Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2015
xboxlive digital certificate exposed opens users to MITM attacks

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 fastest Password Cracking utility is now Open Source

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
Critical vulnerabilities found in Honeywell Midas Gas Detectors

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
3 OEMs Vulnerable To 3 Vulnerabilities. Your PCs At Risk

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
Cyber spies of the Sofacy APT increased its operations tenfold

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
Hacker Buba is asking UAE bank for $3 million ransom

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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 05, 2015
RCMP Cybercrime Strategy to fight online crimes

The RCMP Cybercrime Strategy aims to improve Canada’s national police force in its fight against the rising and evolving threat of cybercrime. Canadian Authorities consider online crimes serious threats to the Homeland security. Several times law enforcement tried to identify members of hacking crews like Anonymous, but in many cases the investigations haven’t obtained satisfactory […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2015
Millions of smart devices at risk from 3-year-old flaw

According to Trend Micro up to 6.1 million smart devices, including this smart TV and routers haven’t patched a software vulnerability dating from 2012. Millions of smart TVs, routers and phones are at risk due to a presence of a 3-year-old vulnerability in a software they use. According to the experts at Trend Micro, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 03, 2015
3G/4G modems continue to be vulnerable

Researchers have conducted a series of tests on popular 3G/4G mobile modems (data dongles) and routers discovered an impressive number of serious flaws.  Sometimes old news came back threatening our cyber security, all because 3G/4G dongles keep in being as vulnerable as they were in the past. In the last report issued by the SCADA […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 03, 2015
Operation Black Atlas, PoS malware is flooding network worldwide

Trend Micro uncovered a large-scale operation dubbed Black Atlas operation, in reference to notorious BlackPOS PoS malware. It’s Christmas time also for crooks, in this period the number of credit card breaches and scams increases with alarming punctuality. In the US, we use to assist an increase of credit card breaches involving PoS malware, last victims in […]