Pierluigi Paganini
November 16, 2016
For the second time this year, the hacker group OurMine breached one of the online accounts of the Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. For the second time, this year hackers seems to have breached the Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The notorious hacking group known as OurMine has claimed credit for hacking Mark Zuckerberg’s online accounts. The news […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 16, 2016
The CVE-2016-4484 vulnerability can be exploited to gain a Linux Root shell by simply pressing the Enter Key for 70 Seconds. It could be quite easy to bypass the authentication procedures on some Linux systems just by holding down the Enter key for around 70 seconds. In this way, it is possible to open a shell […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 16, 2016
The Dutch hacker Sven Olaf Kamphuis who was charged for Spamhaus attack, a massive DDoS attack, will not spend any time in the jail. The Dutch hacker Sven Olaf Kamphuis who was charged for the massive DDoS attack against the anti-spam group Spamhaus, the biggest attack of ever, escaped prison Monday. The Spamhaus Project is an international nonprofit […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 15, 2016
Experts at Kryptowire discovered a mobile phone firmware that transmitted personally identifiable information without user consent due to a backdoor. Security experts from Kryptowire firm have discovered a backdoor in the firmware installed on low-cost Android phones. The backdoor affects mobile phones from BLU Products that are available for sale on both Amazon and Best Buy. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 15, 2016
In this guide, we will explain how to recover encrypted files focusing on the Data-Locker Ransomware that targets the Windows operating system. Why my system asks me to pay? A ransomware is a computer malware that limits the access of a system and ask for a ransom in order to remove that restriction. The restriction […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 15, 2016
The decryption keys for the CrySis ransomware were posted online on the BleepingComputer.com forum by a user known as crss7777. Good news for the victims of the CrySis ransomware, on Sunday the master decryption keys were released to the public. Security experts from Kaspersky Lab have already included the decryption keys in the Rakhni decryptor allowing victims […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 15, 2016
VMware has patched a critical out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2016-7461, affecting its Workstation and Fusion products. The flaw, that resides in the affects the drag-and-drop function, can be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code on the host operating system running Fusion or Workstation. The security vulnerability affects Workstation Player and Pro 12.x, and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 14, 2016
The NIST Small Business Information Security: The Fundamentals guide aims to provide basic cybersecurity recommendations to small businesses. I have always stressed the necessity to improve cyber security posture for small businesses that are most exposed to threat actors across the world. Now the National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a cybersecurity guide to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 14, 2016
The hacker Kapustkiy is back and breached another embassy and two universities. He leaked data on Pastebin. The security pentester who goes online with the moniker Kapustkiy continues to target organizations and embassies across the world. Recently he breached the Paraguay Embassy of Taiwan (www.embapartwroc.com.tw), while a few days ago the hacker and his friend Kasimierz (@Kasimierz_) hacked the Indian Embassies in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 14, 2016
Russia is going to ban Linkedin after a court ruling that found the professional social network to be in violation of the country’s data protection laws. violation of the country’s data protection laws. On Thursday, a Moscow court has confirmed the decision to ban the professional social network LinkedIn in Russia. LinkedIn is violating the country’s data protection […]
