Pierluigi Paganini
January 12, 2014
Intego Malware Research Team discovered that OSX Flashback trojan is still active with sinkholing activity. Mac users must be aware. Flashback Trojan is a cyber threat known since 2011, it is a trojan horse that targeted a Java vulnerability on Mac OS X machines, early 2012 it spread to infect up to 600,000 machines as […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 02, 2014
Leaked documents shared by Der Spiegel show how NSA spyware codenamed DROPOUTJEEP can spy on every Apple iPhone. Apple denies any claim. Users buy the iPhone, NSA controls them. This is not a slogan for the last Apple advertising, it is the uncomfortable truth revealed by another set of NSA documents leaked by Snowden and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 23, 2013
The evad3rs team has released the untethered jailbreak for different Apple devices running running iOS version from 7.0 to 7.0.4. The evad3rs team has released the untethered jailbreak for numerous Apple devices running running iOS version from 7.0 to 7.0.4 including iPhone (4/5/5S/5C), iPad, and iPod. Device jailbreak allows removal of the limitations designed by manufacturer, the procedure […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 15, 2013
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab discovered Apple Safari browser stores previous secure session data unencrypted in a hidden folder. Apple’s Safari browser stores session information including authentication credentials used in previous HTTPS sessions to implement the feature “Reopen All Windows from Last Session”. Safari stores in a plain text XML file called Property list, or plist, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 08, 2013
NSS Labs issued the report titled “The Known Unknowns” to explain dynamics behind the market of zero-day exploits. Last week I discussed about the necessity to define a model for “cyber conflict” to qualify the principal issues related to the use of cyber tools and cyber weapons in an Information Warfare context, today I decided […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 30, 2013
Wi-Fi HTTP Request Hijacking attack against iOS – the researchers at Skycure have demonstrated a new technique that menaces mobile users. I’m not surprised for trust given by Internet users to public Wi-Fi networks that are notoriously insecure, wrong habits on the open networks could expose our identity to serious risks, one on all the identity theft. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 19, 2013
Quarkslab researchers Cyril Cattiaux has revealed Apple lied when it claimed it could not intercept iMessages sent by its users. Quarkslab researchers Cyril Cattiaux revealed that it is possible to break encryption implemented in Apple’s iMessage application due the presence of a weakness in the key management process. The announcement was made during the Hack in the Box conference […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2013
Researcher Daniel Pistelli demonstrated how to exploit Mac internally encryption mechanism to create an undetectable Mac OS X Malware. During the last couple of years the number of cyber threats that targeted Mac is increased significantly, the main reasons are the wide diffusion of Apple devices and lack of awareness of Apple users. In particular the number […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 26, 2013
A fake Apple iMessage app for Android OS has been published on official Google Play app store for around one month and totaling at least 10000 downloads. A fake Apple iMessage app for Android platform is concerning mobile developers and security experts. The app was initially published on the Google Play store but it isn’t the Android version […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 22, 2013
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 […]
