Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2016
Delilah is the first extortion trojan that spies on victims and collects information to force them in doing malicious activities from inside. Delilah is a strain of malware developed to extort victims into stealing insider data, it was first discovered on crime forums by the Israeli intelligence firm Diskin Advanced Technologies. Deliah is not distributed in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 04, 2016
Hacking a Facebook profile -An unidentified hacker successfully took over a Facebook account with a social engineering attack that involved a fake passport Today I desire to discuss with an interesting case, a hacker successfully took over a Facebook account with a social engineering attack. The hacker demonstrated that it is possible to bypass any […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 12, 2016
Is Two-factor authentication the solution for any kind of hacks? A text message could be used to take over your Google Account. Following the recent data breaches suffered by IT giants (e.g. MySpace, LinkedIn, Twitter) security experts are inviting users to avoid sharing login credentials on multiple websites and to enable two-factor authentication (2FA) when it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 14, 2016
A few days ago group of white hat hackers from RedTeam traveled to the Midwest to test the systems of a major power company and breach it with Social Engineering. RedTeam Security is a group of ethical hackers who specialize in offensive security, believing that the best defense is a good offense. We wrote about […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 10, 2016
A group of white hat hackers from RedTeam traveled to the Midwest to test the systems of a major power company and breach it with Social Engineering. RedTeam Security is a group of ethical hackers who specialize in offensive security, believing that the best defense is a good offense. Engaging in social engineering, in addition […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 12, 2016
UK Police and FBI have arrested a teenager suspected to be Cracka, the hacker who hacked the CIA Director John Brennan. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and British law enforcement have identified and arrested a teenage hacker alleged member of the hacking crew “Cracka with Attitude.” The Cracka with Attitude is the group of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 07, 2015
Cracka hackers who took over the personal email account of CIA Director John Brennan have now doxed more than 2000 Government employees. The young hackers of the crew known as Crackas With Attitude (CWA) announced that they have doxed more than 2,000 Government employees. The hackers are the same that accessed into the AOL email account of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 20, 2015
A young hacker violated the CIA Director’s personal email account and leaked sensitive files including a top-secret application for a security clearance. A high-school student claims to have hacked the personal email account of the CIA Director John Brennan. CIA and the US law enforcement agencies are investigating on the case. The teen told the New York […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 29, 2015
The researcher David Sopas at WebSegura discovered a Reflected Filename Download vulnerability in the popularmulti-channel commerce platform Shopify. Shopify is a multi-channel commerce platform that helps people sell online, in-store, and everywhere in between. The popular security researchers Davis Sopas at WebSegura has discovered a Reflected Filename Download vulnerability in the Shopify service. Sopas already sent a security report to Shopify explaining […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 12, 2015
A joint international operation led to the dismantling of a criminal gang who is behind the Operation Triangle phishing campaign. A joint effort of Law enforcement from six countries, including Italy, Spain, Poland,Belgium, the U.K., and Georgia, allowed the arrest of 49 suspects fraudsters. Twenty individuals were arrested in Italy, 10 in Spain, 18 in […]
