Pierluigi Paganini
December 11, 2015
Trend Micro announced that the Asian market are being targeted more than ever by well-funded cyber criminal group that appears very organized. The attacks rely on the Bifrose code to develop their backdoor, a malware that has been around since 2008. In 2014 it was reported that a new version of Bifrose appeared in the wild. Among the improvements observed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 11, 2015
A New Zealander expert has found hundred of thousands of vulnerable engine immobilizers are remotely hackable due to a flaw. The New Zealander Lachlan Temple (@skooooch) has discovered hundred of thousands of vulnerable engine immobilizers are remotely hackable. The expert discovered a flaw in a popular cheap car tracking and immobilizer gadget that can allow remote attackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 10, 2015
Experts at enSilo have found a critical security vulnerability in various antivirus (AV) software that could be exploited by attackers to turn the AntiVirus to an attack-enabler tool. Some of the most important security firms have had an ugly surprise, the security software they offer to their clints have been compromised by a serious vulnerability flaw […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 10, 2015
Two anomalous DDoS attacks have flooded the Internet root servers that received more than 5 million queries a second. Early last week, anomalous DDoS attacks have threatened the Internet root servers that received more than 5 million queries a second. “The authoritative name servers that serve the DNS root zone, commonly known as the “root servers”, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 09, 2015
Microsoft has issued an advisory to notify customers that the private keys for an SSL/TLS digital certificate for *xboxlive.com have been disclosed. According to a security advisory published by Microsoft, the company is propagating a new certificate for the *.xboxlive.com domain because it has “inadvertently disclosed” the certificate’s contents. Microsoft confirmed the accidental disclosure of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 08, 2015
Hashcat, the popular password recovery tool has been released as open source under the MIT license. You can contribute to it. The popular password cracking tool Hashcat is not an open source software, the announcement was first made on December 4 on Twitter via an MD5 hash that posted the following message: “hashcat open source” @hashcat […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 07, 2015
Another vulnerable IoT device is in the headlines, this time two serious vulnerabilities affect the Honeywell Midas gas detectors. Honeywell has just released firmware updates for its Midas gas detectors to fix two high severity vulnerabilities. The Midas gas detectors are a category of product manufactured by Honeywell to detect toxic, ambient and flammable gasses in the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 07, 2015
Bad news for PC users, Lenovo machines can be hijacked by visiting a malicious website, meanwhile Dell and Toshiba PC are affected by serious flaws. Security Researcher slipstream/RoL posted Proof-of-concept exploits online (3 OEMs Vulnerable To Three Vulnerability Your PCs At Risk) demonstrating how to compromise machines available on the market. Three OEMs. Three applications preinstalled. Three exploits. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 06, 2015
According to a new report published by the Kaspersky Lab, the Sofacy APT has recently increased its activities. According to a new report published by the Kaspersky Lab, the Advanced persistent threat group Sofacy (also known as APT28 , Fancy Bear, Sednit, and STRONTIUM) has increased its activity. The Sofacy group has been active since 2008, targeting mostly military […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 06, 2015
A criminal named Hacker Buba after asking UAE bank for $3 million ransom started leaking customer data online. Last week a hacker, who named itself as ‘Hacker Buba,’ breached a United Arab Emirates Bank, then he start tweeting customers’ information announcing the disclosure of tens of thousands of customer files online if a $3 million […]
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