Pierluigi Paganini
November 05, 2016
At the Black Hat Europe 2016 two security researchers devised undetectable attacks that could be used to hack PLC systems avoid being detected. Security researchers at the Black Hat Europe 2016 have presented a new attack method that could be used to hack programmable logic controllers avoid being detected. programmable logic controllers are essential components for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2016
Switzerland’s attorney general has confirmed to have investigated the presence of spyware in a venue that also hosted talks on Iran’s nuclear negotiations. Swiss officials confirmed to have found an espionage malware in the computer equipment at Geneva venue, a five-star hotel (believed to be Hotel PrĂ©sident Wilson)  that has hosted sensitive talks including Iranian nuclear negotiations. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2016
Mirai botnet was used to power a massive DDoS attack against Liberia causing the Internet outage in the entire country with financially devastating results. Mirai is the malware that a few weeks ago caused a massive Internet outage in the US. Mirai was first spotted this summer by the security expert MalwareMustDie, now media reported the use of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2016
BLACKOPS Cyber (BOC) reported to the authorities that a well-known ISIS hacking team was sharing access links to widely used surveillance systems. BLACKOPS Cyber (BOC), a U.S. based Cyber Intelligence firm, located a new type of threat in October which is indicative of the latest focus of the terrorist organization – technical resource development for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 03, 2016
A DOM-based cross-site scripting vulnerability in the cloud-based development platform Wix.com put million websites at risk. The cloud-based development platform Wix.com is affected by a DOM-based cross-site scripting vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers to gain full control over any website running on the popular platform. Millions of websites hosted on Wix.com are potentially […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 03, 2016
The security expert Dawid Golunski disclosed critical vulnerabilities in MySQL, MariaDB and PerconaDB can lead fully compromise of servers. Critical vulnerabilities affecting the MySQL, MariaDB and PerconaDB can lead fully compromise of servers. The flaws could be exploited by attackers to arbitrary code execution, root privilege escalation and, of course, server compromise. Dawid Golunski (@dawid_golunski) from Legal […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 02, 2016
Stealth Cell Tower, it is an antagonistic GSM base station concealed in an office printer that could be used for surveillance purposes. Are you angry with your boss or your colleagues? Do you want to spy on them? The engineer Julian Oliver has demonstrated how to do it with a tiny cellphone base station concealed in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 02, 2016
Experts from ERPScan revealed that a SAP flaw patched in September still impacts more than 900 SAP systems exposed to the Internet. An information disclosure vulnerability in SAP that was patched in September impacts more than 900 SAP systems that are exposed to the Internet. According to the expert Sergiu Popa from Quenta Solutions who reported the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 01, 2016
The British Government announces an active defence posture in response to nation-state cyber attacks, Chancellor warns UK will retaliate against attacks. Hacking back, or “active defence” as security experts prefer to call it, is becoming a high debated argument. While the number of cyber attacks continues to increase and attackers are using even more sophisticated techniques, many Governments […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 01, 2016
Google has disclosed a Windows zero-day vulnerability after 7-day deadline it gives vendors when the flaw is actively exploited in the wild by hackers. Google has once again publicly disclosed a zero-day vulnerability affecting current versions of Windows operating system  and Microsoft still hasn’t issued a patch. Yes, you’ve got it right! There is a […]
