encryption

Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2015
Apple and Microsoft released updates to fix the FREAK flaw

Microsoft and Apple released security updates to fix the FREAK vulnerability recently discovered and affecting their products. FREAK is a major security flaw recently discovered that left users of Apple and Google devices exposed to MITM attack while visiting supposedly secure Websites. At the same time Microsoft issued a specific security advisory to inform its […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2015
Just $104 to exploit the FREAK flaw and hit the NSA website

Researchers hack NSA’s website with only $104 and 8 hours of Amazon’s cloud computing power using the #FREAK vulnerability A team of researchers demonstrated that it is possible to exploit the FREAK vulnerability to hack the official NSA website by using 8 hours of Amazon’s cloud computing power and spending only $104. The researcher made […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2015
All Windows systems are vulnerable to the FREAK attack

According to a security advisory published by Microsoft all supported versions of Windows are affected by the recently discovered FREAK vulnerability FREAK is major security SSL/TLS vulnerability recently discovered that for more than a decade left users of Apple and Google devices vulnerable to hacking when they visited millions of legitimate and secure websites. The critical […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2015
Time to make you secure from FREAK Vulnerability

FREAK, a new major security flaw that left users of Apple and Google devices exposed to MITM attack while visiting supposedly secure Websites. Few days back security researchers group (named as SMACK ) made everyone aware of a new SSL/TLS vulnerability, termed as FREAK (CVE-2015-0204). FREAK stands for Factoring Attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys. After POODLE, it […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2015
FREAK, the new vulnerability that threatens the IT industry

FREAK, a new major security flaw that left users of Apple and Google devices exposed to MITM attack while visiting supposedly secure Websites. IT industry is facing with a new major security SSL/TLS vulnerability that for more than a decade left users of Apple and Google devices vulnerable to hacking when they visited millions of […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2015
NSA Director Rogers urges the creation a legal framework for the US authorities

The NSA Director Rogers urges the creation of an independent legal framework to regulate the operations conducted US authorities. The NSA director and commander of U.S. Cyber Command, Admiral Michael Rogers, told a Washington cybersecurity forum that legislators need the creation of a legal framework to regulate the operations conducted by law enforcement and intelligence-gathering organizations worldwide. […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2015
The Future of Data Security: DNA Cryptography and Cryptosystems

DNA Cryptography can be defined as a hiding data in terms of DNA Sequence. Why DNA Cryptography and which are the principal benefits for its adoption? DNA Computing Information Security is very vital in today’s digital era of e-commerce and e-business. While 2014 was “The Year of Data Breach”, 2015 is off to a fast […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 02, 2015
BMW fixes security flaw in 2.2 million car software

A security vulnerability in the BMW Connected Drive system allowed security experts to send remote unlocking instructions to the cars. Modern cars are complex systems composed of several components interconnected by internal networks, each system within these architectures is exposed to the risk of cyber attacks. Recently the German carmaker BMW has fixed a security […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2015
Hacking sex toys and dolls

The security expert Ken Munro has run a series of penetration tests on sex toys and dolls for children … the results are disconcerting. Everything that could be connected to a computer could be potentially exploited to hack it, we read about several cases that demonstrated how it is possible to compromise a PC by […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2015
Mozilla continues the phasing out of 1024-bit SSL CA certificates

Mozilla products including the Firefox browser will stop trusting SSL certificates that were issued using old root CA certificates with 1024-bit RSA keys. Mozilla products including the popular Firefox browser will stop trusting SSL certificates that were issued using old root CA certificates with 1024-bit RSA keys. With this decision Mozilla wants to stress certificate authorities (CAs) […]