Security

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2013
Chaos Computer Club claims to have defeated Apple TouchID

Chaos Computer Club claims to have bypassed the biometric security technology Apple TouchID by making a copy of a fingerprint photographed on a glass surface. Hackers members of the Chaos Computer Club claim to have defeated Apple TouchID fingerprint sensor for the iPhone 5S, just after the start of its sale to the public. The Chaos Computer Club in […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2013
A second iOS 7 Lockscreen vulnerability concerns Apple users

A second iOS 7 Lockscreen vulnerability has been found a few days the first one was fixed by Apple. This time attackers can makes call from a locked iPhone. A new iOS 7 Lockscreen vulnerability has been discovered, the flow allows attackers with physical access to the phone to make calls, including international calls and calls to […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2013
No good news from ENISA Threat Landscape Mid year 2013

ENISA Threat Landscape Mid year 2013 presents top cyber threats, anticipating its interim Threat Landscape 2013 report. The study reveals concerning trends. ENISA published a new report titled ENISA Threat Landscape Mid year 2013 that provides an interesting update for the list of top cyber threats. The scope of the ENISA Threat Landscape Mid year 2013 is to […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2013
Africa – Cybercrime has turned the web as a hub of evil

Africa is becoming even more an “online continent” despite its economical difficulties, in the same time there is a growing incidence of cybercrime. A report released recently about the escalating cases of cybercrime by the Symantec security company revealed that whereas the most prevalent type of attacks are mobile phone users are now becoming more vulnerable to attacks by cybercriminals followed by computer […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 20, 2013
iOS 7 Lockscreen bug exposes Apple devices to security risks

iOS 7 vulnerability lets ill-intentioned with physical access to bypass iPhone’s Lockscreen to access mobile. Jose Rodriguez has found a lock screen vulnerability in iOS 7, last version of popular Apple mobile OS system. Mr Rodriguez is a 36 year old soldier living in Spain’s Canary Islands, has found a security vulnerability in iOS 7 that allows […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 19, 2013
NSA tried to insert backdoor into Linux

Linux Torvalds during last LinixCon admitted to have received pressure from US Intelligence to insert a backdoor into Linux. Linux Torvalds during a question-and-answer ‪session ‬at ‪the LinuxCon publicly admitted that the US Government requested him to insert a backdoor into Linux kernel. The circumstance must induce a reflection in all those experts that believe open […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 19, 2013
Goolge has access to WiFi passwords stored in Android mobile devices

Google might have the access to WiFi passwords of customers stored in Android mobile devices due a built-in feature in the Android OS. Google company might know every WiFi password in the world used by every single Android user, and extraordinary amount of sensitive data could be exposed. According a Michael Horowitz post published on […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 18, 2013
New Microsoft IE zero-day vulnerability in the wild

Microsoft announced to be aware of a new IE Zero Day vulnerability (CVE-2013-3893) that affects Windows browsers IE 8 and IE 9 recently targeted by hackers.   Microsoft announced to be aware of the presence of a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2013-3893) in its browser IE. Windows browsers IE 8 and IE 9 are affected by serious zero-day vulnerability recently targeted […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2013
Belgacom hack, state-sponsored attack hypothesis

Belgacom hack, the telecommunications company found evidence of digital intrusion in the company systems, many experts believe in a state-sponsored attack. Belgacom hack, the largest telecommunications company in Belgium and primarily state-owned, has announced that its IT  infrastructure has suffered a cyber attack malware based. The attackers hacked company IT systems and infected with unknown Malware. According first […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2013
Hacking – Give me 10 minutes to hack the Nasdaq

It is very easy to hack the Nasdaq according the security expert Kolochenko that reported numerous vulnerabilities in the official website of the exchange. Just 10 minutes could be sufficient for an attacker to hack the Nasdaq Stock Market, this is the alert provided by Ilia Kolochenko, head of Swiss information security company High-Tech Bridge.  The security expert […]