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Pierluigi Paganini November 30, 2016

Data on Europol terrorism investigations accidentally leaked online

According to a Dutch television program data on several investigations into the terrorism groups conducted by the Europol were accidentally leaked. According to Dutch television program Zembla, data on several investigations into the terrorism groups conducted by the Europol were accidentally leaked online. According to the program, the dossier contained information about 54 different police investigations, including […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 29, 2016

An audit revealed dozen vulnerabilities in the cURL

Security experts who conducted an audit on cURL discovered nearly a dozen vulnerabilities that were patched in the last release. The cURL (read “see URL”) is an open source command line tool and library designed for transferring data through various protocols. The cURL is included in a wide range of applications, including networking devices, printers, smartphones, IoT devices […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2016

The Most Secure Smartphones – Holiday Edition

Unfortunately, many smartphones have never been designed with security in mind, which are the most secure smartphones? Enjoy it! In general, smartphones have never been designed with security in mind. The emphasis has always been on features and capabilities while security is usually relegated to the back burner. And, while no internet-connected device is 100% […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 24, 2016

CVE-2016-9311 NTP DoS Exploit Released, update your Windows server asap

A researcher released a PoC exploit for the cve-2016-9311 flaw that can cause the crash of the NTP daemon and triggers a DoS condition on Windows systems. The NTP protocol could be exploited by hackers as an attack vector. The NTP is a networking protocol widely used for the clock synchronization purpose between systems over packet-switched, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2016

WordPress Plugins could expose online shoppers on Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are upon us, Checkmarx published a report analyzing the security of some of the top WordPress plugins. The Black Friday and the Cyber Monday are upon us and security experts from Checkmarx are questioning the security of some of the top WordPress e-commerce plugins that are currently used in more […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2016

Security expert presented a PhishLulz tool for professional phishing pen test

The security expert Michele Orru from FortConsult has released an automated phishing toolkit dubbed ‘PhishLulz’ for penetration testing activities. The security expert Michele Orru from FortConsult, aka @antisnatchor, has released an automated phishing toolkit dubbed ‘PhishLulz’ for penetration testing activities. The PhishLulz tool was presented at the Kiwicon hacking event held Wellington New Zealand last week. PhishLulz is […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2016

Drupal releases security updates to fix four vulnerabilities in versions 7, 8

Drupal developers have released updates for versions 7 and 8 that fix security issues which could expose websites to cyber attacks. The Drupal development team has released security updates for versions 7 and 8. The updates fix security vulnerabilities that could expose websites running on the popular CMS and data they manage to security risks, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2016

NIST Small Business Information Security guide for Small businesses

The NIST Small Business Information Security: The Fundamentals guide aims to provide basic cybersecurity recommendations to small businesses. I have always stressed the necessity to improve cyber security posture for small businesses that are most exposed to threat actors across the world. Now the National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a cybersecurity guide to […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2016

A Facebook glitch declared all its users are dead, including Zuckerberg

Facebook users who logged on to their accounts discovered that their accounts turned to a “memorialized account,” due to their alleged death. Funny as it is disturbing, but the technology can also do this and this time it has happened to Facebook. This night the Tech giant declared everyone dead due to a glitch. The memorial […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 11, 2016

OpenSSL Project fixed the CVE-2016-7054 High severity DoS bug

The OpenSSL Project has released the OpenSSL 1.1.0c update that addresses several vulnerabilities, including a high-severity DoS flaw (CVE-2016-7054). The OpenSSL Project has released an update for the 1.1.0 branch (OpenSSL 1.1.0c) to fix a number of vulnerabilities. One of the issues solved with the update is the high severity denial-of-service (DoS) flaw CVE-2016-7054 that […]

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Data on Europol terrorism investigations accidentally leaked online

An audit revealed dozen vulnerabilities in the cURL

The Most Secure Smartphones – Holiday Edition

CVE-2016-9311 NTP DoS Exploit Released, update your Windows server asap

WordPress Plugins could expose online shoppers on Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Security expert presented a PhishLulz tool for professional phishing pen test

Drupal releases security updates to fix four vulnerabilities in versions 7, 8

NIST Small Business Information Security guide for Small businesses

A Facebook glitch declared all its users are dead, including Zuckerberg

OpenSSL Project fixed the CVE-2016-7054 High severity DoS bug

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