Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2017
Severe flaws in most popular programming languages could expose to hack any secure application built on top of them

Security expert discovered severe flaws in most popular programming languages that could expose to hack any secure application built on top of them. Last week, IOActive Senior Security Consultant Fernando Arnaboldi presented at the Black Hat Europe 2017 security conference the results of an interesting research about vulnerabilities in several popular interpreted programming languages. Arnaboldi […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2017
Linux.ProxyM IoT Botnet now used to launch hacking attacks against websites

A new IoT botnet leveraging the Linux.ProxyM malware is currently being used by crooks in a campaign attempting to hack websites. Security experts at Doctor Web discovered a new IoT botnet leveraging the Linux.ProxyM malware that is currently being used in a campaign attempting to hack websites. Experts first analyzed the Linux.ProxyM in July, it was used to create a proxy […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2017
Android Janus vulnerability allows attackers to inject Malware into legitimate apps avoiding detection

Google fixed a bug dubbed Janus that could be exploited by attackers to inject malicious code into Android apps without affecting an app’s signature. Google fixed four dozen vulnerabilities this week, including a bug dubbed Janus that could be exploited by attackers to inject malicious code into Android apps without affecting an app’s signature verification certificates. Millions of Android […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2017
Expert discovered a Keylogger component in HP notebook keyboard driver

A security researcher discovered that hundreds of notebook models contain a debugging code that could be abused by attackers as a keylogger component. Hundreds of notebook models contain a debugging code that could be abused by attackers as a keylogger component. The code was discovered by a security researcher that goes online with the moniker ZwClose, the list of affected models […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2017
#OpUSA – OpIsrael – Anonymous hit Israel and threatens cyberattack on US Govt

#OpUSA – OpIsrael – The hacker collective Anonymous threatens cyber attacks on US Government and launched the offensive against the Israeli targets. In the last hours, the hacktivists leaked online names, emails, and passwords of Israeli public employees and shared a list of US government sites to target, calling on action against them. Anonymous leaked data belonging to only a […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2017
CVE-2017-11937 | Microsoft releases an emergency update to fix a flaw in Malware Protection Engine

Microsoft issued an emergency Windows Security Update to address a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2017-11937, that affects the Malware Protection Engine. Microsoft issued an emergency Windows Security Update to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-11937, that affects the Malware Protection Engine (MPE). The emergency fix comes a few days before Microsoft is scheduled to roll out […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2017
OpenSSL patches for the fourth time in 2017 its library, and it will likely be the last one 

The OpenSSL Project released the OpenSSL 1.0.2n version that addresses two vulnerabilities discovered by the Google researcher David Benjamin. Benjamin discovered the vulnerabilities using the OSS-Fuzz fuzzing service. The first “moderate severity” issue, tracked as CVE-2017-3737, is related to an “error state” mechanism implemented since OpenSSL 1.0.2b. “OpenSSL 1.0.2 (starting from version 1.0.2b) introduced an “error state” […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 07, 2017
Major Banking Applications were found vulnerable to MiTM attacks over SSL

Security experts discovered a critical vulnerability in major mobile banking applications that left banking credentials vulnerable to hackers. A group of security researchers has discovered a critical vulnerability in major mobile banking applications that left banking credentials vulnerable to hackers. The vulnerability was discovered by researchers of the Security and Privacy Group at the University […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 07, 2017
Process Doppelgänging Attack allows evading most security software on all Windows Versions

Experts devised a new attack technique dubbed Process Doppelgänging, that could be implemented by vxers to bypass most antivirus solutions. A group of security researchers from Ensilo discovered a new malware evasion technique, dubbed Process Doppelgänging, that could be implemented by vxers to bypass most antivirus solutions and security software. The technique is a fileless code […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 07, 2017
Introducing ProtonMail Bridge, email encryption for Outlook, Thunderbird, and Apple Mail

ProtonMail is officially launching ProtonMail Bridge, which brings easy-to-use email encryption to desktop email clients. Ever since the day that we first got the idea to create ProtonMail, one of the most enduring challenges has been how to do email security right while simultaneously making encrypted email easy enough to use for normal people. Since […]