Pierluigi Paganini
February 07, 2015
A recent study published by RiskIQ security firm revealed that more than 11 percent of mobile banking apps includes harmful code. With the rapid spread of mobile banking services has increased significantly the number of cyber crimes targeting users of major financial institutions. According to an interesting research conducted by the company RiskIQ more than 11 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2015
By investigating on the cyber espionage campaign dubbed Operation Pawn Storm, experts at TrendLabs discovered a spyware designed for iOS devices. Security experts at TrendLabs have discovered a new espionage iOS app while they were investigating on the cyber espionage campaign dubbed Operation Pawn Storm. In October 2014, security experts at Trend Micro uncovered a cyber […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2015
Security experts at Avast have discovered three malicious Android apps that were serving Adware, more than 15 million users infected via Play store. Adware is one of the most insidious threat to the mobile platform, this family of malicious code is used by threat actors to automatically display or downloads advertising material when a user […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2015
A researcher has discovered a series of security issues in the newborn iOS Outlook app that allows Microsoft to access user emails and credentials. Security researcher and Head of Development at midpoints GmbH and IBM Champion René Winkelmeyer has published a blog post to warn about security issues in the newborn iOS Outlook app. According to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 31, 2015
The security expert Ken Munro has run a series of penetration tests on sex toys and dolls for children … the results are disconcerting. Everything that could be connected to a computer could be potentially exploited to hack it, we read about several cases that demonstrated how it is possible to compromise a PC by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 28, 2015
It is now emerging that the official NFL app for IOS and Android is vulnerable to easy hacking. The app apparently sends unencrypted data to NFL servers and can therefore be hacked by anyone monitoring user traffic. With only a few days remaining before the Superbowl, it is now emerging that the fans might be […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 27, 2015
Computer programmer Dani Grant revealed that short codes from AT&T are easy to spoof and expose customers to phishing scams. AT&T customers are exposed phishing attacks due to proprietary AT&T’s text protocols. Computer programmer Dani Grant discovered that is quite easy to spoof text messages from AT&T. In this variant of “Phishing” attacks, crooks attempt to trick victims […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 14, 2015
Google is not able to direct control the distribution of bug patches for its devices, and 60 percent of Android phones is exposed to security risks. The security expert Todd Bearsley published an interesting blog post on Rapid7 Security Street blog explaining that the Metasploit framework currently includes 11 different exploits for WebView. “WebView is the core component […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 13, 2015
Prime Minister Cameron said that the UK would pursue banning encrypted messaging apps if the Intelligence was not given access to the communications. At this historical moment, governments are facing increasingly dangerous cyber threats, but their activities are hampered by the large diffusion of encryption mechanisms. Following the Snowden‘s revelations, several IT firms like Google and Apple are […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 08, 2015
Hackers hit ATM systems forcing them to dispense the cash stored in their money cases relying on certain commands sent through a smartphone. Cybercriminals can hack ATM systems and force it to dispense the cash using a smartphone, in the specific case a Samsung Galaxy 4 phone. The model of smartphone is not important, the […]
