Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2014
Cybercrime exploits the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17

Security experts at TrendMicro have detected a spam campaign via Twitter which exploits the incident occurred to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. Unfortunately, tragedies like the one occurred to the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 or the recent escalation in Gaza are excellent occasions for cyber criminals that try to exploit the public attention to carry out illegal activities. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2014
WhatsApp profile picture: a risky feature? In the mind of a hacker

In this post I’ll show you how an apparently insignificant information on Whatsapp could be used by hackers in a more dangerous targeted attack. When you add a random phone number to your contact list, WhatsApp will show you the profile picture of that user. Given the fact that you don’t know that person, there […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2014
A new PushDo botnet variant infected 11,000 machine in 24 hours

Security Experts at Bitdefender report that a new PushDo variant emerged from the underground compromising 11,000 machine in 24 hours. Security experts at BitDefender have recently detected a surge in the number of Pushdo trojan infections analyzing data from e sinkholing of C&C domains used by the malware. The experts discovered that the new Pushdo campaign is […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2014
Hamas hacked the programming at Israeli TV Channel 10

Hackers pro Hamas claim to have hacked programming on Israeli TV Channel 10 and inserted an unscheduled transmission calling for an end to Israeli airstrikes. The effects of the conflict between Israel and Palestin are evident also in the cyberspace, group of hacktivists, including Anonymous, are targeting Israeli Government websites to protest against recent strikes that […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2014
Cisco Wireless Residential Gateway Remote Code Execution flaw

Multiple Cisco Wireless Residential Gateway products are affected by a critical flaw that could allow a remote attacker to hijack the devices. A security vulnerability affects multiple Cisco wireless residential Gateway products, the flaw resides on the web server an could be exploited by a remote attacker to hijack the network appliance. The flaw, ranked […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2014
MS Active Directory could allow an attacker to impersonate victims

Experts at Aorato have discovered a flaw in MS Active Directory that could allow an attacker to conduct a pass-the-hash attack to change a victim’s password. The Israel-based security firm Aorato has recently discovered a flaw in Microsoft’s Active Directory (AD) that could allow an attacker (via “pass-the-hash” attack) to change a victim’s password and access a […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2014
OpenVPN Desktop client affected by a critical CSRF flaw

Researchers at SEC Consult have discovered a CSRF vulnerability in the OpenVPN Desktop Client that can allow remote code execution. Security researchers at SEC Consult have discovered a CSRF flaw in the OpenVPN Desktop client and promptly reported it to the company in May. OpenVPN Desktop Client for its Access Server is an SSL VPN for a variety […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2014
SSL Blacklist a new weapon to fight malware and botnet

A Security Researcher at Abuse.ch has started SSL blacklist project to create an archive of all the digital certificates used for illicit activities. In recent years security experts have discovered many cases in which bad actors have abused of digital certificates for illicit activities, from malware distribution to Internet surveillance. Botmasters are exploiting new techniques to avoid detection by security experts and […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2014
Project Zero – Google is hiring the hacking excellence to improve Internet security

Project Zero is the new initiative announced by Google. The company is hiring the top security experts to make the Internet a more secure place. Google has publicly announced a new program called “Project Zero,” an ambitious project which involves a team of Star Hackers and Bug Hunters with the purpose to improve security of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2014
Kronos, the new banking trojan from Russian underground

Experts at Trusteer have recently discovered an adv on the Russian underground market regarding a new financial Trojan dubbed Kronos. Russian underground is probably the most prolific market for sale of banking malware, malicious code like Citadel, Zeus, Gozi have infected millions computers worldwide dominating the malware threat landscape. The huge demand for banking trojan  is creating the conditions […]