Mobile

Pierluigi Paganini October 04, 2015
Bogus PayPal App used to spread a banking Trojan

Security experts at Trend Micro have uncovered a spam campaign spreading a bogus PayPal app to steal German users’ banking credentials. A spam campaign is targeting German Andoird users, the malicious emails impersonate PayPal trying to trick the recipient into downloading a bogus PayPal app update that hides a banking Trojan. “Mobile banking is now used by […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 02, 2015
A billion Android devices vulnerable to Stagefright 2.0 bugs

A billion Android phones are vulnerable to Stagefright 2.0 flaws that could be exploited by attackers to execute malicious code on the targeted device. Do you remember the Stagefright vulnerability? In July 2015,  security experts from Zimperium discovered the Stagefright flaw in the popular Google Android OS which allows hackers to gain control of the system without raising […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 02, 2015
The Dridex Banking Malware is risen, British attention

The Dridex Banking Malware is risen, security experts at Palo Alto intelligence discovered a still ongoing large phishing campaign. Once against the Dridex banking Trojan is in the headlines, this week security experts at Palo Alto intelligence discovered a still ongoing large phishing campaign. The phishing campaign is targeting victims mainly in the UK, the malicious messages […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 29, 2015
Linux XOR DDoS Botnet delivers potent DDoS attacks

Experts at Akamai discovered the Linux XOR DDoS Botnet,  a malicious infrastructure used to run potent DDoS attacks against dozens of targets. Security researchers have discovered a Linux Botnet, dubbed XOR DDoS or Xor.DDoS botnet, that is targeting gaming and education websites with potent DDoS attacks with reached 150 gigabytes per second of malicious traffic. According […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2015
The recent iOS 9.0.1 Update fails to fix the Lock screen Bypass flaw

Apple recently released its first update to the new iOS 9, but experts noticed that it doesn’t fix the lock screen bypass vulnerability. Apple has already released its first update for the release iOS, the version iOS 9.0.1 was issued last week to fix a number of bugs. Last week Jose Rodriguez reported the lock screen bypass vulnerability affecting […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2015
Access Private Photos and Contacts Without a Passcode on iOS 9 devices

A hacker has found a way to access images and contacts stored on Apple iOS 9 devices even if they are protected with a passcode or Touch ID. A few hours ago I have posted the news on the decision of the Security firm Zerodium to pay a 1 Million Dollars prize for zero-day exploits and jailbreak […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2015
Find a zero-day exploit to hack IOS 9 and win a $1m prize

Zerodium is an Exploit trader and it’s offering a million dollar prize to any person that finds zero-day flaws in iOS 9, and you can imagine the motivation. Zerodium is an Exploit trader and it’s offering a million dollar prize to any person that finds unknown, unpatched bug in iOS 9 with the main purpose to […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2015
Korean Govt child monitoring app is full of bugs exposing minors at risks

Researchers from Citizen Lab and German security firm Cure53 analyzed the Govt child monitoring app Smart Sheriff discovered that it is full of bugs. It’s curious, thinking to a child monitoring app you imagine a solution that can protect your children, instead the situation could be really different. Researchers with the Canadian watchdog group Citizen Lab have […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2015
Apple App Store suffers its first large-scale attack

Researchers have spotted the first large-scale attack on Apple Store, attackers used XcodeGhost designed to inject malicious code into iOS and OS X apps. Apple announced yesterday it is cleaning up the official iOS App Store to remove malicious iPhone and iPad applications, the company confirmed that this is the first large-scale attack on the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2015
A dangerous silent AirDrop attack is threatening Apple users

A new evil vulnerability affecting the AirDrop service could be exploited by attackers to silently infect iPhones and Apple Macs. Versions prior to the latest Apple OS version, the newborn iOS 9, are affected by a serious AirDrop Bug. The AirDrop Bug could be exploited by hackers to take full control of Apple iPhone or Mac machines. […]