Pierluigi Paganini
January 16, 2015
Google Project Zero team disclosed a new unpatched flaw affecting Windows 8.1 systems, the cyber security community is divided between those for and against. The Google Project Zero team has disclosed the details of two more unpatched Windows vulnerabilities due to its disclosure policy. Google has released the details of another Windows vulnerability that Microsoft failed to fix […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 15, 2015
Security Experts at Microsoft discovered a new variant of CryptoWall 3.0 ransomware that adopts I2P Anonymity Network for C&C Communications. A new version of CryptoWall ransomware has been detected in the wild by experts at Microsoft, just a week after I reported that Cisco’s Talos Security Intelligence and Research Group detected a new strain of the same […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 14, 2015
Dell SecureWorks detected the Skeleton Key malware, which modifies authentication process on Active Directory (AD) systems protected by only passwords. The experts at Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit(TM) (CTU) have recently discovered a malware dubbed Skeleton Key that bypasses single-factor authentication on Active Directory (AD) systems. The attackers can use to have total access to remote […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 14, 2015
Google Project Zero team disclosed a new unpatched vulnerability affecting Windows 8.1 systems unleashing the wrath of Microsoft for its disclosure policy. Google’s Project Zero hacking team has disclosed the details of a new unpatched Windows 8.1 Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 8.1 OS. It is the second flaw in Windows 8.1 OS publicly disclosed by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 03, 2015
The hacking team H4LT has leaked Xbox One SDK online that could let experts to develop their own Homebrew Apps and run them on the popular gaming console. The gaming industry is in full storm after the massive outage of PSN and Xbox live at Christmas caused by the Lizard Squad. This time is the leakage online of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 26, 2014
Hackers belonging to the Lizard Squad team have taken down at Christmas the online networks of both Microsoft Xbox Live and PlayStation network (PSN). The Lizard Squad hacking team has taken down the online gaming networks of both Xbox Live and PlayStation at Christmas. The attack does not come unexpected, unfortunately, the group Lizard Squad had already […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 13, 2014
Microsoft recalls Exchange patch, it’s the second time in two months that Microsoft is recalling a security update published along with its patch Tuesday release. Microsoft has announced the recall of a security patch released to fix a problem in its Exchange Server. It is the second straight month that Microsoft has issued a critical […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 29, 2014
Experts at Zscaler security firm discovered several websites defaced by AnonGhostTeam hacktivists leading to Dokta Chef Exploit Kit and CVE-2014-6332 Many security experts tend to ridicule the threat of hacktivist groups, in many professionals consider the groups that express political dissent through cyber attacks as a harmless threat. Now cyber experts are warning of a new hacktivist campaign managed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 19, 2014
Microsoft on Tuesday released a rare out-of-band patch for a critical vulnerability in Kerberos that could allow elevation of privilege. Microsoft has just released an “out-of-band” security updates to patch a critical vulnerability in all supported versions of its Windows Server software, the flaw resides in Kerberos (Kerberos Checksum Vulnerability – CVE-2014-6324) and could allow elevation of Privilege […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 12, 2014
MS14-066 – A critical vulnerability affects all versions of Microsoft Windows systems, its exploitation could have catastrophic consequences. Microsoft has revealed the existence of a critical vulnerability in all versions of Windows operating systems, the flaw is particularly dangerous for users that servers that expose website. Microsoft issued a security advisory (Microsoft Security Bulletin MS14-066) on the vulnerability […]
