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Pierluigi Paganini June 13, 2022
Using WiFi connection probe requests to track users

Researchers at the University of Hamburg demonstrated that WiFi connection probe requests expose users to track. A group of academics at the University of Hamburg (Germany) demonstrated that it is possible to use WiFi connection probe requests to identify and track devices and thereby their users. Mobile devices transmit probe requests to receive information about […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2021
Practical coexistence attacks on billions of WiFi chips allow data theft and traffic manipulation

Boffins discovered bugs in WiFi chips that can be exploited to extract passwords and manipulate traffic by targeting a device’s Bluetooth component. A group of researchers from the University of Darmstadt, University of Brescia, CNIT, and the Secure Mobile Networking Lab, have discovered security vulnerabilities in WiFi chips that can be exploited to extract passwords […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2021
Expert managed to crack 70% of a 5,000 WiFi network sample in Tel Aviv

A researcher from the security firm CyberArk has managed to crack 70% of Tel Aviv’s Wifi Networks starting from a sample of 5,000 gathered WiFi. CyberArk security researcher Ido Hoorvitch demonstrated how it is possible to crack WiFi at scale by exploiting a vulnerability that allows retrieving a PMKID hash. Hoorvitch has managed to crack […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 19, 2020
Hijacking nearby Firefox mobile browsers via WiFi by exploiting a bug

Mozilla addressed a bug that can be exploited by attackers to hijack all the Firefox for Android browsers that share the same WiFi network. Mozilla has addressed a vulnerability that can be abused by attackers to hijack all the Firefox for Android browsers on the same WiFi network and force them to visit malicious sites, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2019
FBI warns travelers against using untrusted and free WiFi networks

The FBI warned one again the holiday travelers about the danger of using free WiFi networks while traveling. Free WiFi networks, such as the ones in the airports and hotel, hide many dangers to the holiday travelers, for this reason, has once again published a new warning. Threat actors could leverage free WiFi networks to […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 12, 2019
Infecting Canon EOS DSLR camera with ransomware over the air

Canon DSLR Camera Infected with Ransomware Over the Air A researcher discovered 6 flaws in the image transfer protocol used in Canon EOS 80D DSLR cameras that allow him to infect the device with ransomware over the air. Security researcher Eyal Itkin from Check Point analyzed the Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) implementation in Canon EOS […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 11, 2019
WPA3 attacks allow hackers to hack Wi-Fi password

Security researchers discovered weaknesses in WPA3 that could be exploited to recover WiFi passwords by abusing timing or cache-based side-channel leaks.Security researchers discovered weaknesses in WPA3 that could be exploited to recover WiFi passwords by abusing timing or cache-based side-channel leaks. One of the main advantages of WPA3 is that it’s near impossible to crack […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 08, 2018
Hacking WiFi Password in a few steps using a new attack on WPA/WPA2

A security researcher has devised a new WiFi hacking technique that could be exploited to easily crack WiFi passwords of most modern routers. The security researcher Jens ‘Atom’ Steube, lead developer of the popular password-cracking tool Hashcat, has devised a new WiFi hacking technique that could be exploited to easily crack WiFi passwords of most modern routers. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 07, 2017
Tips to Stay Secure on Summer Vacations

In the excitement of summer vacations, most of us forget to equip ourselves with the privacy tools and needed security measures. Yet, such flawed data security could ruin your vacations as the cyber goons always remain on work. Therefore, here we have listed some essential steps that are must to secure your sensitive information you […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 19, 2017
RSA Conference 2017 attendees hacked with rogue access points

Experts at Pwnie Express discovered multiple rogue access points on the show floor that were used to hack the RSA conference attendees. The news is very curious, the attendees at the 2017 RSA conference, one of the world’s largest security events, may have been hacked. Security researchers at reports at Pwnie Express were scanning the conference […]

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