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Pierluigi Paganini August 02, 2016

Operation Pacifier, the FBI massive hacking campaign to de-anonymize Tor users

Operation Pacifier is the massive hacking campaign against computers worldwide launched by the FBI in early 2015 to track criminals on the dark web. We are now aware that the FBI launched a massive hacking campaign against computers worldwide in early 2015 in the attempt to de-anonymize criminals visiting dark web child porn website The use of the NIT was […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 02, 2016

A Nigerian man behind the $60m online fraud network arrested by the Interpol

Interpol arrested the Nigerian mastermind of an online fraud network. He will face charges of hacking, conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretences. The Interpol announced the arrest of a 40-year-old Nigerian national that the mastermind behind an online fraud network which made illegal profits worth more than $60 million (54 million euros). The Nigerian […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2016

China – Authorities arrested 10 members of the Wooyun ethical hacking group

The Chinese authorities have arrested 10 members of the popular Wooyun ethical hacking community, including the founder Fang Xaiodun. Chinese authorities have arrested popular white hats operating in the country, including the founder of one of the larger online ethical hacker community. The reason behind the arrest is still a mystery, the news was reported […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2016

PayPal accounts abused to distribute the Chthonic Banking Trojan

Experts from Proofpoint discovered that the Banking trojan Chthonic was distributed via ‘legitimate’ PayPal accounts by abusing the “money request” feature. The imagination of cyber criminals is a never-ending pit, according to the security firm Proofpoint, crooks are abusing PayPal to distribute the Chtonic banking trojan. Chtonic is a strain of the most notorious Zeus Trojan, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2016

Hacker Interviews – The PøwerfulGreəkArmy (PGA)

Today I present you The PøwerfulGreəkArmy (aka PGA), a hacker collective focused in the fight against the ISIS propaganda online. Enjoy the Interview. Tell me more about PGA? Which is your motivation? So ,we are a new hacking team with 7 skilled hackers. Our motivation is to stop pedophiles and ISIS doing actions. PGA ‘s […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2016

WhatsApp doesn’t properly physically erase user’s deleted messages

WhatsApp doesn’t properly erase your deleted messages, researcher reveals Are you using WhatsApp? There is an interesting news for you, the popular instant messaging app doesn’t properly erase the user’s deleted messages. The issue was reported by the popular iOS security researcher Jonathan Zdziarski who is warning about the risks for the users’ privacy. The flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2016

Proxy PAC hack allows for intercept of HTTPS URLS

Israeli experts discovered a vulnerability within the JavaScript that proxy PAC files that allows HTTPS URLs interception via Proxy Attacks. Israeli security firm, Safebreach, has discovered a vulnerability within the JavaScript that proxy PAC files used for auto-configuration. Hackers could be used to extrapolate URLs and manipulate them. Proxy Auto Config or PAC files work […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2016

Danger Drone, the flying hacking machine devised by a cyber security duo

A security duo designed a hacking UAV dubbed Danger Drone, with it a drone equipped with a tiny PC that run a suite of hacking tools. What do you think if I propose you to use a drone to hack into a network? And what about air-gapped networks hacking? In order to hack into an isolated network, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2016

South accuses North Korea for massive data breach affecting 10 million online shoppers

Authorities in South Korea are blaming hackers from North Korea for a massive data breach affecting 10 million Interpark online shoppers. North Korea launched a new cyber attack against the South, according to the Government of Seoul a massive data breach exposed data belonging to an Internet shopping mall. This week, authorities in South Korea accused […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2016

QRLJacking — How to bypass QR Code Based Login System

QRLJacking is an attack technique devised by a cyber security researcher to Hijack bypass QR Code Based Quick Login System. Many desktop applications such as Line, WeChat, and WhatsApp allow users to authenticate themself with the Secure Quick Response Login method that relies on QR-code. The QR-code-based authentication system allows users to quickly access a website […]

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Operation Pacifier, the FBI massive hacking campaign to de-anonymize Tor users

A Nigerian man behind the $60m online fraud network arrested by the Interpol

China – Authorities arrested 10 members of the Wooyun ethical hacking group

PayPal accounts abused to distribute the Chthonic Banking Trojan

Hacker Interviews – The PøwerfulGreəkArmy (PGA)

WhatsApp doesn’t properly physically erase user’s deleted messages

Proxy PAC hack allows for intercept of HTTPS URLS

Danger Drone, the flying hacking machine devised by a cyber security duo

South accuses North Korea for massive data breach affecting 10 million online shoppers

QRLJacking — How to bypass QR Code Based Login System

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