Pierluigi Paganini
September 18, 2014
Adobe with a week of delay on the roadmap has released security updates to fix critical vulnerabilities in Acrobat and Reader PDF. Adobe has finally released critical security updates for its products Reader and Acrobat PDF software. The vulnerabilities fixed with these updates have been targeted by hackers in numerous cyber attacks worldwide. The security updates […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 18, 2014
A report issued by the Senate Armed Services Committee reveals alleged Chinese hackers conducted dozens of cyber attacks on US defense contractors. A study conducted by the Senate Armed Services Committee discovered that hackers gained access to the systems run by US defense contractors work for the US Transportation Command (TRANSCOM). The Senate study released […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 17, 2014
A serious flaw vulnerability has been discovered in the default browser on a large number of Android devices that allows to bypass the Same Origin Policy. A critical flaw has been discovered in the Web browser installed by default on the majority of Android mobile devices, it has been estimated that nearly 70 percent of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 17, 2014
WikiLeaks has published copies of the criticized FinFisher surveillance software, claiming that the malware is sold to the most “abusive” regimes in the world. Copies of the surveillance software âFinFisherâ were made available for public scrutiny by WikiLeaks early this week. The international, online journalistic organization has decided to publish the public disclose the criticized software online to allow […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 14, 2014
Extremists groups of ISIS and Al Qaeda are ramping up efforts to launch major cyber attacks on Western Critical Infrastructure to set up digital Caliphate. In time I’m writing the ISIS has released a new video purporting to show the beheading of British hostage David Haines, the group has started again to flood the social media […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 14, 2014
Ubuntu has issued a security notice to inform users about flaws in php5 exploitable to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic. According to the recent Ubuntu Security Notice php5 could be made to crash or run arbitrary code if it received specially crafted network traffic. “Summary -php5 could be made […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 13, 2014
CERT warns that DNS Cache Poisoning attacks could be used also to hijack email to a rogue server and not only to divert the Internet traffic. DNS attacks are very popular in hacking community, they could be run by cyber criminals and state-sponsored hackers for various purposes, including cyber espionage and financially motivated attacks. A DNS […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 11, 2014
The NOAA JPSS System is affected by thousands vulnerabilities, according to a memorandum from the Department of Commerceâs Office of the Inspector General. The Satellite systems at NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) are affected by thousands of severe vulnerabilities that could be exploited by threat actors hit them. The disconcerting news refers the findings of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 10, 2014
Researchers from the UNHcFREG (University of New Haven) is publishing on YouTube a series of videos to disclose vulnerabilities in a dozen Android apps. Experts at the University of New Havenâs Cyber Forensics Research and Education Group (UNHcFREG) have decided to disclose vulnerabilities in a dozen Android apps, including the popular mobile applications Instagram, Vine and OKCupid. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 09, 2014
De-Anonymize Google Users with new Timing Attack is possible, it is also possible identify Tor users if theyâre logged in to Google while using Tor browser. De-anonymize Google users is the goal of different studies and a new research conducted by Andew Cantino, the vice president of engineering at Mavenlink, demonstrates that it is possible to […]
