Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini June 02, 2016
TeamViewer hacked? The company officially denies it

Many TeamViewer users reported that their systems were accessed by hackers via the popular support tool, but the company denies any incident. Many TeamViewer users reported that their systems were accessed by hackers via the popular support tool, but the company denies any security breach. First claims appeared on Reddit, several users reported that unauthorized parties remotely accessed […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 02, 2016
Lenovo Accelerator Application contains a bug that allows remote hack of your PC

A study of Duo Security revealed that Lenovo Accelerator Application support tool contains a high-risk flaw that allows remote code execution. Once again bad news for Lenovo users, the company is informing them that the Lenovo Accelerator Application contains a high-risk vulnerability that could be exploited by hackers to remotely execute code on the machine and […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2016
Did Edward Snowden perform a ‘public service’?

There is very little doubt in the mind of many that Snowden has caused irreparable damage to the U.S. espionage program. Was Snowden right in his actions? Recently, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder praised Edward Snowden for performing a “public service” by bringing forward the debate over the government’s role in domestic surveillance.  The […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2016
Windows zero-day offered for sale in a crime forum for $90,000

The researchers from the Trustwave’s Spiderlabs team discovered that a Windows zero-day is available for sale in a popular crime forum for $90,000. A Windows zero-day flaw was offered for sale at US$90,000 on the Russian crime forum exploit.in. The flaw could be exploited by hackers to gain a full deep access to an already compromised […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2016
Infographic – Deep web illegal activity exceeds approximately $100,000,000

The infographic created by experts at Norwich University highlights deep web crime and identity theft by providing astonishing statistics. A recent survey conducted by the U.S. government found that over half of all American internet users have cut back on their online activity due to cyber security concerns. In particular, many of these concerns related […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 31, 2016
Self-propagating ransomware spreading in the wild

Be careful, Microsoft is alerting all Windows users of a new type of a Self-propagating ransomware that exhibits worm-like behavior to propagate itself. Microsoft is alerting all Windows users of a new type of ransomware that exhibits worm-like behavior. “We are alerting Windows users of a new type of ransomware that exhibits worm-like behavior. This […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 31, 2016
CVE-2016-2107 OpenSSL Flaw still affects many Alexa Top Sites

According to the security firm High-Tech Bridge many of the Alexa Top 10,000 websites are still vulnerable to the OpenSSL flaw CVE-2016-2107. The CVE-2016-2107 flaw affecting the open-source cryptographic library could be exploited to launch a man-in-the-middle attack leveraging on the ‘Padding Oracle Attack’ that can decrypt HTTPS traffic if the connection uses AES-CBC cipher and the server supports AES-NI. According […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2016
Android 6.0 Marshmallow permission-granting model is under attack

Malware researchers are warning Android’s latest permission-granting model in version 6.0 Marshmallow is now been targeted by Mobile malware authors. Android’s latest permission-granting model in version 6.0 Marshmallow is now been targeted by Mobile malware authors. The model  will let users grant permissions only when it is required by the app, rather be accepting all […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2016
US-CERT warns MEDHOST medical app contains hard-coded credentials

The US Computer Emergency Response Team has issued a warning after the discovery a security issue the popular medical application MEDHOST PIMS (PIMS). Many security experts believe that medical industry lack of a proper security posture, despite it is a high-tech sector the vast majority of medical equipment was not designed with a security by design […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2016
Hacker Interviews – Speaking with Mikko Hypponen

Mikko Hypponen does not need any introduction, he is a true star, one of those professionals who have indelibly marked the evolution of the cyber security industry. I consider Mikko a legend, and I’m happy to share with you this interview. Enjoy it!   Hi Mikko, you are a legend of the hacking community, can […]