Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini August 11, 2013
DNS impairment redirects thousands of websites to malware

Cybercriminals are exploiting the possibility of DNS impairment to redirects visitors of thousands legitimate websites to compromised domains used to serve malware. DNS impairment or rather compromising DNS to distribute malicious code, cyber criminals are very attracted by the possibility to use DNS servers to redirect users that trying to visit a legitimate domain are hijacked […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 09, 2013
Discovered 2 new Facebook vulnerabilities

The Security researcher Dan Melamed has found two new Facebook vulnerabilities related to the Fanpage Invite of the popular social network. Security researcher Dan Melamed has found 2 new Facebook vulnerabilities that has been recently patched and that I decided to shows you to understand the infinite possibilities an attacker have to hit also a robust platform […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 09, 2013
Fort Disco botnet compromised more than 6000 websites

Researchers at Arbor Networks discovered a botnet called Fort Disco that was used to compromise more than 6000 websites based on popular CMSs. A botnet called Fort Disco was used to compromised more than 6000 websites based on  popular content management systems such as Joomla, WordPress and Datalife Engine. The Fort Disco botnet is currently made […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 08, 2013
Researcher found critical vulnerabilities in major websites

Security Researcher Mohamed Osman Saeed has found a long series of critical vulnerabilities in major websites but he could not participate to any bounty program because he lives in the sanction country –Sudan. Security Researcher Mohamed Osman Saeed has found a long series of vulnerabilities in major websites. He declared to have found an XSS flaw in 2 IBM Site’s ( […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 08, 2013
Vulnerability in Windows Phone OS could allow information disclosure

Microsoft Security Advisory reveals a vulnerability in Windows Phone OS that could allow information disclosure Microsoft has issued a security advisory related to a vulnerability in Windows Phone OS that could allow information disclosure, the flaw is related to Wireless PEAP-MS-CHAPv2 Authentication used by Windows Phone to access to wireless network. According the Microsoft Security Advisory (2876146) a hacker exploiting […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2013
Chinese Comment Crew caught taking over a fake Water Plant

Chinese Hacking Team Comment Crew caught taking over a honeypot simulating a Water Plant, the infinite offensive of Chinese Cyber Units linked to PLA. The Comment Crew group of hackers has been identified during an attack to a fake US control system of a water facility. The researchers deployed a honeypot to collect evidences on the attackers that […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2013
Firefox Zero-day exploited against Tor anonymity

Security researchers found a malicious script that takes advantage of a Firefox Zero-day to identify some users of the Tor anonymity network. My readers know very well Tor network and the capability of the system to remain anonymous under specific conditions. We have used terms such as Deep Web, Dark web and hidden web to remark […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2013
Facebook flaw allows the disclosure of Friends List

This POC demonstrates that exploiting a Facebook flaw it is possible the disclosure of Friends List EVEN WHEN HE HAS BLOCKED ACCESS TO VIEW IT This is a Proof of Concept made by BHAVESH NAIK DO YOU WISH TO SEE WHO IS IN YOUR FRIENDS LIST, EVEN WHEN YOUR FRIEND HAS BLOCKED ACCESS TO VIEW HIS […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2013
Syrian Electronic Army hacked White House employees personal emails

At least three White House employees personal Gmail accounts hacked by the popular group of hackers knows as Syrian Electronic Army (SEA). White House employees personal email hacked, it is happened to three staffers that suffered data breaches on their personal Gmail accounts. The source of intelligence revealed a link between this attack and the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2013
Credit Card Redirection, the evolution of phishing

Researchers at Securi discover Credit Card Redirection attack technique to hijack credit card data during transactions on e-commerce sites. With the term credit card redirection is indicated the illegal practice to steal credit and debit card information compromising legitimate web services. Security experts are observing an increase of credit card redirection cases, cyber criminals are varying their […]