brute force

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2013
Thousands of hacked WordPress sites used in global scale attacks

Thousands of WordPress based websites have been hacked to compose a global scale botnet that is performing powerful DDOS attacks. I start the post with recommendations, if you are a blogger using WordPress don’t waste time and update it and all installed plugins to the latest versions! Have you done it? OK, now I can explain you what it is […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2013
Short Password Reset code vulnerability allows hackers to brute-force many websites

Indian hacker reported a Short Password Reset code vulnerability that could allow attackers to brute-force many high profile websites not protected by CAPTCHA verification system. Yesterday we received a vulnerability report in web applications from some unknown Indian Hacker who explained that how Hackers are hijacking Mobile recharge and Free SMS service related websites. He […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 09, 2013
Fort Disco botnet compromised more than 6000 websites

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 July 02, 2013
ICS-CERT Surge In attacks against Energy Industry

The ICS-CERT issued a new Monitor report that revealed a surge of brute force attacks against control systems mainly belonging to the energy sector. The ICS-CERT issued a new Monitor report that revealed an intensification for brute force attacks against control systems mainly belonging to the energy sector. The ICS-CERT received notification for more than 200 […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 22, 2013
Flaw in Sky.it web site allows brute force attack

Sky is a brand names for satellite television providers and channels, owned or partially owned by News Corporation an American diversified multinational mass media corporation headquartered in New York City, United States. The IT specialist, Fabio Natalucci, published a blog post  related a vulnerability on the Italian web site that allows an attacker to perform a brute force attack […]