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Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2016

Tesco Bank mobile app won’t run with Tor Orbot tool installed

This week it was discovered that the Tesco Android Bank app won’t run with the Orbot privacy tool installed on the user’s mobile device. I always highlighted the importance of censorship and internet monitoring, architectures like the Tor network are much more than evil tools in the hands of crooks, but probably someone has a different opinion. Tesco Bank […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2016

WarBerry Pi, a Tactical Exploitation device

If you need to test your environment in a short period of time the WarBerry Pi is the right device to gather information on the target network. WarBerry Pi is a device that could be used by pen testers to collect as much information as possible in a short period of time, without being noticed. In order […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2016

Cisco wireless kits are affected by a critical bug but no fix is available

A security advisory recently released by CISCO announce that three Cisco wireless kits are affected by a critical bug, but no fix is available at the moment. SOHO devices are among most targeted network components in the wild, they are often poorly protected or not properly configured exposing users to serious risks. In these cases, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 13, 2016

Singapore will isolate Government Computers from the Internet

The Government of Singapore will cut off civil servants’ work computers from the Internet in order to secure Government networks. The Singapore’s prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong confirmed this week that the Government would disconnect from the Internet government work stations within a year for security reasons. The measure was aimed at preventing cyber attacks that […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2016

European Union Websites plagued by SQL Injection Flaws

Experts have discovered several SQL injection vulnerabilities in the European Union Websites, the European Parliament and the European Commission sites The security experts Vulnerability Lab CEO Benjamin Kunz Mejri and Marco Onorati have discovered a number of SQL injection vulnerabilities in the websites of the European Parliament and the European Commission. The exploitation of the flaws in […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2016

Are you using EMC and VMware solutions? Watch out unauthorized accesses!

EMC Data Domain OS and VMware NSX and vRealize are affected by security issues that could be exploited to gain unauthorized access to data. Both EMC and VMware are affected by security issues that could allow unauthorized access to attackers. An information disclosure vulnerability in the EMC Data Domain OS could potentially be exploited by malicious users […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2016

A crafted PDF document can hack your Chrome PDF reader, Update Chrome now!

A security expert discovered that a crafted PDF document that includes an embedded JPG2000 image can trigger a buffer overflow in the Chrome PDF reader. The security expert Aleksandar Nikolic from the Cisco Talos group has discovered an arbitrary code execution vulnerability (CVE-2016-1681) in PDFium, which is the PDF reader component installed by default in Google Chrome […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2016

China ready to launch the first hack proof quantum communication satellite

China is ready to launch its first hack proof quantum communication satellite, are we entering a new era of telecommunications. Satellites have a crucial role in our digital society, almost every industry is benefiting from their services for this reason their security is a pillar of the cyber security strategy of governments worldwide. Attackers are posing […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 08, 2016

So You want to Capitalize on the IoT Business…

The potential of IoT devices connected over cloud networks is breathtaking, opening opportunities that will forever change societal culture. It’s a buzzword that has been around the past decade and has often been portrayed in futuristic visions of a society where man and technology has integrated into one. The potential of IoT devices connected over cloud […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 07, 2016

Fabrication-time Attacks and the Manchurian Chip

Boffins released a paper describing how computer processors can be programmed to give elevated privileges to hackers and run fabrication-time attacks. A team of researchers from the University of Michigan recently released a paper describing how computer processors can be programmed to give elevated privileges to hackers. The paper titled, “A2: Analog Malicious Hardware,” describes […]

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Tesco Bank mobile app won’t run with Tor Orbot tool installed

WarBerry Pi, a Tactical Exploitation device

Cisco wireless kits are affected by a critical bug but no fix is available

Singapore will isolate Government Computers from the Internet

European Union Websites plagued by SQL Injection Flaws

Are you using EMC and VMware solutions? Watch out unauthorized accesses!

A crafted PDF document can hack your Chrome PDF reader, Update Chrome now!

China ready to launch the first hack proof quantum communication satellite

So You want to Capitalize on the IoT Business…

Fabrication-time Attacks and the Manchurian Chip

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