Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini January 03, 2019
Hackers defaced Dublin Luas website and demand ransom

The website of the tram system in Dublin, the Luas, was hacked on Thursday, attackers claim to have the access to information stored on the organization’s systems. Attackers defaced the website of the Luas, the home page displayed a message demanding the payment of 1 bitcoin. The hackers asked the payment within 5 days threatening to “publish all data and send emails […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 03, 2019
After 3 years, Google partially fixes a bug in Android Google Chrome

Three years after its disclosure, Google has patched an information disclosure flaw in the Android version of the popular Chrome web browser. The issue exposes devices information, including device model and firmware version, an attacker could exploit this info to remotely identify unpatched devices and target them. The flaw ties the way the Android version […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 03, 2019
New unCaptcha automated system bypasses Google reCAPTCHA once again

The unCaptcha automated system can once again bypass Google’s reCAPTCHA challenges, despite major updates to the security service. It has happened again, the unCaptcha automated system is able to bypass the Google reCAPTCHA mechanism even if it was improved over the years. The unCaptcha system was created in 2017 to bypass the reCAPTCHA mechanism used to protect websites […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2019
Cloud Hosting Provider DataResolution.net hit by the Ryuk ransomwareï»ż

The Cloud hosting provider Dataresolution.net was hit by a ransomware-based attack on Christmas Eve that took down its systems. Data Resolution LLC provides software hosting, business continuity systems, cloud computing, and data center services to more serves than 30,000 businesses worldwide, The news was first reported by the popular investigator Brian Krebs on KrebsOnSecurity, the company believe […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2019
Hackers stole $750,000 worth Bitcoin from Electrum wallets

The latest attack of 2018 against cryptocurrency wallets and organizations in the cryptocurrency industry hit the popular Electrum wallets. Hackers hit Electrum Bitcoin wallet and stole over 200 bitcoin, more than $750,000. The attack started on December 21th, 2018, and hackers leveraged a critical vulnerability that was addressed in early 2018. The vulnerability could be […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 01, 2019
Experts show that is easy to hack Hardware-based Cryptocurrency Wallets

A team of researchers demonstrated that cryptocurrency wallets Trezor and Ledger are vulnerable to several type of attacks. During the 35c3 conference held in Leipzig, Germany, the researchers Dmitry Nedospasov, Thomas Roth, ad Josh Datko demonstrated that cryptocurrency wallets Trezor and Ledger are vulnerable to several type of attacks. The group of researchers presented called “wattet.fail” firmware, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2018
SandboxEscaper released PoC code for a new Windows zero-day

Security expert SandboxEscaper published a proof-of-concept (PoC) code for a new Windows zero-day, it is the fourth she released this year. The proof-of-concept (PoC) code published by SandboxEscaper overwrites ‘pci.sys’ with information about software and hardware problems, collected through the Windows Error Reporting (WER) event-based feedback infrastructure. SandboxEscaper initially announced the release of the PoC code […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2018
Malware-based attack hit delivery chain of the major US newspapers

The LA Times revealed that a malware-based attack hits the delivery chain of the major US newspapers delaying the hardcopy distribution. A malware-based attack originated outside the US hit US major US newspapers delaying their hardcopy distribution. According to the LA Times, the attack was carried out on Saturday, it hita computer network at Tribune […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2018
‘Roma225’ campaign targets companies in the Italian automotive sector

‘Roma225’ campaign -The Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab researchers investigated a recent espionage malware implant weaponized to target companies in the Italian automotive sector. The malware was spread through well-written phishing email trying to impersonate a senior partner of one of the major Brazilian business law firms: “Veirano Advogados”. The malicious email intercepted during the CSDC operations contains […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2018
Hackers bypassed vein based authentication with a fake hand

A couple of researchers demonstrated how to bypass vein based authentication using a fake hand build from a photo. If you consider vein based authentication totally secure, you have to know that a group of researchers demonstrated the opposite at the Chaos Communication Congress hacking conference. Vein based authentication scan invisible vein pattern (i.e. shape, […]