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Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2018

Hacking The Hacker. Stopping a big botnet targeting USA, Canada and Italy

Today I’d like to share a full path analysis including a KickBack attack which took me to gain full access to an entire Ursniff/Gozi botnet. In other words: from a simple “Malware Sample” to “Pwn the Attacker Infrastructure”. NB: Federal Police have already been alerted on such a topic as well as National and International […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2018

Federal prosecutors indicted a 20-year-old man who built the Satori botnet

A youngster (20) from Washington was indicted last week on federal computer hacking charges after rival hackers fingered him as the creator of a Mirai variant dubbed Satori. MalwareMustDie Team: “It’s time for every teenager or young man to know that playing with malware is the fastest way to finish in the jail” Mirai, Mirai […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2018

What Happens to Whistleblowers After They Blow the Whistle?

Whistleblowers are a controversial subgroup of the modern workforce. What Happens to Whistle Site after they reveal uncomfortable truths? Whistleblowers are a controversial subgroup of the modern workforce. Although their intentions are often pure and they frequently uncover wrongdoings or shortcomings in their particular niche, there are usually some consequences too. Complicating matters even further […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2018

4-year old Misfortune Cookie vulnerability threatens Capsule Technologies medical gateway device

The Misfortune Cookie flaw is threatening medical equipment that connects bedside devices to the hospital’s network infrastructure. In December 2104, researchers at Check Point Software Technologies discovered the Misfortune Cookie vulnerability, a flaw that was affecting millions of devices running an embedded web server called RomPager, the vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker to run a man-in-the-middle attack on […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2018

Air Canada data breach – 20,000 users of its mobile app affected

Air Canada data breach – The incident was confirmed by the company and may have affected 20,000 customers (1%) of its 1.7 million mobile app users. The data breach of the day is the one suffered by Air Canada that may have affected 20,000 customers (1%) of its 1.7 million mobile app users. The news […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2018

What the Blockchain Taught Us about IT Security

It is not just about security, but in utilizing Blockchain to secure your company and your information. With how fast technology is improving and being included in everyday activities or jobs to make them fast and efficient, it is important to make sure you are secured, especially when on the internet. You can have your […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2018

CVE-2018-15919 username enumeration flaw affects OpenSSH Versions Since 2011

Qualys experts discovered that OpenSSH is still vulnerable to Oracle attack, it is affected by the CVE-2018-15919 flaw at least since September 2011. Security experts from Qualys discovered that OpenSSH is still vulnerable to Oracle attack, it is affected by the CVE-2018-15919 flaw at least since September 2011. A few days ago the security expert Darek […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2018

Data of 130 Million hotel chain guests offered for 8 BTC on Dark Web

A hacker is offering for sale the personal details of over 130 million hotel chain guests on a Chinese Dark Web forum. The news was reported by Bleeping computers, a hacker is selling the personal details of over 130 million hotel guests for 8 Bitcoin on a Chinese Dark Web forum. “The breach was reported […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2018

Experts published a PoC code for Intel Management Engine JTAG flaw

A group of security researchers has published a proof-of-concept exploit code for a vulnerability in the Intel Management Engine JTAG. A team of security researchers has published a proof-of-concept exploit code for a vulnerability in the Intel Management Engine JTAG. Last year the same group of experts at Positive Technologies discovered an undocumented configuration setting that disabled […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2018

The Rise of an Overlooked Crime – Cyberstalking

Cyberstalking is one of the most overlooked crimes. This is exactly why it is among the fastest growing crimes in the world. Learn all there is about cyberstalking here. The internet has been a blessing since its inception. The very concept of globalization has come into existence just because of the internet. The world that […]