Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2017
Honda halted production in a factory after finding WannaCry traces in its networks

The Honda company shuts down a factory in Japan after finding the WannaCry ransomware in its networks after 5 weeks its massive attack. The WannaCry ransomware makes the headlines once again, The Honda Company to stopped the production in one of its plant in Japan after discovering the malware in its computer networks, The Honda automaker […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2017
Attackers can exploit electronic cigarettes to hack computers

Hackers can exploit electronic cigarettes and any other electronic device to deliver a malware in a poorly protected network. In November 2014, in a discussion started on the Reddit news media website it has been debated the case of a malware implanted by using electronic cigarettes connected over USB. Hackers are able to exploit any […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2017
Mexican Government was spying on Journalists and Activists with Pegasus Surveillance software

Journalists and activists in Mexico accused the government of spying on them with the powerful surveillance software Pegasus developed by the NSO Group. Journalists and activists in Mexico accused the government of spying on them with a powerful surveillance software. According to the journalists, the authorities used an Israeli spyware to hack their mobile devices. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2017
Stack Clash vulnerability allows an attacker to execute code as root

Stack Clash is a local privilege escalation flaw in Linux, BSD, Solaris and other open source systems that allows an attacker to execute code as root. Linux, BSD, Solaris and other open source systems are vulnerable to a local privilege escalation vulnerability known as Stack Clash that allows an attacker to execute code as root. Stack Clash is […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2017
DRA firm left 1.1 TB of data unsecured on an Amazon S3, 198 million US voter records exposed

The popular security expert Chris Vickery revealed the DRA firm left 1.1 TB of data unsecured on an Amazon S3, 198 million US voter records exposed. Researcher Chris Vickery has found nearly 200 million voter records in an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket maintained by Deep Root Analytics (DRA), it is the largest exposure of its kind […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2017
Canada’ CSE warns of cyber attacks against next 2019 Election

The Canada Communications Security Establishment (CSE) published a report that reveals that hackers will attempt to hack into 2019 country’s Election. The Canada Communications Security Establishment (CSE) published a report that reveals that cyber criminals and hacktivists had leaked sensitive government documents, and attempted to hack into 2015 country’s Election. The hackers targeted candidates and […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2017
BAE Systems accused of selling mass surveillance software Evident across the Middle East

BC Arabic and the Danish newspaper Dagbladet accuse British BAE Systems of selling mass surveillance software called Evident across the Middle East. The British company BAE Systems has been selling mass surveillance software called Evident across the Middle East, the findings are the result of a year-long investigation by BBC Arabic and the Danish newspaper […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2017
With this PHP rootkit you can take over a server hiding it in PHP server modules

The Dutch developer Luke Paris has created a PHP rootkit that hides in PHP server modules, he also explained why it is more dangerous of classic rootkits. The Dutch developer Luke Paris has created a rootkit that hides in PHP server modules that could be used by attackers to take over web servers. While classic […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2017
Hacker pleaded guilty to stealing satellite data from US DoD

The British hacker Sean Caffrey, 25, from Sutton Coldfield pleaded guilty to stealing satellite data from US Department of Defense (DoD). The British hacker Sean Caffrey, 25, from Sutton Coldfield pleaded guilty to stealing user accounts from a U.S. military communications system. According to the NCA, the man admitted in the Birmingham Crown Court to stealing […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2017
Nmap 7.50 released with many significant improvements

The Nmap project announced the release of Nmap 7.50, the first big release since last December that has hundreds of improvements. Nmap 7.50 is the new release of the popular the Network Mapper, the previous release dates back December 2016 and the new one brings hundreds of improvements. Nmap 7.50 includes the Npcap packet capturing driver […]