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Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2017
UK security minister: ISIS would launch chemical attacks in the UK

The ISIS seeking to launch mass-casualty chemical attacks in Europe said security minister Ben Wallace. The UK security minister Ben Wallace declared terror group wants to carry out mass casualty attack in Britain UK by ‘whatever means possible.’ According to the minister, members of the ISIS have “no moral barrier” to using chemical weapons against the helpless […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 01, 2017
Security Affairs newsletter Round 93 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. First of all, let me inform you that at the #infosec16 SecurityAffairs was awarded as The Best European Personal Security Blog http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/48202/breaking-news/securityaffairs-best-european-personal-security-blog.html Moscow wants Apple to unlock iPhone of the killer of the Russian Ambassador Merry Xmas, @Kapustkiy hacked […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 01, 2017
Firefox 52 more privacy oriented with a Tor protection mechanism

Mozilla development team announced a new privacy protection mechanism that will come with Firefox 52, it aims to prevent websites from fingerprinting users. Mozilla announced the introduction of a new privacy protection mechanism to Firefox 52 that prevents websites from fingerprinting through system fonts. The technique is widely adopted by advertising companies via hidden scripts delivered with […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 01, 2017
A new iPhone bug will crash the Messages app with a single text

A researcher discovered that a single text message could be exploited to crash the Messages app by MMS on iOS due to a recently discovered bug A single text message could be exploited to disable the Messages app on any iPhone due to a recently discovered bug. The bug flaw makes the Apple Message app inoperable, making it […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2016
Alleged Russian operation has compromised a laptop at a Vermont utility

The code associated with Russian hacking operation dubbed Grizzly Steppe by the Obama administration infected a laptop at a Vermont utility. Russian hackers are again in the headlines because according to US officials, they hacked a Vermont utility, raising concerns about the security of the electrical grid of the country. Researchers discovered on a laptop a […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2016
#OpSingleGateway – Gh0s7 hacked Thai Government website in response to the recent arrests

#OpSingleGateway – The hacker Gh0s7 hacked the Thailand’s National Statistical Office (http://nso.go.th) in response to the recent arrests operated by the Government. The hacker Gh0s7 broke into the database of the Thailand’s National Statistical Office (http://nso.go.th ) and leaked data through the Mega service at the following URL https://mega.nz/#!F8o0kCLb!8C30-rqQip7cvKhf-af3xwNX6PXO6KGN9wDEon5XqEs The hacker acted alone, he decides to hack into a […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2016
FBI-DHS JAR report links Russian hackers to Presidential Election hacks

A FBI-DHS JAR report released implicated Russian hacking group APT28 and APT29 in attacks against 2016 Presidential Election. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published on Thursday a Joint Analysis Report(JAR) that provides information about the tools, infrastructure and TTPs used by the Russian civilian and military intelligence […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2016
In 2017: Cool New Tech, Ominous Cyber Threats & Increased Terrorism in the West

A lot of new and exciting technology will emerge or become more prominent in 2017 and the following is just a glimpse of what is anticipated. IoT & Smart Home Tech Smart home technology had been in the works for years before finally getting off to a relatively slow start. But, now that large companies […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2016
Sundown Exploit Kit now leverages on the steganography

A new variant of the Sundown exploit kit leverages on steganography to hide exploit code in harmless-looking image files. Security experts from Trend Micro have spotted a new version of the Sundown exploit kit that exploits steganography in order to hide malicious code in harmless-looking image files. The use of steganography was recently observed in the malvertising campaigns conducted […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2016
CheckPoint experts spotted Three Critical 0-Day in PHP 7

Researchers at the security firm CheckPoint have discovered three fresh critical zero day vulnerability in the last PHP 7. Security researchers at the firm CheckPoint have discovered three fresh critical 0-day vulnerabilities in last PHP 7. These vulnerabilities allow an attacker to take full control over 80 percent of websites which run on the latest release […]