Pierluigi Paganini
November 23, 2014
Ecuadorean President Correa has publicly denounced the US Intelligence continuous cyber attacks against his private internet accounts and computers. Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has publicly denounced the US Intelligence of “systematic, high-tech” cyber attacks on his private internet accounts and computers. The President Rafael Correa also revealed that the last attack occurred on Thursday, November 20th, was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 23, 2014
In a discussion started on the Reddit news media website it has been debated the case of a malware implanted by using electronic cigarettes connected over USB. Hackers are able to exploit any electronic device to serve a malware of to compromise a poorly protected network, electronic cigarettes have become the latest vector to serve spread […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 22, 2014
Security experts at Zimperium discovered a new MITM attack technique dubbed DoubleDirect that is targeting iOS, Android and Mac users worldwide. DoubleDirect is the name of a new Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack discovered by security researchers that is targeting mobile devices running either iOS or Android and potentially Mac OS X systems. The DoubleDirect MitM attack allows attackers to hijack the victim’s traffic […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 22, 2014
Latest report indicates that the alleged hack on Sony’s PlayStation Network, Windows Live and 2k games studio by Derp Tolling could be a hoax. News going round that Derp Trolling hacked Sony’s PlayStation Network(PSN), Microsoft’s Windows Live and 2k games studio freaked out millions of users, but now security experts says the alleged hack could […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 22, 2014
Security companies have started detecting attacks that leverage a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Windows, which Microsoft patched last week. On November 11th Microsoft has released that exploit the Unicorn (CVE-2014-6332) critical remote code execution vulnerability in Windows systems, which Microsoft patched on November 11th. The Unicorn vulnerability is addressed in one of the 14 security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 19, 2014
Data related to the number of incidents occurred to national infrastructure confirms that the US Government energy industry is constantly under attack. The US Government is aware that nation’s energy grid is constantly under attack by state-sponsored hackers and cyber criminals. Recently The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed that Russian hackers have infiltrated several critical […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 19, 2014
Microsoft on Tuesday released a rare out-of-band patch for a critical vulnerability in Kerberos that could allow elevation of privilege. Microsoft has just released an “out-of-band” security updates to patch a critical vulnerability in all supported versions of its Windows Server software, the flaw resides in Kerberos (Kerberos Checksum Vulnerability – CVE-2014-6324) and could allow elevation of Privilege […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 18, 2014
Operators of the XDA-developers forum explained how it is possible to hack Windows Phone 8.1 to run any app package in any Program directory. XDA-developers have discovered a new vulnerability in latest Microsoft OS Windows Phone 8.1 that could easily be exploited by attackers to compromise a Nokia Lumia phone running it. The XDA Developers member […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 17, 2014
The State Department has taken the unprecedented step of shutting down its entire unclassified email system in response to a suspected cyber attack. The State Department has decided of shutting down its entire unclassified email system in response to a suspected cyber attack. A senior department official at the State Department, which reported the facts on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 17, 2014
The International bank Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) announced that its systems suffered a major data breach. Last week the International bank Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) has announced that its computer networks in Turkey were breached by unknowns. The data breach has exposed the personal data of about 2.7 million customers of the HSBC bank, […]
