Pierluigi Paganini
December 22, 2015
The independent researcher Indrajeet Bhuyan has demonstrated that is possible to crash the popular messaging app Whatsapp by sending crazy smileys. Crash our Friends’ WhatsApp could be quite easy, this is what the independent researcher Indrajeet Bhuyan has demonstrated by sending crazy smileys. Nearly 4000 simple Smileys are enough to crash our friends’ WhatsApp, the trick works on both […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 20, 2015
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs LATENTBOT, one the highly obfuscated backdoor in the wild Torrent websites infected 12 million Internet users per month Iranian Government says Daesh doesn’t pose a threat to Iran Gift cards and return merchandise fraud scheme Is Vuvuzela […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 18, 2015
Someone in the Intelligence community leaked online a secret catalog of cellphone spying devices used by law enforcement. The Intercept has leaked online a secret catalog of cellphone spying devices, the precious document has been given to the online publication by someone inside the intelligence community. The person who passed the document to The Intercept […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 12, 2015
Donald Trump called for a sweeping ban on Muslims entering the United States soil and Anonymous declared war against him. After the recent campaign #OpParis against the ISIS militants, the popular collective of hackers Anonymous now turned its effort against the billionaire Donald Trump which is a US presidential candidate. Donald Trump’s call for a sweeping […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 10, 2015
The End-to-end encrypted database ZeroDB becomes open source and its code is available on GitHub, try it and contribute to the community with your experience. While politicians and experts are debating around encryption, the End-to-end encrypted database ZeroDB becomes open source and its code is available on GitHub. ZeroDB is an end-to-end encrypted database in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 10, 2015
Experts at enSilo have found a critical security vulnerability in various antivirus (AV) software that could be exploited by attackers to turn the AntiVirus to an attack-enabler tool. Some of the most important security firms have had an ugly surprise, the security software they offer to their clints have been compromised by a serious vulnerability flaw […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 09, 2015
Microsoft has issued an advisory to notify customers that the private keys for an SSL/TLS digital certificate for *xboxlive.com have been disclosed. According to a security advisory published by Microsoft, the company is propagating a new certificate for the *.xboxlive.com domain because it has “inadvertently disclosed” the certificate’s contents. Microsoft confirmed the accidental disclosure of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 05, 2015
Roger Thomas Clark the alleged mentor of Ross Ulbricht, the owner of the most popular black market Silk Road, has been arrested in Thailand. The alleged mentor of Ross Ulbricht, the owner of the most popular black market Silk Road, has been arrested in Thailand and charged with conspiring to traffic drugs and money laundering. Roger Thomas Clark (54) […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 05, 2015
Experts at Russian anti-virus firm Dr.Web discovered Rekoobe, a new malware that is targeting Linux systems. Rekoobe is a new malware that is targeting Linux systems, the discovery was made by experts at Russian anti-virus firm Dr.Web. Dr.Web discovered the Rekoobe Trojan in October, then its experts analyzed the threat in the following two months. The Rekoobe Trojan was initially developed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 03, 2015
Open Whisper Systems issued a beta version of the Signal app for Desktop that for now works only as a Chrome app and links only to Android devices. Signal is a free and open-source encrypted voice calling and instant messaging application for mobile devices. It runs on both iOS and Android and uses advanced end-to-end encryption […]
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