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Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2014
Fixed a critical flaw in Blogger that allows to write posts on any blog

A security expert discovered a critical CSRF vulnerability in Blogger.com that allows an attacker to write posts in any blog hosted on the popular platform. The Egyptian security expert Mazen Gamal Mesbah (@MazenGamal) has discovered a critical CSRF (Cross-site request forgery) vulnerability in the free weblog publishing tool Blogger.com. The vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker to write posts […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 30, 2014
Drupal community under attack due to a critical SQL injection flaw

A security advisory issued by Drupal assumes that every installation of the popular CMS based in the version 7.x was compromised unless patched. Earlier this month, Drupal patched a critical SQL injection vulnerability (CVE-2014-3704) that exists in all Drupal core 7.x versions up to the recently-released 7.32 version, which fixed the issue. There is an emergency in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2014
15 million WordPress instances run flawed SEO plugin. Fix it!

Security researchers at Sucuri firm have discovered multiple serious vulnerabilities in the popular ‘All In One SEO Pack’ plugin for WordPress. WordPress in one of most targeted CMS platforms due its large diffusion, attackers are able to compromise victim instance exploiting flaws in outdated version or in vulnerable plugins . The Netcraft internet services company, in […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2013
Search engines reconnaissance – The magic weapons

Search engines are formidable tools for reconnaissance, Google Hacking is essential knowledge for professionals searching for website vulnerabilities. Search engines are powerful tools for attackers that need to conduct passive reconnaissance, their use could help to gather information on the target network organization, application used and related vulnerabilities, sensitive documents and info on company personnel. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2013
Google hacking – Automated website hacking tools based on Google dorks

Google Hacking is a formidable method for reconnaissance. Mass website hacking tools based on Google-dorks advantage the malicious online activities. Google hacking is a must for hackers and pen testers, the popular search engine is a mine of information for targeted analysis and reconnaissance phase. In the past we discussed on how to use Google […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 31, 2013
Drupal data breach exposes data of 1 million users

Drupal data breach – The Drupal Association with an official notice revealed that Drupal was hit by a large-scale data breach that could have exposed data for nearly 1 million accounts. A Drupal data breach was announced by the official Drupal Association, Drupal hit by a large-scale data violation that could have exposed data for nearly […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 27, 2011
E-Corruption … “who controls the controller?”

The control of information is the main concern of Governments. More or less declared the major players of a precarious global economy have implemented digital surveillance systems, from India to China, passing Russia and USA. The crucial point is the legality of these actions conducted  by Intelligence Agencies in the name of Nations Security abusing the rights of citizens.  To this we must consider another  significant issue , the corruption.  Corruption has no Country and is a cross problem […]