Pierluigi Paganini
July 25, 2015
A study conducted by HP’s Fortify on security features implemented by Smartwatches revealed that not even a single device found to be 100 percent safe. Today we talk about a great passion of mine, watches. Let me tell you that I’m not attracted by Smartwatches, I consider watches and their gears a work of art […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 24, 2015
Netragard has shut down its exploit acquisition program, as a result of the clamorous data breach that the Italian firm HackingTeam has suffered. In this article we will go through an issue with a company that buys and sells exploits (Netragard) and the steps it was forced to take since one of their clients was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2015
A new critical vulnerability was discovered in the widely used OpenSSH software, hackers exploiting this flaw can run brute-force attacks against servers. A new critical vulnerability was discovered in the widely used OpenSSH software, hackers exploiting this flaw can run brute-force attacks against server performing thousands of authentication requests remotely. The vulnerability affects the latest version […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2015
Researchers have discovered a critical local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Mac OS X operating system, but Apple will fix only by October. German researcher Stefan Esser, founder of security audit company SektionEins, has discovered a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Mac OS X operating system that affects OS X 10.10.x. Esser decided to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2015
Researchers have spotted a new strain of the Bartalex macro-based malware that is used to drop the Pony loader malware and the popular Dyre banking Trojan. Bartalex is a macro-based malware that was first discovered earlier this year, security researchers have spotted a new strain of this malicious code dropping the Pony loader malware and the popular Dyre banking […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 22, 2015
What will happen if hackers will hit critical infrastructure in the US, which will be the economic impact of a cyber attack against a power grid? According to a poll done by Morning Consult firm, cyber attacks are just behind terrorism attacks on the list of biggest threats to the US, it has been estimated that the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 22, 2015
The Outpost24 team has identified several vulnerabilities that affect Joomla HelpDesk Pro extension, the flaws can lead to remote code execution on servers. Kasper Bertelsen, a security researcher at Outpost24 has discovered a number of vulnerabilities in the Joomla Helpdesk Pro extension which can lead to remote code execution on servers. The Helpdesk Pro Joomla extension is developed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 22, 2015
Facebook releases query packs for finding possible malware infection, including the malicious exploits used by the Hacking Team to hack Mac OS X. The Hacking Team hack revealed to the IT industry the “weapons” used by the Italian firm to compromise practically every system. Security experts who analyzed the material leaked online discovered the exploits […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 21, 2015
MongoDB administrators have exposed something like 595.2 terabytes of data by using bad poor configurations, or un-patched versions of the MongoDB. John Matherly, the creator of Shodan, the marvelous search engine for connected devices, revealed that many MongoDB administrators have exposed something like 595.2 terabytes of data by using bad poor configurations, or un-patched versions […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 21, 2015
According to the security experts at FireEye, Microsoft releases out-of-band patch for all Windows version after Hacking Team hack. Microsoft released an out-of-band patch to fix a critical security issue in the Windows Adobe Type Manager Library that could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely on the targeted machine. The exploitation of […]
