Pierluigi Paganini
January 02, 2017
President Donald J. Trump is expressing skepticism about intelligence assessments of the Russian hacking and will provide more information very soon. The executive order issued by President Obama in retaliation of the alleged Russian interference on Presidential Election is raising a heated debate on the on the measures adopted by the US Government and its ability […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 01, 2017
A researcher discovered that a single text message could be exploited to crash the Messages app by MMS on iOS due to a recently discovered bug A single text message could be exploited to disable the Messages app on any iPhone due to a recently discovered bug. The bug flaw makes the Apple Message app inoperable, making it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 31, 2016
The code associated with Russian hacking operation dubbed Grizzly Steppe by the Obama administration infected a laptop at a Vermont utility. Russian hackers are again in the headlines because according to US officials, they hacked a Vermont utility, raising concerns about the security of the electrical grid of the country. Researchers discovered on a laptop a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 31, 2016
A lot of new and exciting technology will emerge or become more prominent in 2017 and the following is just a glimpse of what is anticipated. IoT & Smart Home Tech Smart home technology had been in the works for years before finally getting off to a relatively slow start. But, now that large companies […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 30, 2016
Researchers at the security firm CheckPoint have discovered three fresh critical zero day vulnerability in the last PHP 7. Security researchers at the firm CheckPoint have discovered three fresh critical 0-day vulnerabilities in last PHP 7. These vulnerabilities allow an attacker to take full control over 80 percent of websites which run on the latest release […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 30, 2016
An executive order issued by President Obama applies sanctions on Russian military and intelligence officials. 35 Russian operatives were ejected. President Barack Obama issued an executive order to impose sanctions on a number of Russian military and intelligence officials in response to the alleged hacking campaigns against the 2016 US Presidential Election. The US ejected 35 Russian intelligence […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 30, 2016
Today I have the pleasure to interview @Firox_, one of the most intriguing characters of the hacking community. You are a popular talented hacker that has already participated in several hacking campaigns, could you tell me more about. Well, unlike most hackers out there, I do not publicly participate in campaigns or operations under this […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 29, 2016
A security expert discovered a vulnerability in the MONyog tool that could be exploited by a normal user to elevate his privilege access. The security researcher and penetration tester Mutail Mohamed (@muleyl) discovered a vulnerability in the MONyog, the most secure and scalable MySQL monitoring tool of the server monitoring tool. The application URL is https://www.webyog.com/product/monyog and the affected version is MONyog […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 29, 2016
The company InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) confirmed an ongoing investigation of alleged card breach at some of its properties. The notorious investigators Brian Krebs was informed of a possible security breach at the hotel company InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). Krebs received the news of the alleged card breach by his sources in the financial industry. According […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 28, 2016
Security experts from Kaspersky Lab have spotted a new Android Trojan, dubbed Switcher, that targets routers in order to change their DNS settings. Malware researchers at Kaspersky Lab have spotted a new Android Trojan, dubbed Switcher, that targets routers and changes their DNS settings in order to redirect traffic to malicious websites. The Switcher Trojan has been […]
