Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2017
Popular Anime crunchyroll.com hijacked to distribute a keylogger

The popular Anime site Crunchyroll.com was hijacked to distribute malware, according to the operators the site was not hacked. The popular Anime site Crunchyroll.com was hijacked to distribute malware, once discovered the hack, the operators have issued alerts informing visitors to don’t visit the site and later they took it offline. And for our English-speaking […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2017
Flaws in IEEE P1735 electronics standard expose intellectual property

Experts discovered flaws in IEEE P1735 electronics standard, which describes methods for encrypting electronic-design intellectual property (IP). Crypto flaws in the IEEE P1735 electronics standard expose highly-valuable intellectual property in plaintext. The IEEE P1735 electronics standard provides recommendations on methods and techniques for encrypting electronic-design intellectual property about the hardware and software in electronic equipment. The standard describes how to protect intellectual […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2017
Hacker threatens Canadian University to dump student info unless the university pay a ransom

A hacker is attempting to extort the Canadian University of Fraser Valley (UFV), threatening to dump student information unless the university pays a ransom. Extortion is a winning criminal model for crooks, a hacker is attempting to extort the Canadian University of Fraser Valley (UFV), threatening to dump student information unless the university pay 30,000 […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2017
Tor Project fixed TorMoil, a critical Tor Browser flaw that can leak users IP Address

The Tor Project fixed a critical vulnerability dubbed TorMoil that could leak users real IP addresses to potential attackers. Tor users must update their Tor browser to fix a critical vulnerability, dubbed TorMoil, that could leak their real IP addresses to potential attackers when they visit websites with certain content. The Tor Project released the Tor Browser 7.0.9 version for both […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2017
US DoJ Identifies at least 6 Russian Government officials Involved in DNC hack

The United States Department of Justice has gathered evidence to charge at least six Russian government officials involved in the 2016 DNC hack. The United States Department of Justice has gathered evidence to charge at least six Russian government officials involved in the DNC hack during the 2016 Presidential election. In the past months, US intelligence blamed […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 02, 2017
Threat actors using default SSH credentials to hijack Ethereum miners

Attackers scanned for the entire IPv4 range and look for Ethereum miners with open SSH connections. Hackers target Ethereum-mining farms in the attempt to hijack the funds by replacing the user’s wallet with their one. The attacks were first spotted on Monday, threat actors attempted to change the default configuration of Ethereum miners. “Illicit digital currency mining, either directly […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 02, 2017
OpenSSL patches vulnerabilities discovered with Google OSS-Fuzz fuzzing service

OpenSSL patches two low and medium severity vulnerabilities that were discovered by using Google’s open source OSS-Fuzz fuzzing service. The medium severity vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-3736 was addressed with the release of OpenSSL 1.1.0g and 1.0.2m. The flaw is a carry propagating bug in the x86_64 Montgomery squaring procedure, it affects processors that support BMI1, BMI2 and […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 02, 2017
White hat hackers earn over $500,000 for mobile exploits at Mobile Pwn2Own 2017 competition

Let’s see what has happened at Mobile Pwn2Own 2017 competition organized by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) at the PacSec conference in Tokyo. Here we are discussing once again of the Mobile Pwn2Own competition organized by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) at the PacSec conference in Tokyo. White hat hackers earned more than half a million […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 02, 2017
2014 Data Breach – 46.2 Million Malaysian Mobile phone numbers leaked online

46.2 Million Malaysian Mobile phone numbers leaked online, authorities confirmed data were stolen from government servers and databases at a dozen telcos. Millions of Malaysians have been affected by a major data breach, hackers have accessed 46.2 million cellphone accounts after they broke into government servers and databases at a dozen telcos in the country. Considering that the population […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2017
Silence Group is borrowing Carbanak TTPs in ongoing bank attacks

A cybercrime gang called Silence targeted at least 10 banks in Russia, Armenia, and Malaysia borrowing hacking techniques from the Carbanak group. A cybercrime gang called Silence targeted at least 10 banks in Russia, Armenia, and Malaysia borrowing hacking techniques from the dreaded Carbanak hacker group that stole as much as $1 billion from banks worldwide. […]