DOS

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2015
Ghost blogging platform affected by multiple vulnerabilities

A group of researchers from Voidsec have found six vulnerabilities in the Ghost blogging platform that allow privilege editing and DoS. Six vulnerabilities have been found affecting Ghost, the blogging platform coded in the Node.js born on October 2013. These vulnerability were discovered on January 26 by a group of researcher from Voidsec (voidsec, bughardy […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2015
Malicious Emails Can crash some Android version of the Gmail App

A Spanish researcher discovered that some Android versions of the Gmail app are affected by a flaw that can be exploited to crash the mobile app. According to the security researcher Hector Marco some versions of the Gmail app for Android are affected by a vulnerability (CVE-2015-1574) that can be exploited by attackers to cause the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2015
Young man arrested in UK for attacks on Xbox live and PSN online services

SEROCU unit in a joint operation with the FBI arrested a man accused to have been involved in the DDoS attack of Sony Playstation and Xbox systems. The British Police in collaboration with the FBI has arrested a 18-year-old boy that is suspected to have participated to the DDoS attacks on the PlayStation Network and Xbox […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2015
GE Multilink Switches affected by critical vulnerabilities

GE MultiLink managed switches are affected by two vulnerabilities which could be exploited to gain unauthorized access and run DoS attacks on the device. Managed Ethernet switches produced by GE include the hard-coded private SSL key in a number of network devices. The Ethernet switches that present the security hole are designed for use in industrial […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 05, 2014
Bash bug and risks posed by incomplete patches, discovered other two additional bugs

The security researcher Michal Zalewski revealed the details of other two additional bugs he discovered in the Bourne Again Shell after the Bash Bug case. IT community worldwide has been shocked by the discovery of the Bash Bug flaw, a vulnerability that was present in the popular Bash component for more than two decades. While principal […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2014
Flaws in php5 could cause crash or run programs on Ubuntu

Ubuntu has issued a security notice to inform users about flaws in php5 exploitable to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic. According to the recent Ubuntu Security Notice php5 could be made to crash or run arbitrary code if it received specially crafted network traffic. “Summary -php5 could be made […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2014
Hacking traffic light systems, it’s so easy

A new study conducted by security researchers at the University of Michigan demonstrated that it is easy to hack traffic light systems. Hacking Traffic lights is a serious menace for the population, many individuals believe that it is possible only in the movies, but unfortunately is a scaring reality. In May I anticipated you an interesting […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 13, 2014
Cisco EnergyWise suite vulnerable to Denial of Service attack

Researchers at BlackHat discovered a Denial of Service Vulnerability in Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software EnergyWise. Researchers from ERNW GMBH revealed that misconfigurations and vulnerabilities in Cisco’s EnergyWise suite could be exploited by attackers to cause huge blackouts. The team has presented the results of their study during the last Black Hat  conference […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 07, 2014
Serious vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, upgrade it now!

A new series of vulnerabilities in Linux Kernel allows an attacker to lead DoS and privilege escalation attack, Debian urges upgrades for Linux users. Numerous security flaws have been discovered and fixed in the Linux kernel, patch management for these vulnerabilities is critical to avoid that attackers could have led to a denial of service […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2014
GCHQ ran DoS attack on chatrooms used by Anonymous and LulzSec

New slides leaked by Snowden, and published by NBC NEWS, reveal that GCHQ ran DoS attack on chatrooms used by Anonymous and LulzSec. The last revelation on the investigation conducted by NBC News on Snowden case reveals that British intelligence GCHQ ran denial-of-service attacks against Anonymous and LulzSec. Documents leaked by the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden reports the […]