Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2017
Security flaws affect TCUs used in BMW, Ford, Infiniti, and Nissan vehicles

Three security researchers have discovered security vulnerabilities in the telematics control units (TCUs) used in BMW, Ford, Infiniti, and Nissan vehicles. Three security researchers have discovered security vulnerabilities in the telematics control unit (TCU) manufactured by Continental AG that is installed on various car models manufactured by BMW, Ford, Infiniti, and Nissan. The researchers are Mickey Shkatov, […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2017
TOPransom: From eMail Attachment to Powning the Attacker’s Database

TOPransom – Analyzing the entire process from getting an email attachment to powning the ransom server trying to stop the infection. Hi folks, today I want to share a quick but intensive experience in fighting cybercrime. I wish you would appreciate the entire process of getting an email attachment to powning the ransom server trying […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2017
CopyFish Extension for Chrome Stolen And Updated With Trojan Adware

Crooks recently hacked the popular Google Chrome extension Copyfish after compromising the Chrome Web Store account of German developer team a9t9 software. Trojan malware has been around for a long time. A user installs an application to accomplish one task, but behind the scenes, the application is performing a completely different task — usually unwanted. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2017
HBO Hacked again, Game of Thrones Script Leaked on the Internet

Hackers claim to have stolen 1.5 terabytes of data from HBO, including information on the current season of Game of Thrones. Are you a fan of ‘Game of Thrones’ series? There is a news for you, hackers claim to have stolen 1.5 terabytes of data from HBO, including information on the current season of Game […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2017
Microsoft won’t patch the 20-year-old SMBv1 SMBloris flaw disclosed at DEF CON conference

Microsoft has announced that the SMBv1 SMBloris bug described at DEF CON won’t be patched because it could be fixed simply blocking incoming connections. Recently security researchers at RiskSense have identified a 20-year-old Windows SMB vulnerability they called SMBloris (a nod to the Slowloris DoS attack.), they presented their findings at the recent DEF CON hacker […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2017
DEF CON Voting Village – Hackers easily pwned US voting machines

Hackers attending Def Con hacking conference were invited to hack into voting machines used in US past elections to assess their level of security. DEF CON 2017 –  Are voting systems secure? In August 2016, the FBI issued a “flash” alert to election officials across the country confirming that foreign hackers have compromised state election systems […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2017
Bypassing locking mechanisms of a smart gun with $15 worth of magnets

The hacker ‘Plore’ demonstrated that it possible to bypass security measures implemented by German manufacturer Armatix for its smart gun. The story I’m going to tell you demonstrates how fragile could be smart objects, some times cheap and off-the-shelf devices could be used to compromise them. This is the case of certain models of smart […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2017
DEF CON 25 – BBC Micro:bit could be used to hijack a drone

A security researcher demonstrated how to use a pocket-sized microcomputer BBC’s Micro:bit to take control of a quadcopter drone. In a talk at the at year’s DEF CON hacking conference in Las Vegas, Damien Cauquil, a security researcher at Econocom Digital Security, demonstrated how to use a pocket-sized microcomputer such BBC’s Micro:bit to sniff out keystrokes from a wireless keyboard or […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2017
Chinese researchers from Tencent hacked a Tesla model once again

A team of security researchers from Chinese firm Tencent has once again demonstrated how to remotely hack a Tesla Model vehicle. Security researchers from Chinese firm Tencent have once again demonstrated how to remotely hack a Tesla Model vehicle. Once the experts reported the flaws to the car makers it promptly patched them. In a […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 28, 2017
Critical Vulnerabilities discovered in Radiation Monitoring Devices (RDMs) used at Power Plants and Airports

Experts discovered flaws in widely deployed Radiation Monitoring Devices (RDMs) that could be triggered to raise false alarms and worse. This week at Black Hat in Las Vegas, researchers at information security firm IO Active, disclosed their findings on radiation monitoring devices from Ludum, Mirion, and Digi that were found to contain multiple unpatched vulnerabilities. […]