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Pierluigi Paganini
November 06, 2018
The encryption system implemented by popular solid-state drives (SSDs) is affected by critical vulnerabilities that could be exploited by a local attacker to decrypt data. The flaws were discovered by researchers Carlo Meijer and Bernard van Gastel at Radboud University in the Netherlands, the duo discovered that it is possible to bypass password-based authentication to access to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 06, 2018
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is planning to use Artificial Intelligence to assign the CVSS scores to reported vulnerabilities. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system provides a reference-method for publicly known information-security vulnerabilities and exposures. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) score between 0.0 and 10.0 that is assigned to each flaw according to its severity. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 06, 2018
Security experts at Trend Micro have spotted an IRC bot dubbed Shellbot that was built using Perl Shellbot. The malware was distributed by a threat group called Outlaw, it was able to target Linux and Android devices, and also Windows systems. “We uncovered an operation of a hacking group, which we’re naming “Outlaw” (translation derived from the Romanian word haiduc, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 06, 2018
New attack by Anonymous Italy: personal data from ministries and police have been released online. The site of Fratelli d’Italia, a post-fascist party, has been defaced The iconoclastic fury of Italian Anonymous does not stop. As announced, the three groups that coordinate the operation “Black Week” have released also today new data from their raids on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 05, 2018
Google queries allowed Iran Government to dismantle the CIA communication network used by its agents and kill dozens of tens of spies The alleged hack of the communications network used by CIA agents allowed Iranian intelligence to identify and kill at least 30 spies. According to Yahoo! News the security breach has happened in 2009, the Iranian […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 05, 2018
Icecast streaming media server is affected by a flaw that could be exploited by an attacker to take off the broadcast of online radio stations. Icecast streaming media server is affected by a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-18820, that could be exploited by an attacker to take off the broadcast of online radio stations.  Icecast supports both audio and video data […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 05, 2018
A security researcher has found a serious vulnerability in a building automation product from Sauter AG that could be exploited to steal files from an affected system. Sauter AG CASE Suit is a building automation product used worldwide that is affected by a high severity XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability that could be exploited to steal files from an affected […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 05, 2018
USB removable storage devices are the main vector for malware attacks against industrial facilities, states Honeywell report. According to a report published on by Honeywell, malware-based attacks against industrial facilities mostly leverage USB removable storage devices Experts from Honeywell analyzed data collected with the Secure Media Exchange (SMX), a product it has launched in 2017 and that was designed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2018
PortSmash side-channel flaw that could be exploited with a timing attack to steal information from other processes running in the same CPU core. PortSmash is a new side-channel vulnerability that could be exploited with a timing attack to steal information from other processes running in the same CPU core with SMT/hyper-threading enabled. A group of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2018
Apple has implemented a new feature to protect the privacy of its MacBooks users aimed at preventing malicious software from spying on them. The Apple T2 security chip installed in the new series of MacBooks includes a new hardware feature that physically disconnects the built-in microphone when the lid is closed. The new T2 chip is installed in […]
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