Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2014
Chinese authorities unveil the development of a new highly accurate laser defense system that is able to shoot down small drones in a few seconds. The Chinese Government has completed the development of a new weapon that is able to hit and shoot down small drones and aircraft in a few seconds. The China has successfully tested a highly […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2014
A Swedish security expert has discovered a serious privilege escalation vulnerability in last Apple operating system, the OS X Yosemite. A Sweden white-hat has found a serious security flaw in Apple Yosemite OS X that could be exploited by an attacker to take control of your PC. The Swedish hacker Emil Kvarnhammar at security firm Truesec discovered a privilege […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 03, 2014
The ISIS has released a manual for its militants, titled “How to Tweet Safely Without Giving out Your Location to NSA”, that explain how avoid surveillance. Security and media consider the ISIS a group with great cyber capabilities, last news of the IS is related to the diffusion of a Training Guide for its members to prevent the NSA spying. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 31, 2014
According to a UK motoring industry group and authorities keyless cars ‘increasingly targeted by thieves, which are using computers e dedicated equipment. According to a UK motoring industry group, criminal organizations are increasingly targeting high-end cars with keyless security systems. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) confirmed that car thieves are using dedicated equipment to access […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 31, 2014
Which is the importance of the CyberEurope2014 organized by the ENISA? It is the largest and most comprehensive EU cyber-security exercise to date. Cyber security is considered today a pillar for the stability of any government, a growing number of cyber attacks every day hit private companies, government entities and critical infrastructure, these offensive appear even more […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 31, 2014
The security expert David Longenecker discovered that the update process for ASUS Wireless Routers RT Series is vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle attacks. The security expert David Longenecker discovered that ASUS Wireless Routers RT Series are vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle attacks. The researcher explained that that the routers download updates via HTTP without an encryption protocols as explained in the blog post by Longenecker. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 30, 2014
A security advisory issued by Drupal assumes that every installation of the popular CMS based in the version 7.x was compromised unless patched. Earlier this month, Drupal patched a critical SQL injection vulnerability (CVE-2014-3704) that exists in all Drupal core 7.x versions up to the recently-released 7.32 version, which fixed the issue. There is an emergency in the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 28, 2014
Verizon Wireless injects UIDH headers to every user’s Web request to track its web experience including visited websites and his habits. Verizon Wireless, the greatest US Telecom operator is tracking the internet traffic of its mobile users by adding a token to Web requests. The token is used by the company for advertising purpose, Verizon tracks the user’s habits, even if he had opted out […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 27, 2014
Facebook and Yahoo have designed an SMTP extension dubbed RRVS, Require-Recipient-Valid-Since, to prevent illegal use of emails with a new ownership. Last year Yahoo announced the decision to reset any account that has not been used for 12 months, making them available to other users. The decision has raised several doubts for security and privacy issues, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 26, 2014
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is warning of the presence of a Zero-Day flaw in the Samsung FindMyMobile service. The US-CERT/NIST is warning of the presence of a zero-day flaw that affects the Samsung FindMyMobile web service (CVE-2014-8346). The Samsung FindMyMobile implements several features that allow users to locate the lost device, to play an […]
