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Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2016
GitHub said that leaked passwords were used to access its accounts

On Tuesday evening Github became aware of unauthorized attempts to access a large number of its accounts, in response the company has reset their passwords. GitHub announced it has reset the passwords of a number of accounts after the company noticed unauthorized access. The hackers used credentials leaked online after the numerous data breaches suffered […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2016
FBI – Crooks sought to steal over $3 billion through BEC scams

The FBI disclosed the data related Business e-mail compromise (BEC) crimes, hackers sought to steal over $3 billion through this illegal practice. Business e-mail compromise – BEC crimes are a serious problem for companies, hackers have sought to steal more than $3.1 billion from businesses exploiting this practice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation recently warned. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2016
WarBerry Pi, a Tactical Exploitation device

If you need to test your environment in a short period of time the WarBerry Pi is the right device to gather information on the target network. WarBerry Pi is a device that could be used by pen testers to collect as much information as possible in a short period of time, without being noticed. In order […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2016
Guccifer 2.0 – Lone Wolf or a Fancy Bear?

A hacker using the pseudonymous Guccifer 2.0, claimed responsibility for the cyber-attack on the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Yesterday, we blogged about the cyber-attack on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) that led a dossier of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump. According to the US-based cyber security company CrowdStrike, two sophisticated Russian espionage groups, COZY […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2016
Ramadan and EURO2016: ISIS Threats Abound in the West

ISIS spokesman Abu Mohammed al Adnani recently called for attacks on the West during Ramadan, its alert for the EURO 2016 football competition. ISIS spokesman Abu Mohammed al Adnani recently called for attacks on the West during Ramadan. Omar Mateen, the terrorist who killed 50 people and injured dozens more at a gay nightclub in […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2016
Cisco wireless kits are affected by a critical bug but no fix is available

A security advisory recently released by CISCO announce that three Cisco wireless kits are affected by a critical bug, but no fix is available at the moment. SOHO devices are among most targeted network components in the wild, they are often poorly protected or not properly configured exposing users to serious risks. In these cases, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 16, 2016
Russian Hackers get Cozy with American Politics

The Democratic National Committee’s network was hacked by Russian hackers belonging to nation-state groups that have had access to the group’s communications and databases. Yesterday, the security research firm CrowdStrike reported on a cyber breach of the Democratic National Committee (DNS).  CrowdStrike’s incident response time discovered not one, but two hacking groups that it considers “some […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 15, 2016
Hacking Facebook Accounts with just a phone number through the SS7 protocol

Hacking Facebook Accounts with just a phone number is possible, experts from Positive Technologies demonstrated it exploiting flaws in the SS7 protocol. Hacking Facebook accounts by knowing phone numbers it is possible, a group of researchers from Positive Technologies demonstrated it. “Researchers have proven just that by taking control of a Facebook account with only a phone number […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 15, 2016
ScarCruft APT Group exploited Flash Zero-Day in High-Profile attacks

Security experts from Kaspersky Lab revealed that an APT group dubbed ScarCruft exploited the zero day vulnerability (CVE-2016-4171) in Adobe Flash Player. According to the experts from Kaspersky Lab, an APT group dubbed ScarCruft exploited a zero day vulnerability (CVE-2016-4171) in Adobe Flash Player. The group launched a series of attacks against high-profile targets against entities in […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 15, 2016
Over 45 Million passwords from Verticalscope 1,000 sites leaked online

In February Verticalscope platform was hacked and more than 45 Million passwords from  1,000 websites running on it have been leaked online. Data breaches, a never ending saga! Recently we reported a number of clamorous data breaches, hundred thousand million credentials were offered for sale in dark web. LinkedIn, mySpace, VKontakte, and Twitter are some of […]