Pierluigi Paganini
March 07, 2017
WikiLeaks has obtained thousands of files allegedly originating from a CIA high-security network that details CIA hacking tools and capabilities WikiLeaks announced on Tuesday that it has obtained thousands of files allegedly originating from a high-security network of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The huge trove of data, called “Vault 7,” exposed the hacking […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 07, 2017
WordPress 4.7.3 release is out to fix six security issues, but a CSRF vulnerability discovered in July 2016 remains unpatched. WordPress has issued a new security release, the WordPress 4.7.3 release, that addresses six security flaws, including three cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.  The flaws were discovered by the security experts Chris Andrè Dale, Yorick Koster, Simon P. Briggs, Marc […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 07, 2017
A few days ago the experts Chris Vickery announced that he will reveal the source of a massive data leak. Now he said it is from world’s biggest spam networks. A few days ago the popular cyber security expert Chris Vickery from security firm MacKeeper announced that he will shortly reveal the source of a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 07, 2017
The experts spotted a new sophisticated strain of malware dubbed StoneDrill that is linked to Shamoon 2 and Charming Kitten. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have discovered further information about the dreaded Shamoon 2 malware. The experts spotted a new sophisticated strain of malware dubbed StoneDrill that is linked to Shamoon 2 and Charming Kitten (aka Newscaster and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 06, 2017
A flaw in Twitter allowed attackers to access locked accounts bypassing the locking mechanism implemented by the company. A flaw in the Twitter application allowed, until a few months ago, to access locked accounts bypassing the locking mechanism implemented by the IT giant. Twitter can lock user accounts every time it believes the users are […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 06, 2017
The popular security researcher Chris Vickery announced that he will shortly reveal the source of a massive data leak. Which is the source? The popular cyber security expert Chris Vickery from security firm MacKeeper announced that he will shortly reveal the source of a huge data breach impacting individuals. 1.4 billion identity leak story incoming […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 05, 2017
A bug in the popular Slack application could be exploited by attackers to steal an access token and take over a user account. A serious flaw in the popular work chat application Slack could be exploited to take over a user account. The vulnerability was discovered by bug bounty hunter Frans Rosen who demonstrated that is possible […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 05, 2017
Rapid7 released the Metasploit Vulnerable Services Emulator, a new tool that can be used by IT experts to emulate vulnerable services. Which is the best way to protect a system? You need to think of the system in the attacker’s perspective, for this reason, Metasploit has now a new tool that can be used to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 04, 2017
Exclusive: MalwareMustDie for Security Affairs released the list of the sites under attack. A criminal gang is using SSH TCP direct forward attack technique. MalwareMustDie is back and has published his the first post of 2017. The popular malware researcher has uncovered a cyber crime gang that is harvesting credentials and credit card numbers from major websites […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 04, 2017
The US Vice President Mike Pence’s personal AOL account was hacked, once again politics were breached due to wrong security posture. Pence has been harshly criticized after the discovery that he used his personal AOL account for Government issues. In 2016 attacker who compromised the Pence’s account sent out emails to his contacts saying he had been […]
