Pierluigi Paganini
October 22, 2014
Security experts at Google and McAfee have discovered a new Zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft OLE being exploited in targeted attacks. Early this week, Microsoft issued the security advisory 3010060 to warn its customer of a new Zero-Day vulnerability that affects all supported versions of Windows OS except, Windows Server 2003. The OLE Packager is the component that is affected by the zero-day, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 22, 2014
Security experts at TrendMicro have discovered a cyber espionage campaign which used a malware dubbed Drigo to syphon data through Google Drive. Security experts at TrendMicro have uncovered a new wave of targeted attacks which were stolen information through Google Drive. The researcher detected a new strain of data stealer malware, dubbed Drigo, that is apparently used in hacking […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 22, 2014
Google has announced the introduction of an improved two-factor authentication mechanism based on a USB token dubbed Security Key. Google firm considers cyber security a pillar of its business, the last initiative announced by the company is the introduction of an improved two-factor authentication system for its services, including Gmail. The new 2FA process is based on the use of a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 07, 2014
The Fappening 4 – The fourth wave of nude celebrity photos hacked from the iCloud system was leaked online, new stars victimized including a male. A new episode of the Fappening Saga is out, online comes the fourth archive (the Fappening 4), of celebrity nude photos leak, and for the happiness of women the collection includes the photos […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 27, 2014
FBI Director James Comey said that he was “very concerned” about decision on Apple and Google to implement data encryption by default on their Smartphones. The FBI is concerned about the improvements made by Apple and Google for their solutions to defend the security and privacy of the users. The companies have implemented encryption by default on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 20, 2014
Google has announced that its new Android L will encrypt users’ data by default, the rise of the User Controlled Encryption paradigm. Google decided to make a further step to improve security of its customers enabling data encryption by default in the next version of Android OS. According to a Google spokesman, encryption on Android devices is already […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 12, 2014
Security experts at TrendMicro have uncovered a new malicious campaign based on a Chrome extension deployed on the official Chrome Store. A few months ago I wrote an article on the presence of a malicious Chrome browser extension, dubbed Cryptsy Dogecoin (DOGE) Live Ticker, available on the official store that was able to steal digital coins. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 10, 2014
A database containing nearly million login and passwords for Google accounts has been leaked online on a Russian cyber security internet forum. A database containing 5 million alleged Google login and password has been leaked online on a Russian cyber security internet forum. The news was spread by online media agencies, including RT.com. The huge archive is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 09, 2014
De-Anonymize Google Users with new Timing Attack is possible, it is also possible identify Tor users if they’re logged in to Google while using Tor browser. De-anonymize Google users is the goal of different studies and a new research conducted by Andew Cantino, the vice president of engineering at Mavenlink, demonstrates that it is possible to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 08, 2014
The Chinese Government is running a MITM attack on SSL encrypted traffic between Chinese China Education and Research Network and Google. Google website, like many other web services, is blocked by the Chinese Government, which operate a rugged censorship on the Internet content. But block a resource like Google is anachronistic and counterproductive, for this reason, China allows […]
