Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2016
Google issued a new security update to fix flaws in Chrome 49

Google has issued a new security update for its Chrome 49 that patches a number of flaws, most of them discovered by external researchers. Google has updated Chrome 49 for all the available versions in order to patch several critical vulnerabilities, including the flaw discovered thanks its bounty program that were rewarded with dozen thousands of […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2016
EC Council Website Hacked and used to serve malicious code

Researchers at Fox-IT warn that the website of security certification provider EC Council has been compromised to host the malicious Angler Exploit Kit. No one is secure, we are all potential targets, even if you are a skilled expert and the fact that I’m going to tell you demonstrates it. The website of security certification provider […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2016
Seven Iranian Hackers indicted by the US government for hacking

US authorities announced charges against seven Iranian hackers for attacking computer systems at banks and a dam in New York. A couple of days after the US DoJ announced that three components of the Syrian Electronic Army were inserted by the FBI in the Most Wanted list, today the US authorities announced charges against seven Iranian nationals for hacking […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2016
The Apple System Integrity Protection feature bypassed

Security researchers from SentinelOne have discovered a security vulnerability affecting the Apple System Integrity Protection (SIP). Security researcher Pedro Vilaça from SentinelOne has discovered a security vulnerability ( CVE-2016-1757) affecting the Apple System Integrity Protection (SIP). The SIP is a security mechanism implemented by Apple in the OS X El Capitan operating system for the protection of certain […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2016
Patch Java immediately or attackers can hack you

The CVE-2016-0636 flaw affects Java SE running in web browsers on desktops, attackers can trigger it remotely to takeover your PC. Once again a serious security vulnerability affects the Java Oracle software, the new flaw coded as CVE-2016-0636 scored a 9.3 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System bug severity rating. The CVE-2016-0636 vulnerability affects Java SE running in […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2016
Chinese hacker admitted hacking US Defense contractors

A Chinese national pleaded guilty yesterday, March 23, on charges with hacking trade secrets from US defense contractors. A Chinese national pleaded guilty yesterday, March 23, on charges with hacking trade secrets from US defense contractors. The man, Su Bin (also known as Stephen Su and Stephen Subin), 50, had been charged in a 2014 indictment with […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2016
Israeli Cellebrite firm is helping FBI in cracking San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone

The Israeli Cellebrite firm is helping the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in unlocking San Bernardino shooters’ iPhone. In the last weeks, we have followed the case of the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone that a few days ago reached an unexpected conclusion, the FBI announced on Monday to have found a way to unlock the mobile device without […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2016
Badlock, a severe flaw affects every version of Windows and Samba

Developers from Microsoft and Samba Team are working on a security patch to fix a severe vulnerability dubbed Badlock. Developers from Microsoft and Samba are working on a security patch to fix a severe vulnerability that affects almost every version of Windows and Samba. Samba, which is present in nearly all Linux distributions, is a free […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 22, 2016
Tor Project and the new anti-tampering measures for its software

Tor Project revealed how the organization has conducted a three-year long work to improve its ability to detect fraudulent software. The experts at the Tor Project are working to improve the resilience of the anonymizing network to cyber attacks, in particular, they aim to quickly detect any surveillance activity conducted by tempering the Tor system. The researchers fear […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 21, 2016
Coming soon, Denmark’s intelligence presents the Danish Hacker Academy

The Danish intelligence agency FE (Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste) plans to start its Danish hacker academy to fight threat actors in the cyberspace. Denmark’s FE (Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste), the country’s intelligence agency, announced last week plans to create a government ‘hacker academy’ in response to the need to improve country cyber security. The Danish hacker academy is a […]