IoT

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2017
Dahua Video Recorders and Cameras affected by a serious flaw. Is it a backdoor?

The manufacture Dahua Technology has started releasing firmware updates fix a serious flaw in some models of its video recorders and IP cameras. Security experts believe the flaw is a true backdoor that could be used to remotely access the user database containing usernames and hashed passwords. The backdoor was discovered by a researcher that is known online as “bashis.” Once the attacker […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2017
WikiLeaks releases documents detailing CIA hacking tools and capabilities

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 03, 2017
Researchers spotted a hidden backdoor in Chinese IoT devices from the firm DblTek

Security experts at Trustwave have discovered a hidden backdoor in Internet of Things devices manufactured by the Chinese firm DblTek. Researchers from Trustwave have discovered a backdoor in IoT devices manufactured by a Chinese vendor that is refusing to fix it. The backdoored devices are produced by the VoIP firm Dbltek, the researchers speculate the backdoor was […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 23, 2017
UK police arrested the alleged mastermind of the MIRAI attack on Deutsche Telekom

The prosecutor’s office in Cologne and the Federal Criminal Police Office have arrested the alleged mastermind of the MIRAI attack on Deutsche Telekom The agents at the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) have a man that is suspected to be involved with the massive attack on Deutsche Telekom that affected more than 900k routers in […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 08, 2017
Smart TV vendor Vizio fined $2.2M for spying on 11 million customers

Smart TV vendor Vizio makes the headlines because it has been caught while secretly collecting consumers’ data through over 11 Million devices. IoT devices are privileged vectors for surveillance activities, mobile devices, gaming console, smartphone and even smart TV could be used to spy on users. Now one of the world’s biggest smart TV makers […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2017
Hundreds of thousands, if not over a million Netgear routers open to hack

Hundreds of thousands of Netgear routers are vulnerable to password bypass, the company issued updates only for a number models. An impressive number of Netgear routers is affected by two flaws that can lead to password disclosure. It has been estimated that hundreds of thousand devices, potentially more than one million Netgear routers, could be hacked, by both a […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2017
Thai TrueOnline ZyXEL and Billion routers still unpatched since July

The security researcher Pedro Ribeiro disclosed several vulnerabilities in the ZyXEL customized routers that could be easily exploited by hackers. Details on serious vulnerabilities in a number of routers freely distributed by the TrueOnline Thai ISP were published on Monday after private disclosures made to the vendors in July went unanswered. The security researcher Pedro Ribeiro from […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2017
Hackers demonstrate how to hack Samsung SmartCam

Researchers Exploitee.rs discovered a flaw in Samsung SmartCam IP cameras that could be exploited to execute commands and hijack vulnerable devices. Samsung SmartCam IP cameras are affected by a serious vulnerability that could be exploited by remote attackers to execute commands and hijack vulnerable devices. Samsung Electronics sold the Samsung Techwin security division to the Hanwha […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 12, 2017
In 2016, these are the four ways how bots altered history

2016 was the biggest year by far for all sorts of bots. From Chatbots to bad bots, the past year was eventful to say the least. With more than 980+ cyber security breaches across all online businesses and 35 million accounts exposed. Yahoo! In a 2016 report, disclosed that more than 1 billion accounts have […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 03, 2017
It has happened again, ransomware infected an LG Smart TV

The software engineer Darren Cauthon reported his LG Smart TV was infected with ransomware on Christmas day, the malware asked for $500 to unlock the device IoT Ransomware is a scaring reality, the threat will increase in the next months and security firms have been warning IT industry. Routers, smart TV, and CCTVs are all potential victims of […]