Pierluigi Paganini
December 08, 2014
Xbox Live online service was not available for the second time in a few days due to a new DDoS attack by the Lizard Squad hacking team. Just a week ago the hacking team Lizard Squad has hit the Xbox Live service with a DDoS attack that caused its interruption. The Microsoft’s Xbox Live servers were not […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 07, 2014
The System-Aware Secure Sentinel system is the solution able to prevent cyber attacks against drones by detecting “illogical behaviors” of the vehicle. The US Defense has sponsored the development of the System-Aware Secure Sentinel, a system to shield unmanned aerial vehicles from cyber-attacks. The system developed with funds from the US Department of Defense, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 07, 2014
Hackers behind the major attack against the Sony Pictures Entertainment hit again the company by sending threatening emails to its employees. The massive cybar attack that compromised the corporate computer network at Sony Pictures Entertainment is having a serious impact on the organization and its employees. The GOP crew, aka the Guardians of Peace, that hacked Sony Picture accessed a huge […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 06, 2014
The experts at IBM have found several problems in implementation of the social login authentication of several identity providers. The researchers at IBM’s X Force security discovered a way to gain access to Web accounts by exploiting misconfiguration in some social login services. Social login, also known as social single sign-in, is a form of single […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 04, 2014
TrendLabs has analyzed the Destructive malware mentioned in the FBI warnings recently issued and they have linked it to cyber attack against Sony Pictures. Researchers at TrendLabs announced that they have identified the strain of malware that appears to have been used in the cyber attack against Sony Pictures systems by GOP (Guardians of Peace). The hackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 04, 2014
The Sony Pictures Hack was even worse than everyone thought, the hackers have also stolen more than 25 gigabytes of sensitive data. More details are emerging from the investigations on the data breach at the Sony Pictures, the hack has caused much more that the distribution online of pirated movies because a batch of sensitive employee […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 04, 2014
Google has simplified the authentication process by introducing an updated CAPTCHA that simply asks users whether they are a bot. Google’s new API simplifies the reCAPTCHA experience, product manager Vinay Shet said. Google has provided a significant update to its reCAPTCHA authentication system with the intent to simplify the process. The CAPTCHA is a type of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 03, 2014
Xbox Live online service was not available overnight after hackers belonging to the Lizard Squad hacking team hit it with a DDoS attack. Last night the Microsoft Xbox Live’s online service was interrupted, after Sony Pictures another company suffered a major cyber attack. This time the Xbox Live service was hit by a severe DDoS attack that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 03, 2014
An Egyptian hacker demonstrated that using a single exploit is possible to take control of any PayPal account due to the presence of a series of flaws . The Egyptian security researcher, Yasser H. Ali has reported three critical vulnerabilities in PayPal website that could be exploited by an attacker to compromise users’ account. The vulnerabilities include a CSRF and an Authentication token […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 02, 2014
The Reuters has reported that the FBI issued a confidential warning to US businesses following the destructive malware based attack on Sony Pictures. Following the major breach breach at Sony Pictures Entertainment, the FBI issued an alert to U.S. businesses related to possible malware-based attacks. According the Reuters Agency, the malicious code described in the alert could be the attack […]
