security

Pierluigi Paganini September 09, 2015
Many HTTPs sites at risk of revealing their private keys because of a critical bug

A number of recent discoveries suggest as more HTTPs websites, chat applicationss, and other services online are actualizing perfect forward secrecy. As per a Red Hat (a Linux distributor) security specialist, system equipment sold by few makers neglected to appropriately execute a broadly utilized cryptographic standard, an information releasing weakness that can permit spammers to […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2015
Researcher disclosed 0day flaw in FireEye and offers others for sale

The expert Kristian Erik Hermansen disclosed a zero-day flaw in the FireEye core appliance that could be exploited to gain remote root file system access. Yesterday security researcher Kristian Erik Hermansen disclosed a zero-day vulnerability in the FireEye core appliance that could be exploited to gain remote root file system access. Hermansen told to CSOonline that he […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2015
Some Uber ride data is publicly accessible through Google

Some Uber trip information is publicly accessible through simple Google queries, the set includes trip and user info, and home and work addresses. Rapid diffusion of technology makes easy phenomena of accidental data leakage, the last one is related to the popular car service Uber. Dozens of trips of Uber customers have been cached by […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2015
BMW was aware of the flaw exploited by the OwnStar Hack

A security researcher revealed that BMW was aware of the mobile app vulnerability that allows hackers to run the Ownstar attack. At the recent DEF CON conference the popular security researcher Samy Kamkar presented Ownstar, a $100 gadget that allows to hacks GM Cars. The Ownstar tool allows to locate, unlock, and start a car who […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2015
Critical Zero-Day flaw – Microsoft Pushes Emergency IE Patch

Microsoft has pushed an emergency patch to remediate a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer that is actively being exploited in-the-wild. Today, August 18th, 2015, Microsoft released an emergency patch after being notified of a critical vulnerability in all supported versions of Internet Explorer. All versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer from IE7 to IE11 are affected by this zero-day vulnerability. […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2015
Antivirus industry damaged by the Kaspersky’case

Kaspersky sustains the Reuters’s story on Antivirus false positives is based on information provided by anonymous former KL employees which are not reliable Some days ago, Reuters published a story about Kaspersky revealing that the Russian company was creating malicious codes to give them an upper hand against their direct competitors. Eugene Kaspersky in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2015
The OwnStar Attack also works with BMW, Chrysler, Mercedes Cars apps

While the Ownstar attack has been fixed by GM, the same flaw affects also BMW Remote, Mercedes-Benz mbrace, and Chrysler Uconnect apps. Recently I wrote about the OwnStar attack presented by the popular hacker Samy Kamkar, a new gadget designed by the expert that could be exploited to hack GM Cars. The tool developed by Kamkar allows to locate […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 10, 2015
Hacking airport security systems with a common laptop

Hackers can compromise airport security networks by using a common laptop, this is the disconcerting discovery of the popular expert Billy Rios. Cyber security from I-Team investigation revealed that hackers could have the ability to shut down an airport’s security network just using a laptop. It is embarrassing read that system designed to improve security of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2015
Tesla Motor sent a patch to fix flaws in its connected car

Tesla Motors Inc admitted to have sent an update to patch security vulnerabilities discovered by a couple of cyber security experts. Tesla Motors Inc has announced that it has distributed a software update to fix security vulnerabilities in the Tesla Model S sedan. According to the company an attacker by exploiting the flaw could take […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2015
Hack your General Motors Car with $100 Ownstar

The popular hacker Samy Kamkar has presented a new gadget that could be exploited to hacks GM Cars. The tool allows to locate, Unlock, and Start Them. Do you have a General Motors car? Do you have $100 to spare? Do you want to hack your car? If the reply to my questions is yes, […]