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Pierluigi Paganini February 02, 2014
Syrian Electronic Army hacked Ebay and Paypal websites

  Ebay and PayPal hacked by Syrian Electronic Army, “For denying Syrian citizens the ability to purchase online products” said SEA. The group of hackers Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) has monopolized the attention of the media, the hacking team has practically hit every possible target within government organizations, big enterprises and media agencies. The list of […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 29, 2013
eBay XSRF flaw allows attacker to make unauthorized purchases

EBay website is vulnerable to XSRF (Cross-site request forgery) attack that would allow an attacker to hijack an account and make unauthorized purchases. A new flaw has been discovered in the official EBay website, the vulnerability allows an attacker to hijack an account and make unauthorized purchases from the victim’s account. The flaw is not […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 08, 2013
Researcher found critical vulnerabilities in major websites

Security Researcher Mohamed Osman Saeed has found a long series of critical vulnerabilities in major websites but he could not participate to any bounty program because he lives in the sanction country –Sudan. Security Researcher Mohamed Osman Saeed has found a long series of vulnerabilities in major websites. He declared to have found an XSS flaw in 2 IBM Site’s ( […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 13, 2013
The business behind a hacked email account

Which is the commercial value of a hacked email account in the underground? How cybercriminals use a compromised email account? Why do they have to hit me? Which is the commercial value of a hacked email account in the underground? Brian Krebs has recently published a valuable post on commercial value for a hacked email account, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2013
Nir Goldshlager Hacked PayPal Users Reports System

The Hacked PayPal Users Reports System has been hacked by popular researcher Nir Goldshlager exploiting a flaw in a third-party application. Hacked PayPal Users Reports System has been hacked by Nir Goldshlager, CEO at BreakSec, I desire to express my admiration for Nir that is giving various lessons to hacking community and to security teams of […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2013
Cybercriminals sell hacked PayPal credentials in underworld

Few days ago  I was surfing on my favorite security web sites and I found an interesting post published by the great security expert Dancho Danchev on Webroot portal that released a profitable e-commerce of credentials related to compromised PayPal accounts. The security analyst found an underground web site that proposes Paypal account accesses categorizing […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2012
BitcoinCentral operates as bank,reflections from multiple perspectives

Virtual currency schemas, despite used by large communities, face with intrinsic instability that makes them not ideal for investments for financial entities. Banking systems represents the unique opportunity for investors that while accepting the risks related to financial transactions don’t want to work with a currency with no real equivalent or that it is managed […]