Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2016
Cyber defence is a profitable “Hamster Wheel”

Lights and shadows of the cyber defence market that will reach 170 billion in 2020 becoming vital to the global economy. Cyber defence industry is making money. In 2015, the market will reach 75 billion and in 2020 it will grow to around 170 billion. For some countries like the US, Israel, India and Europe, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2016
Energy industry under unceasing attack in 2015

A study conducted by TripWire over the past year revealed successful cyber attacks on the energy industry increased as never before. US oil and gas companies are under attack, over 80% of them have reported a significant increase in the number of cyber attacks. According to Tripwire, over the past year successful cyber attacks have increased […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2016
The Apple Gatekeeper bypassed once again by a researcher

Once again, the security expert Patrick Wardle has demonstrated how to bypass the Apple Gatekeeper security feature. Once again, a security expert demonstrated how to bypass OS X’s Gatekeeper security feature, and the worst news is that the patch distributed by Apple fixes the problem only temporarily. Apple tried to mitigate the attack method (CVE-2015-7024) with the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2016
Hackers show how reuse barcodes to be able to get fuel discounts

Two New Zealand researchers demonstrated at last Kiwicon conference how to print their own non-expiring 40c vouchers for fuel discounts. Bar codes are used all over the world, but to be fair, it’s a very outdated technology, and from time to time we get to know new holes in the technology. At last Kiwicon conference edition, two […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2016
Hyatt hotels data breach, 250 hotels impacted in 50 countries

The Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced a total of 250 of its resorts were compromised last year in a malware-based attack that stole customer payment card information. Hyatt Hotels revealed that 250 of its resorts have been involved in the data breach suffered last year. In December the Hyatt Hotels Corporation issued an official announcement to inform its users that unknown hackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2016
Silverlight exploit discovered by analyzing Hacking Team leaked emails

Microsoft patched a Silverlight zero-day discovered by analyzing internal emails stolen to Hacking Team about Silverlight exploit. Microsoft recently fixed a number of vulnerabilities with the MS16-006 critical bulletin, including a Silverlight flaw CVE-2016-0034 that could be exploited for remote code execution. The Silverlight flaw discovered by the experts at Kaspersky Lab as a result of an investigation on the Hacking Team arsenal disclosed in […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 13, 2016
How to convert 30$ D-Link DCS web cameras into a backdoor

A group of researchers from Vectra Threat Labs explained how to exploit IoT devices like 30$ D-Link DCS web cameras as a backdoor. Vectra Threat Labs, part of Vectra Networks has invested time testing some IoT solutions available in the market, and one of the most interesting products its always the Wi-Fi security web cameras. […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 13, 2016
Law Enforcement raided DDoS extortion group DD4BC

The Europol announced the arrest of two individuals suspected of being tied to the DD4BC criminal group specialized in extortion activities. According to a press statement issued by the Europol, in December a joint operation of law enforcement from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, and the U.K. allowed the identification and the arrest of two […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 12, 2016
Shocking, Teen hacker Cracka owned head of US intelligence James Clapper

Head of US intelligence James Clapper owned by the same hacker who broke into CIA director Brennan’s personal email account. According to Motherboard, a hacker associated with the “Crackas With Attitude” group has accessed accounts belonging to the director of National Intelligence, James Clapper. Yes, you are right, Crackas With Attitude is the same teenager who took […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 12, 2016
A research team has found two flaws in the OAuth 2.0 protocol

According to a group of researchers from the University of Trier two critical flaw affects the oAuth 2.0 authentication protocol. The OAuth 2.0 authentication protocol is widely used on social networking sites, every day billion of users access their profiles on Facebook and Google+ using it. According to researchers Daniel Fett, Ralf Küsters and Guido […]