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Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2016
Hundred Million Stolen MySpace Passwords for sale in the darkweb

The hacker Peace is offering for sale hundred Million stolen MySpace Passwords on the black marketplace. This is one of the greatest leaks of ever. A few days ago a hacker with the nickname “Peace” offered for sale on the black market 117 million LinkedIn account credentials. The same hacker is offering for sale 360 million emails and […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 20, 2016
Which are the worst passwords of 2015?

SplashData has published its fifth annual report on most used passwords in 2015, including the list of the Worst passwords of the year. For the fifth time, experts from the SplashData security firm have published a report, titled “Worst Passwords of 2015”  that analyzes the use of passwords in 2015. The researchers compiled the annual report with data […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2015
Password for systems at a London rail station revealed during a TV documentary

The passwords for the signal system of the control room at the Waterloo rail station in London were disclosed during a TV documentary. We cannot think of lock down the house if we leave the keys in the lock outside, something of similar occurred recently to at French network TV5Monde. Following the successful attack against the network […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2015
How SEA hacked email accounts of Assad’s opponents

Motherboard published an interesting report on an espionage campaign led by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) against the opponents of the Syrian Government. Today I decided to present a very interesting story published by Lorenzo Francesco Bicchierai on Motherboard. It is a story about intelligence activities and how hacking supported them. Let’s start from the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 03, 2015
Cognitive Fingerprints, the new frontier of authentication

DARPA is working on Cognitive Fingerprints authentication process to validate the user identity through the use of software based biometrics. Security plays a crucial role in today’s world. Whether it is a multi-billion organization or a single person with a computer, security is important for all. One of the pillars for cyber security is the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 24, 2015
SplashData published the list of Worst passwords of 2014

SplashData has published its annual report on the used of passwords that includes the list of the Worst passwords of 2014. Here we are to analyze the annual study published by SplashData, titled “123456” Maintains the Top Spot on SplashData’s Annual “Worst Passwords” List“, on the use of the passwords. Which are the most common […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2014
Russian crime ring amasses over a Billion credentials

Experts at Hold Security firm discovered a Russian group of hackers that collected 1.2B stolen credentials obtained in different data breaches worldwide. Experts at Hold Security revealed to have discovered the biggest database of stolen user names and passwords and email addresses, the news is reported by The New York Times that hired an independent security expert who verified […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2014
More than 32000 servers expose admin passwords in the clear

More than 32000 servers containing motherboards manufactured by Supermicro expose admin passwords in the clear, it is a godsend for hackers. A significant number of servers containing motherboards manufactured by Supermicro exposes administrator passwords, the situation is worrying considering that the problem is well known and a series of patches has been already released to fix […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2014
Researcher disclosed numerous security issues with Tesla S SmartCAR

A security researcher reported to Tesla company a series of security issues related with S model that could be exploited to locate and unlock the vehicles. Hackers are able to remotely locate or unlock the Tesla Motors electric vehicles, the news is curious but it isn’t a novelty. Car hacking was largely discussed in the last […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 11, 2014
Honey Encryption deceives attackers with fake data

Honey Encryption is the name of a new approach to encryption, elaborated by the independent researcher Ari Juels, based on misleading results. Honey Encryption, this is the name for a new approach to encryption to deceive attackers by presenting them with fake data presented by the independent researcher Ari Juels. Ari Juels, who has worked as chief […]

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