Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2013
DropBox account hacking bypassing two-factor authentication

Zouheir Abdallah revealed that a hacker already knows the victim’s credentials for Dropbox account that has 2FA authentication enabled, is able to hack it. Few hours ago I was informed that Q-CERT team found a critical vulnerability in DropBox that allows a hacker to bypass the two-factor authentication implemented by the popular file sharing service. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 05, 2013
Android vulnerability makes 99% of mobile devices attackable

Bluebox Labs recently discovered an Android vulnerability in the OS’s security model that allows hackers to attack 99% of Android devices on the market. Android vulnerability allows app modification preserving signatures … this is the shocking discovery announced by Bluebox Labs. During this week we have had the opportunity to discuss about mobile botnets and […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 28, 2013
Opera infrastructure hacked and digital certificate stolen

Opera software revealed that its infrastructure was attacked and a digital certificate has been stolen to sign malware and to deceive victims. On June 19th Opera suffered a cyber attack that was uncovered and contained by the same software company, the news has been provided by Opera with an official advisory published Wednesday morning. “On June […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2013
Facebook hacked with an SMS, excellent the bug management

The hacker “fin1te”  revealed that Facebook account was hackable within a minute simply with an SMS. Excellent the bug management in the Bug Bounty program. Facebook hacked again, this time hackers have done it without using any other malicious code neither user interaction. UK based Security Researcher, “fin1te” revealed that attack could compromise any Facebook […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2013
Car hacking, cinematographic fiction or reality

Car hacking is today possible due the massive introduction of technology in our vehicles, a hacker that gain access to our vehicles. Car hacking is one of the effect of the massive introduction of technology in our vehicles, a hacker that gain access to our transport is an event that we have seen only in […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2013
Anonymous and state-sponsored hackers threaten energy sector

The energy sector is threaten with increasing frequency by hacktivists, state-sponsored hackers and cybercriminals… The number of cyber attacks against energy sector is increased creating great concerns within the security community. Oil and gas firms are subject to continuous offensives moved by hacktivists and state-sponsored attacks, their activities are crucial for any country and due this reason are considered privileged targets. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2013
Raspberry Pi as physical backdoor to office networks

Network security engineer “Richee” explained how to use a Raspberry Pi to realize a physical backdoor to gain remote access to an office network. Network security engineer “Richee” published an interesting post on how to use a tiny Raspberry Pi computer to obtain physical access into a corporate network. I decided to publish this post because […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2013
Webcam hacking exploits Chrome Inbuilt Flash player for Camjacking

Researcher Egor Homakov demonstrated the possibility of Webcam hacking exploiting Chrome Inbuilt Flash player, a flaw that represents a serious threat to privacy. Webcam hacking, hackers are increasing their interest on millions of cams that surround us. These prying eyes are everywhere, in the street as in our home, gaming consoles, smartTV and PC are all equipped […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2013
Mactans charger, a malicious hardware that could infect any Apple iOS devices

Mactans charger, this is the name of the malicious charger that will be presented by researchers at the Black Hat 2013 conference in July that is able to inoculate a malware in any Apple iOS devices. Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology  announced the creation of Mactans charger, a custom wall charger for Apple iPhone and iPad […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 31, 2013
Drupal data breach exposes data of 1 million users

Drupal data breach – The Drupal Association with an official notice revealed that Drupal was hit by a large-scale data breach that could have exposed data for nearly 1 million accounts. A Drupal data breach was announced by the official Drupal Association, Drupal hit by a large-scale data violation that could have exposed data for nearly […]