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Pierluigi Paganini December 21, 2015

iOS Mobile Banking Apps, what is changed from 2013 tests?

The security expert Ariel Sanchez presented the results of the test conducted on 40 iOS banking apps, comparing them to the ones obtained 2 years ago. The banking industry is looking with an increasing interest in mobile platform, financial institutes are offering a growing number of services accessible through mobile devices, but what about security? The security […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 21, 2015

Facebook wins Flash by knock out by switching to HTML5!

Step by step the HTML5 language is replacing the flawed Flash that hackers have exploited in an impressive number of cyber attacks in the wild. It may help the fact that Facebook is leaving Flash behind and it is adopting HTML5 (YouTube has done in the a recent past). “We recently switched to HTML5 from […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2015

Hillary Clinton calls tech companies to create a Manhattan Project for Encryption

At tonight’s Democratic national debate Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton calls tech companies to work on a new Manhattan Project for Encryption. At tonight’s Democratic national debate Hillary Clinton calls tech companies cooperate to create “a Manhattan-like project.” The US Government is expressing its concerns about the possible misuses of encryption that today represents a serious obstacle […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2015

Phone House – Personal data of 12+ million Dutch mobile customers open to hackers

Basically all Dutch citizens who own a mobile phone are at risk of attack due to poor security practices at the Phone House. The freelance IT security consultant Sijmen Ruwhof discovered that personal info of more than 12 million Dutch mobile phone are open to cyber attacks. Ruwhof detailed all the security issues he noticed in a […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2015

Over 650 terabytes of MongoDB data exposed on Internet

The popular expert and Shodan creator John Matherly found over 650 terabytes of MongoDB data exposed on the Internet by vulnerable databases. Last week my old hosting provider GoDaddy created me a lot of problems so I had no opportunity to write about this interesting story, now I passed to a better provider and I […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2015

Microsoft Outlook flaw opens the door to “mailbomb” attacks

Microsoft fixed a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook that could allow remote code execution if the victim opens a specially crafted Office doc. Microsoft recently fixed a number of critical bugs with the last “Patch Tuesday” issued on December 8, including an update to the Microsoft Office suite to fix a number of security issues. One of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2015

Is Vuvuzela the most secure SMS text messaging system?

A group of computer scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed the most secure SMS text messaging system. A group of computer scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a new SMS text messaging system, dubbed Vuvuzela, that is untraceable and could allow truly anonymous communications. The researchers explained that their SMS text […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2015

Hundreds of thousands of engine immobilizers remotely hackable

A New Zealander expert has found hundred of thousands of vulnerable engine immobilizers are remotely hackable due to a flaw. The New Zealander Lachlan Temple (@skooooch) has discovered hundred of thousands of vulnerable engine immobilizers are remotely hackable. The expert discovered a flaw in a popular cheap car tracking and immobilizer gadget that can allow remote attackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2015

ZeroDB, the end-to-end encrypted database, goes open source

The End-to-end encrypted database ZeroDB becomes open source and its code is available on GitHub, try it and contribute to the community with your experience. While politicians and experts are debating around encryption, the End-to-end encrypted database ZeroDB becomes open source and its code is available on GitHub. ZeroDB is an end-to-end encrypted database in […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2015

The FBI continues its crusade against the encryption

Recent Paris attacks have raised the debate around encryption, US authorities sustain that the encryption interferes with their investigation. Recent Paris attacks have raised the debate around encryption, law enforcement and intelligence agencies sustain that the encryption is defeating them to prevent terrorist activities. Of course the question is instrumentalized by politicians and media, at […]

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iOS Mobile Banking Apps, what is changed from 2013 tests?

Facebook wins Flash by knock out by switching to HTML5!

Hillary Clinton calls tech companies to create a Manhattan Project for Encryption

Phone House – Personal data of 12+ million Dutch mobile customers open to hackers

Over 650 terabytes of MongoDB data exposed on Internet

Microsoft Outlook flaw opens the door to “mailbomb” attacks

Is Vuvuzela the most secure SMS text messaging system?

Hundreds of thousands of engine immobilizers remotely hackable

ZeroDB, the end-to-end encrypted database, goes open source

The FBI continues its crusade against the encryption

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