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Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2017
DEF CON Voting Village – Hackers easily pwned US voting machines

Hackers attending Def Con hacking conference were invited to hack into voting machines used in US past elections to assess their level of security. DEF CON 2017 –  Are voting systems secure? In August 2016, the FBI issued a “flash” alert to election officials across the country confirming that foreign hackers have compromised state election systems […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2017
Apple removed iOS VPN apps from Chinese App Store in compliance to censorship law

In compliance with Chinese Internet monitoring law, Apple has started removing all IOS VPN apps from it App Store in China. The company complies with a request from the Chinese Government that wants to strict censorship making it harder for netizens to bypass the Great Firewall system (aka Golden Shield project). The Golden Shield project […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2017
Security Affairs newsletter Round 121 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. ·      Expert exploited an unrestricted File Upload flaw in a PayPal Server to remotely execute code ·      Hacker BestBuy pleads guilty to hijacking more than 900k Deutsche Telekom routers ·      Security Affairs newsletter Round 120 – News […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2017
Bypassing locking mechanisms of a smart gun with $15 worth of magnets

The hacker ‘Plore’ demonstrated that it possible to bypass security measures implemented by German manufacturer Armatix for its smart gun. The story I’m going to tell you demonstrates how fragile could be smart objects, some times cheap and off-the-shelf devices could be used to compromise them. This is the case of certain models of smart […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2017
DEF CON 25 – BBC Micro:bit could be used to hijack a drone

A security researcher demonstrated how to use a pocket-sized microcomputer BBC’s Micro:bit to take control of a quadcopter drone. In a talk at the at year’s DEF CON hacking conference in Las Vegas, Damien Cauquil, a security researcher at Econocom Digital Security, demonstrated how to use a pocket-sized microcomputer such BBC’s Micro:bit to sniff out keystrokes from a wireless keyboard or […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2017
Experts spotted Triada Trojan in firmware of low-cost Android smartphones

Malware researchers at the Russian anti-virus firm Dr.Web have spotted the Triada Trojan in the firmware of several low-cost Android smartphones. Another case of pre-installed malware make the headlines, malware researchers at the Russian anti-virus firm Dr.Web have spotted the Triada Trojan in the firmware of several low-cost Android smartphones, including Leagoo M5 Plus, Leagoo M8, Nomu S10, and Nomu […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2017
Chinese researchers from Tencent hacked a Tesla model once again

A team of security researchers from Chinese firm Tencent has once again demonstrated how to remotely hack a Tesla Model vehicle. Security researchers from Chinese firm Tencent have once again demonstrated how to remotely hack a Tesla Model vehicle. Once the experts reported the flaws to the car makers it promptly patched them. In a […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2017
BlackHat 2017 – Positive Technologies researcher claims ApplePay vulnerable to two distinct attacks

BlackHat 2017 – Security expert at Positive Technologies claims ApplePay vulnerable to two distinct attacks. At the Black Hat USA hacking conference,  security researchers from Positive Technologies announced to have devised two distinct attacks against ApplePay exploiting weaknesses in the mobile payment method. ApplePay is considered today one of the most secure payment systems, but Positive Technologies […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 28, 2017
Critical Vulnerabilities discovered in Radiation Monitoring Devices (RDMs) used at Power Plants and Airports

Experts discovered flaws in widely deployed Radiation Monitoring Devices (RDMs) that could be triggered to raise false alarms and worse. This week at Black Hat in Las Vegas, researchers at information security firm IO Active, disclosed their findings on radiation monitoring devices from Ludum, Mirion, and Digi that were found to contain multiple unpatched vulnerabilities. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 28, 2017
BLACK HAT USA – Hackers turn car washing machines in a mortal trap

BLACK HAT USA – Experts show how hackers can cause physical damage to vehicles and injure drivers by remotely hacking a connected car washing machines. What about hacking into Internet-connected car wash machines? It is a scarring scenario, hackers from anywhere in the world could transform car washing machines into death traps. In a talk at […]