications are vulnerable due the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 09, 2013

Surveillance – NSA can access data on your mobile device

The German news agency Der Spiegel reported last act of US surveillance, the NSA is able to access data stored in a wide range of mobile devices including Android, iPhone and BlackBerry. Here we are with weekly news on NSA surveillance activities, last week we were shocked by the news on Bullrun program meanwhile today we discuss on the capability of the agency to access data stored […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2013

Man In The Browser attacks scare banking world

The majority of financial service professionals considers Man In The Browser as the greatest threat to online banking, cybercrime increases its use. Man In The Browser attack, DDoS attacks, phishing are most insidious cyber threats against banking institutions. Last statistics proposed by principal security firms confirm that online banking is considered a lucrative business for […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2013

Reversing Dropbox client code raises security issues

Researchers at last USENIX security symposium presented a new method and consolidated techniques for reversing Dropbox code to bypass Dropbox’s two factor authentication, hijack Dropbox accounts and intercept SSL data. Reversing Dropbox analysis allowed researchers to crack its open cloud storage service, reverse engineering the encryption protecting the client it is possible to open it up […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2013

Sabu incited state-sponsored attack for US Government

Former LulzSec leader Sabu (Hector Xavier Monsegur) accused by the hacker Jeremy Hammond to have incited state-sponsored attack for the U.S. Government. LulzSec was a popular group of hacktivists that breached many high profile targets during the last years, we all remember the Sony Pictures occurred in 2011. The group also claimed responsibility for taking down many other […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2013

Syrian Electronic Army hit NYT and Twitter

The group of Syrian Electronic Army hackers is intensification its hacking campaign pro-Assad. Details of the attacks against the HuffingtonPost UK, Twitter and the NYT. The Syrian Electronic Army once again successful in an attack, to be precise the popular group of hacker this time hacked into Twitter, Huffington Post and NY Times’ registry accounts modifying DNS records and […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2013

Hacking phone firmware allows paging response attack on GSM

Researchers at last USENIX Security Symposium demonstrated that hacking phone firmware it is possible to violate the security of mobile under the same area Hacking phone firmware it is possible to interfere with other handsets in the same area, the attack technique has been presented recently at USENIX Security Symposium by telecommunications researcher Kévin Redon. Redon […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 27, 2013

China hit by DDoS attack. The Internet inaccessible for hours

China hit by DDoS attack. The CINIC confirmed that the country suffered a DDoS attack over the weekend causing the Internet inaccessibility for hours. During the weekend China’s Internet was taken down by a powerful DDoS attack, according to security experts behind the offensive there is a group of skilled hackers that on Sunday hit the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2013

The FBI claims to have neutralized Anonymous

The FBI claims to have neutralized Anonymous thanks the long series of arrests that hit principal cells of the collective such as LulzSec, Antisec and SABU. FBI in the last months has intensified the investigation on the Anonymous collective, various members of the popular group of hacktivist have been identified and arrested. Lulz Security (Lulzsec) team recognized its responsibility for the Sony Picture […]

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Android Firefox Zero-Day exploit available on the underground

PHP SuperGlobal variables gaining popularity within hacking community

Surveillance – NSA can access data on your mobile device

Man In The Browser attacks scare banking world

Reversing Dropbox client code raises security issues

Sabu incited state-sponsored attack for US Government

Syrian Electronic Army hit NYT and Twitter

Hacking phone firmware allows paging response attack on GSM

China hit by DDoS attack. The Internet inaccessible for hours

The FBI claims to have neutralized Anonymous

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