Pierluigi Paganini
February 26, 2019
ToRPEDO attacks – A group of academics from Purdue University and the University of Iowa discovered multiple vulnerabilities in cellular networks that affect both 4G and 5G LTE protocols. A group of academics from Purdue University and the University of Iowa discovered multiple vulnerabilities in cellular networks that affect both 4G and 5G LTE protocols. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 22, 2019
WhatsApp recently implemented Face ID and Touch ID authentication for Apple iOS app, but unfortunately, it can be easily bypassed. Earlier February, WhatsApp introduced Face ID and Touch ID authentication for its iOS app to allow users to lock the application using the Face ID facial recognition and Touch ID fingerprint systems. The security feature […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 10, 2019
Google announced Adiantum, a new encryption method devised to protect Android devices without cryptographic acceleration. Google announced Adiantum, a new encryption method devised to protect Android devices without cryptographic acceleration. “Adiantum is an innovation in cryptography designed to make storage encryption more efficient for devices without cryptographic acceleration, to ensure that all devices can be encrypted.” reads the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 07, 2019
Google patched a critical flaw in its Android OS that allows an attacker to send a specially crafted PNG image file to hack a target device, Opening an image file on your smartphone could allow attackers to hack into your Android device due to three critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2019-1986, CVE-2019-1987, and CVE-2019-1988. The flaws affect millions […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2019
Researchers at Trend Micro discovered at least 29 malicious photo editing and beauty apps that were able to perform several malicious activities. Crooks continue to abuse Google Play store to distribute malicious apps, this time experts at Trend Micro discovered at least 29 maliciousphoto editing and beauty apps that were stealing users’ photos. The malicious […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2019
Metro Bank has become the first major bank to disclose SS7 attacks against its customers, but experts believe it isn’t an isolated case. A new type of cyber attack was used for the first time against the Metro Bank, threat actors are leveraging known flaws in the SS7 signaling protocol to intercept the codes sent via […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2019
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Using steganography to obfuscate PDF exploits Aztarna – […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 02, 2019
IBM’s security researchers demonstrated that the Siri Shortcuts introduced in the Apple iOS 12 can be abused by attackers. Apple implemented Siri Shortcuts in the iOS 12 to allow users to rapidly access to applications and features, they can automate common tasks and can be integrated by third-party developers in their software. Researchers at IBM […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 30, 2019
Facebook is paying teens $20 a month to use its VPN app, called Facebook Research, that monitors their activity via their mobile devices.Facebook is paying teens $20 a month to use its VPN app, called Facebook Research, that monitors their activity via the mobile devices. 2018 was a terrible year for Facebook that was in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 24, 2019
Researcher published a PoC exploit code for critical vulnerabilities that could be chained to implement an iOS jailbreak On iPhone X The security researcher Qixun Zhao of Qihoo 360’s Vulcan Team has published a PoC exploit code for critical vulnerabilities in Apple Safari web browser and iOS that could be exploited by a remote attacker to jailbreak […]
