Pierluigi Paganini
July 24, 2015
Netragard has shut down its exploit acquisition program, as a result of the clamorous data breach that the Italian firm HackingTeam has suffered. In this article we will go through an issue with a company that buys and sells exploits (Netragard) and the steps it was forced to take since one of their clients was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2015
A new critical vulnerability was discovered in the widely used OpenSSH software, hackers exploiting this flaw can run brute-force attacks against servers. A new critical vulnerability was discovered in the widely used OpenSSH software, hackers exploiting this flaw can run brute-force attacks against server performing thousands of authentication requests remotely.  The vulnerability affects the latest version […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 23, 2015
Researchers have discovered a critical local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Mac OS X operating system, but Apple will fix only by October. German researcher Stefan Esser, founder of security audit company SektionEins, has discovered a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Mac OS X operating system that affects OS X 10.10.x. Esser decided to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 22, 2015
The Outpost24 team has identified several vulnerabilities that affect Joomla HelpDesk Pro extension, the flaws can lead to remote code execution on servers. Kasper Bertelsen, a security researcher at Outpost24 has discovered a number of vulnerabilities in the Joomla Helpdesk Pro extension which can lead to remote code execution on servers. The Helpdesk Pro Joomla extension is developed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 21, 2015
The popular hackers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek have demonstrated how to hack a connected car remotely. Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek do not need any introduction, they are two stars of the hacking community that have alerted several times automotive industry regarding the risks related to the hack of connected cars. To demonstrate the feasibility […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 21, 2015
MongoDB administrators have exposed something like 595.2 terabytes of data by using bad poor configurations, or un-patched versions of the MongoDB. John Matherly, the creator of Shodan, the marvelous search engine for connected devices, revealed that many MongoDB administrators have exposed something like 595.2 terabytes of data by using bad poor configurations, or un-patched versions […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2015
Nearly 37 million users of the cheating site Ashley Madison are at risk of having their data leaked online, including financial info and sexual fantasies. The popular online cheating site Ashley Madison has been hacked, and a big amounts of data was stolen by hackers who posted part of this information online as proof of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2015
Experts who are analyzing the Hacking Team internal emails discovered that the firm is working on the development of a weaponized drone. Security experts are continuing to dig the leaked internal emails from the Hacking Team, last revelation is related to the development of an unmanned aerial vehicle with the ability to run cyber attacks […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 19, 2015
A sophisticated APT group who targeted the White House and State Department, have launched a new stealth spear phishing campaign on the Pentagon. The Daily Beast has revealed that he got the proof that the White House and State Department were hacked by a sophisticated Russian APT. The newspaper that published the news in exclusive has run […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 18, 2015
According to a report published by The Telegraph, scammers are targeting iPhone and iPad users with a new elaborate scheme that relies on iOS crash warnings Scammers are targeting iPhone and iPad users with a new-old elaborate scheme that relies on iOS crash warnings. Scammers are using JavaScript generated dialogs to display IOS Crash warnings, as explained […]
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