Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini January 08, 2018
BlackBerry Mobile Website hacked, crooks installed a Coinhive’s code to mine Monero

According to Coinhive, the BlackBerry Mobile website was hacked by exploiting a critical security vulnerability in the Magento e-commerce software. The spike in the value of some cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin is attracting the interest of cyber criminals. The numbers of incidents and cyber attacks involving miners and mining scripts continue to increase and the last […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 08, 2018
Microsoft KB4056892 Meltdown/Spectre patch bricks AMD Athlon-powered machines

Many users claim the Security Update for Windows KB4056892, the Microsoft Meltdown/Spectre patch, bricks AMD Athlon-powered machines. Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities will continue to create a lot of problems to users and chip vendors. As you know, tech giants like Apple, Cisco and Microsoft admitted the problem for their products and started rolling out security […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2018
Spear phishing attacks already targeting Pyeongchang Olympic Games

Hackers are already targeting the Pyeongchang Olympic Games with spear phishing attacks aimed at stealing sensitive or financial information. Security researchers from McAfee reported hackers are already targeting Pyeongchang Olympic Games, many organizations associated with the event had received spear phishing messages. Most of the targeted organizations is involved with the Olympics either in providing infrastructure or […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2018
Following recent mass demonstration, Iran Infy group may attempt to target protesters and their foreign contacts

Following the recent mass demonstration, the Iran-linked Infy group may attempt to target protesters and their contacts abroad. The crackdown of Iranian authorities on protesters and dissident could have a wide range and involve anyone in contact with them. According to cybersecurity firms and researchers, a nation-state actor called Infy is intensifying its attacks against anyone is […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 06, 2018
A new stack-based overflow vulnerability discovered in AMD CPUs

Google expert discovered a new stack-based overflow vulnerability in AMD CPUs that could be exploited via crafted EK certificates, Chip manufacturers are in the tempest, while media are continues sharing news about the Meltdown and Spectre attacks, the security researcher at Google’s cloud security team Cfir Cohen disclosed a stack-based overflow vulnerability in the fTMP of […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 06, 2018
CoffeeMiner – Hacking WiFi networks to mine cryptocurrencies

A developer published a proof-of-concept project dubbed CoffeeMiner for hacking public Wi-Fi networks and mine cryptocurrencies. The spike in the values of Bitcoin is attracting the interest of crooks that are adopting any method to steal crypto wallets or computational resources from the victims. A developer named Arnau has published a proof-of-concept project dubbed CoffeeMiner for hacking public Wi-Fi […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 06, 2018
Cisco is going to release security patches for Meltdown and Spectre attacks

Cisco is going to release security patches for Meltdown and Spectre attacks, the company is currently investigating its entire products portfolio. Cisco published a security advisory on the CPU Side-Channel information disclosure vulnerabilities that are exploited in the Spectre and Meltdown attacks and announced it is going to release security updates to protect its customers. Switchzilla announced it […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 05, 2018
Data breach of the Aadhaar biometric system poses a serious risk for 1 Billion Indian residents

The Tribune announced to have “purchased” a service that provided it an unrestricted access to the residents’ records in the Aadhaar system. According to The Tribune, hackers have breached the Unique Identification Authority of India’s Aadhaar biometric system and gained access to personally identifiable information (i.e. names, addresses, phone numbers) of more than 1 billion […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 05, 2018
Intel releases patches to mitigate Meltdown and Spectre attacks

Meltdown and Spectre attacks – According to Intel, by the end of the next week, the company will have issued security patches for more than 90% of chips commercialized in the past 5 years. White hat hackers from Google Project Zero this week disclosed the details of Meltdown and Spectre attacks targeting CPUs from major manufacturers, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 05, 2018
PyCryptoMiner botnet, a new Crypto-Miner Botnet spreads over SSH

Security experts at F5 discovered a new Linux Monero crypto-miner botnet dubbed PyCryptoMiner spreading over the SSH protocol. F5 researchers discovered a new Linux crypto-miner botnet dubbed PyCryptoMiner spreading over the SSH protocol. The Monero miner botnet is based on the Python scripting language, it leverages Pastebin as command and control server infrastructure when the original C&C isn’t available. If all C&C servers […]