Pierluigi Paganini
December 01, 2016
Experts from the security firm CheckPoint discovered a new Android malware dubbed Gooligan that has already compromised more than a million Google Accounts. Another malware, dubbed Gooligan, is threatening Android users. The Android malware has already compromised more than 1 Million Google accounts. The Gooligan Android malware roots vulnerable Android devices in the attempt of stealing email addresses and authentication […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 30, 2016
According to a Dutch television program data on several investigations into the terrorism groups conducted by the Europol were accidentally leaked. According to Dutch television program Zembla, data on several investigations into the terrorism groups conducted by the Europol were accidentally leaked online. According to the program, the dossier contained information about 54 different police investigations, including […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 29, 2016
Security experts who conducted an audit on cURL discovered nearly a dozen vulnerabilities that were patched in the last release. The cURL (read “see URL”) is an open source command line tool and library designed for transferring data through various protocols. The cURL is included in a wide range of applications, including networking devices, printers, smartphones, IoT devices […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 26, 2016
Unfortunately, many smartphones have never been designed with security in mind, which are the most secure smartphones? Enjoy it! In general, smartphones have never been designed with security in mind. The emphasis has always been on features and capabilities while security is usually relegated to the back burner. And, while no internet-connected device is 100% […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 24, 2016
A researcher released a PoC exploit for the cve-2016-9311 flaw that can cause the crash of the NTP daemon and triggers a DoS condition on Windows systems. The NTP protocol could be exploited by hackers as an attack vector. The NTP is a networking protocol widely used for the clock synchronization purpose between systems over packet-switched, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 23, 2016
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are upon us, Checkmarx published a report analyzing the security of some of the top WordPress plugins. The Black Friday and the Cyber Monday are upon us and security experts from Checkmarx are questioning the security of some of the top WordPress e-commerce plugins that are currently used in more […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 21, 2016
The security expert Michele Orru from FortConsult has released an automated phishing toolkit dubbed ‘PhishLulz’ for penetration testing activities. The security expert Michele Orru from FortConsult, aka @antisnatchor, has released an automated phishing toolkit dubbed ‘PhishLulz’ for penetration testing activities. The PhishLulz tool was presented at the Kiwicon hacking event held Wellington New Zealand last week. PhishLulz is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 18, 2016
Drupal developers have released updates for versions 7 and 8 that fix security issues which could expose websites to cyber attacks. The Drupal development team has released security updates for versions 7 and 8. The updates fix security vulnerabilities that could expose websites running on the popular CMS and data they manage to security risks, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 14, 2016
The NIST Small Business Information Security: The Fundamentals guide aims to provide basic cybersecurity recommendations to small businesses. I have always stressed the necessity to improve cyber security posture for small businesses that are most exposed to threat actors across the world. Now the National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a cybersecurity guide to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 12, 2016
Facebook users who logged on to their accounts discovered that their accounts turned to a “memorialized account,” due to their alleged death. Funny as it is disturbing, but the technology can also do this and this time it has happened to Facebook. This night the Tech giant declared everyone dead due to a glitch. The memorial […]
