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 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 02, 2014
FIN4 hacking team has targeted over 100 organizations since 2013, all of which are either publicly traded companies or advisory firms. Researchers at FireEye issued a report on a hacking crew dubbed FIN4 which is specialized in hacking of publicly traded companies with the intent to steal sensitive data, including mergers and acquisitions intelligence. ” FIN4 has pursued targets at more than […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 01, 2014
Indian researchers have discovered a flaw in WhatsApp that allows anyone to remotely crash the popular mobile app by sending a specially crafted message. A “nice” vulnerability has been discovered in the popular messaging app WhatsApp that could be exploited by an attacker to remotely crash the mobile app just by sending a specially crafted message. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 30, 2014
While the GOP crew continues to leak online internal files stolen in the attack on the Sony Pictures, the company is investigating on a link to North Korea. On Saturday the collective of hackers behind the recent attack on the Sony Pictures Television, the GOP, leaked online sales and contract data stolen in the data breach. […]
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