Pierluigi Paganini
January 07, 2015
The Carnegie Mellon University CERT/CC warned about the presence of serious vulnerabilities in the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). The CERT/CC has issued three different advisories for security flaws identified in the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) (pronounced as an initialism U-E-F-I or like “unify” without the n) is a specification that defines a software interface between an operating […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 03, 2015
Google Project Zero team has disclosed the details of an unpatched flaw affecting Windows 8.1 systems and reported to Microsoft in September. The experts at the Google Project Zero team have ethically disclosed the details of an unpatched Windows 8.1 vulnerability reported to Microsoft in September. The team has waited for 90 days before publicly disclose the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 29, 2014
Gmail has been blocked in China, experts speculated that the Chinese Government used the China’s Great Firewall to interfere with the email service. Bad news for Chinese Gmail users, the popular email service offered by Google was blocked in China. Anti-censorship and privacy advocates speculated on filtering activity operated by the national Great Firewall system. According to the freedom […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 29, 2014
Recent revelations have made it clear that SS7 breaches can occur, thanks to the vulnerabilities of such a set of protocols for telecom. Hackers can take advantage of these threats, like they have done in the past, as German researchers warn. The example of Ukraine and Russia highlights the danger crawling towards countries wishing to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 28, 2014
Hackers have now got the knowledge and ability to track down dashboard technology and intercept crucial info from cars and especially luxury ones. It has been reported that cars wit fitted wireless technology can be hacked by experts and cause grave problems to their owners. Hackers have now got the knowledge and ability to track […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 20, 2014
USBdriveby is a device designed to quickly and covertly install a backdoor and override DNS settings on an unlocked machine via USB. The security experts Samy Kamkar (@SamyKamkar) has proposed a very interesting way to compromise an unlocked computer and deploy a backdoor on it simply by using a pre-programmed Teensy microcontroller. The cheap ($20) […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 19, 2014
German researchers have announced the discovery of news security flaws in SS7 protocol that could be exploited by an attacker to spy on private phone calls. A team of German researchers has discovered security flaws that be exploited by a threat actor to spy on private phone calls and intercept text messages on a large […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 19, 2014
The security expert Mohamed M.Fouad discovered several critical security vulnerabilities at Glassdoor, which can lead to very harmful impact on all users. The Independent Security Researcher Mohamed M.Fouad has discovered a lot of critical security vulnerabilities at Glassdoor that could lead to very harmful impact on all users. Mohamed M.Fouad an Independent Security Researcher from Egypt. I […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 18, 2014
More than 12 million devices are vulnerable to a simple attack that could compromise their home routers exploiting a vulnerability called Misfortune Cookie. More than 12 Million Home Routers are affected by a vulnerability called Misfortune Cookie that expose users to the risk of cyber attack. Researchers at Check Point Software Technologies reported the Misfortune Cookie flaw affects millions of devices running […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 18, 2014
This is a sad day for me, my friend and colleague Martin Dipo Zimmermann is passed away after suffering an heart-attack. Martin was the Chief Technical Officer and co-founder of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Network, I was working with him and other colleagues to threat intelligence activities. Martin was the Chief Technical Officer and co-founder of the […]
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