OpenSSL Foundation fixed a critical issue that impacts any application that uses the popular crypto library in the authentication processes. OpenSSL Foundation has issued a security update as announced weeks ago. The patch just released fixes a mysterious security flaw affecting the OpenSSL code library, in the last weeks, the details of the vulnerability weren’t disclosed […]
Google finds websites meanwhile Shodan finds devices exposed on the web, including Internet of Things devices, that’s why hackers love it! In 2009 John Matherly introduced the Shodan search engine, and at the time the media commented this with doubts and suspicion. Shodan indexes the information related devices exposed on the internet in the same way […]
Trading was halted for more than two hours on the NYSE floor, contemporary United Airlines system and the Wall Street Journal suffered a temporary outage. The scenario could appear apocalyptic, yesterday trading was halted for more than two hours on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) floor and at the same time United Airlines and the […]
Cyber attacks can crash trains. Intense security concerns have emerged, after the upgrade of the British railway network that can be affected by malware. The new railway network upgrade in the United Kingdom has raised a lot of concerns, as far as its overall network security is concerned. It seems that over thirty million pounds […]
A security researcher conducted an experiment to demonstrate that someone is sniffing passing traffic from Tor network exit nodes. When talking about Tor network, normally everyone assumes that you have an end-to-end security, but someone believes it may be wrong as it was discovered by the security researcher Chloe. Tor network is free and it […]
Following the clamorous Hacking Team hack the company asked all its customers to shut down all the operations and don’t use its solutions in this phase. Hacking Team has been hacked and its social media account hijacked, the news is shocking the IT security industry because privacy advocated have always accused the company to sell […]
A number of AirLive Cameras are affected by command injection vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to decode user credentials and control the devices. A number of IP-enabled AirLive cameras manufactured by OvisLink Corp are affected by command injection vulnerabilities that could be exploited by attackers to decode user credentials and completely control the devices. According […]
Hacking Team, the Italian surveillance firm that develops spyware and hacking software has been hacked by attackers that exfiltrated some 400Gbs of data. The Italian security firm Hacking Team has allegedly been hacked, unknown attackers have exfiltrated some 400Gbs of data. The company has often been at the center of heated debate because of surveillance […]
The former Secretary of Defense William Cohen revealed that the US power grid is vulnerable to terror attacks, a major cyber attack was a matter time. Security experts and US politicians are aware that the power grid is vulnerable to a terrorist attack. Nation’s power grid is a privileged target for terrorists as explained by the former […]
IPv4 Exhaustion: The North America ran out of IPv4 addresses and according to the ARIN it has officially exhausted its supply of IPv4 addresses. The news of the day is that North America ran out of IPv4 addresses and according to The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) it has officially exhausted its supply of IPv4 […]