Security

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2015
Adobe CVE-2011-2461 flaw is exploitable by 4 years although it was fixed

Security experts discovered that the Adobe CVE-2011-2461 vulnerability is exploitable by at least four years despite the company has issued a patch. Four years ago Adobe released a patch for the vulnerability CVE-2011-2461 that was affecting the Adobe Flex SDK 3.x and 4.x. The flaw was a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allowed remote attackers to inject arbitrary […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2015
Some models of Cisco IP Phones vulnerable to eavesdropping

Chris Watts discovered a security flaw affecting some models of Cisco IP Phones that could be exploited to eavesdrop on conversations and make phone calls. Some models of Cisco IP phones for small businesses are affected by a vulnerability, coded as CVE-2015-0670 that could be exploited by a remote attacker to eavesdrop on conversations and make phone calls […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2015
ISIS cell calls on supporters to kill 100 US military personnel

A cell of the ISIS has called on its members and backers in the US to kill 100 service members whose names, photos and addresses it posted online. The ISIS continues to scare the West, its operations are supported by a very aggressive media campaign that shares proclamations and recruit new followers in the name […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 22, 2015
CONNECTED CARS: Which are risks for automated vehicles?

Findings reveal that there is a clear lack of appropriate security measures to protect drivers of a connected car against hackers. “Findings reveal that there is a clear lack of appropriate security measures to protect drivers against hackers who may be able to take control of a vehicle or against those who may wish to […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 21, 2015
The SecurityAffairs newsletter is online!

The SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from the best sources free for you in your email box. In the last months, many readers contacted me for a newsletter so I decided to launch the service that will be start tomorrow. Subscribing the newsletter, you will receive every week a list of […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 21, 2015
Qualys provides SSL Labs APIs and a tool to automate SSL/TLS tests

Qualys announced the availability of free assessment SSL Labs APIs and a tool that could be used by users to automate SSL vulnerability testing for websites. The Qualys security firm recently created the Qualys SSL Labs that provided a free tool to conduct free assessment by using its APIs and a new tool that enable SSL […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2015
China admitted the existence of Information warfare units

For the first time China has publicly admitted the existence in its military organization of special information warfare units.  Since quite some time that security experts sustain that China has one of the most advanced cyber army that is responsible for carried some of the highest profile cyber-attacks, but the Government of Beijing China always […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2015
Researchers developed a new powerful BIOS Bootkit that exploits BIOS flaws

Security researchers developed a new BIOS bootkit that exploit recently discovered vulnerabilities. The experts will present their study to the CanSecWest. BIOS bootkits are a reality despite there is little evidence of BIOS implants in the wild. The BIOS bootkits was mentioned when Snowden disclosed the catalog of surveillance tools used by the NSA ANT division, these malicious malware are […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2015
Drupal flaw allows reset password by crafting specific URLs

The Drupal team issued an update to fix a flaw that allows attackers reset password by crafting URLs under certain circumstances. Security experts discovered two critical vulnerabilities in Drupal CMS, one of them is an Access bypass (Password reset URLs) vulnerability that could be exploited to forge Password Reset URLs. “Password reset URLs can be forged […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2015
Boeing announced its hack-proof drone

Boeing announced its project for the production of an unhackable drone, dubbed Boeing Little Bird, which should be in flight around the end of 2017. The drone industry is growing at a rapid pace. Aerospace research company Teal Group has estimated that sales of military and civilian drones will total over $89 billion in the […]