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Pierluigi Paganini
August 13, 2013
Bitcoin.org has released a security advisory related to a serious security flaw related to Android wallet apps that could allow money theft. Yesterday I’ve written on RAT for Android today we will speak of a weakness in some Android wallet apps for the popular mobile operating system that exposes Bitcoin users to risk of theft. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 12, 2013
AndroRAT is just one of the numerous open-source tools that was created and published on the undergroud forums to allow the hack of Android mobile devices. AndroRAT is an open-source tool that was created and published on the Internet in November 2012, it is a RAT (Remote Access Tool) for Android OS and exactly as any other […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 11, 2013
Cybercriminals are exploiting the possibility of DNS impairment to redirects visitors of thousands legitimate websites to compromised domains used to serve malware. DNS impairment or rather compromising DNS to distribute malicious code, cyber criminals are very attracted by the possibility to use DNS servers to redirect users that trying to visit a legitimate domain are hijacked […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2013
The Security researcher Dan Melamed has found two new Facebook vulnerabilities related to the Fanpage Invite of the popular social network. Security researcher Dan Melamed has found 2 new Facebook vulnerabilities that has been recently patched and that I decided to shows you to understand the infinite possibilities an attacker have to hit also a robust platform […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2013
Researchers at Arbor Networks discovered a botnet called Fort Disco that was used to compromise more than 6000 websites based on popular CMSs. A botnet called Fort Disco was used to compromised more than 6000 websites based on popular content management systems such as Joomla, WordPress and Datalife Engine. The Fort Disco botnet is currently made […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2013
Security Researcher Mohamed Osman Saeed has found a long series of critical vulnerabilities in major websites but he could not participate to any bounty program because he lives in the sanction country Sudan. Security Researcher Mohamed Osman Saeed has found a long series of vulnerabilities in major websites. He declared to have found an XSS flaw in 2 IBM Site’s ( […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2013
Microsoft Security Advisory reveals a vulnerability in Windows Phone OS that could allow information disclosure Microsoft has issued a security advisory related to a vulnerability in Windows Phone OS that could allow information disclosure, the flaw is related to Wireless PEAP-MS-CHAPv2 Authentication used by Windows Phone to access to wireless network. According the Microsoft Security Advisory (2876146) a hacker exploiting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 07, 2013
Chinese Hacking Team Comment Crew caught taking over a honeypot simulating a Water Plant, the infinite offensive of Chinese Cyber Units linked to PLA. The Comment Crew group of hackers has been identified during an attack to a fake US control system of a water facility. The researchers deployed a honeypot to collect evidences on the attackers that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 06, 2013
Security researchers found a malicious script that takes advantage of a Firefox Zero-day to identify some users of the Tor anonymity network. My readers know very well Tor network and the capability of the system to remain anonymous under specific conditions. We have used terms such as Deep Web, Dark web and hidden web to remark […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 05, 2013
Former FBI officers revealed to the Wall Street Journal the existence of FBI Android malware that is used to spy on suspects for investigations. The FBI is using mobile Android malware to spy on suspects for its investigations, the news is not surprising but is the confirmation that law enforcement are exploiting new technologies for […]
