Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini November 02, 2018
FIFA was hacked again, this is the second hack in a year

According to the New York Times, FIFA has suffered the second hack in a year, new documents are set to be published on Friday by Football Leaks. The FĂ©dĂ©ration Internationale de Football Association, aka FIFA, is a governing body of association football, futsal, and beach soccer. FIFA reveals it was the victim of a new successful phishing campaign that resulted in the exposed […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2018
BLEEDINGBIT Bluetooth flaws in TI chips expose enterprises to remote attacks

Two vulnerabilities in new Bluetooth chip, dubbed BLEEDINGBIT expose millions of access points and other networking devices to remote attacks. Security experts from the IoT security firm Armis, the same that found the BlueBorne Bluetooth flaws, have discovered two serious vulnerabilities in BLE chips designed by Texas Instruments. The flaws, dubbed BLEEDINGBIT by Armis, could be exploited by a remote and […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2018
‘Aaron Smith’ Sextortion scam campaigns hit tens of thousands of individuals

Security experts from Cisco Talos have uncovered two recent sextortion scam campaigns that appear to leverage on the Necurs botnet infrastructure. Experts from Cisco Talos analyzed the two campaigns, one of them began on August 30, the other on October 5, the researchers named them ‘Aaron Smith’ sextortion scams after the ‘From: header’ of the messages. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2018
0x20k of Ghost Squad Hackers Releases ODay Exploit Targeting Apache Hadoop

0x20k of Ghost Squad Hackers has released the full source code of the 0day exploit used to targeting Apache Hadoop and build the FICORA Botnet. In direct response to the publication of Radware’s analysis of the new discovery of the DemonBot malware strain effecting Hadoop clusters earlier the week, October 25th, 2018, 0x20k of Ghost […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2018
Iran hit by a more aggressive and sophisticated Stuxnet version

Iran’s strategic network was hit by a new destructive and sophisticated version of the Stuxnet cyber weapon, the Hadashot TV reports. According to the Hadashot TV, Iran’s strategic network was hit by a destructive malware-based attack hours after Israel revealed the Mossad had thwarted an Iranian murder plot in Denmark, and days after Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani’s phone […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2018
Cyber Defense Magazine – November 2018 has arrived. Enjoy it!

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Pierluigi Paganini October 31, 2018
85 Millions of voter records available for sale ahead of the 2018 US Midterm Elections

Ahead of the 2018 US midterm elections, sellers are flooding the cybercrime underground markets with data from voter databases. Experts at cybersecurity company Carbon Black found tens of different state voter databases available for sale on the dark web. “Carbon Black researchers found 20 different state voter databases available for purchase on the dark web, several from swing states.” […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 30, 2018
A few hours after Apple released iOS 12.1, a researcher presented a Passcode Bypass issue

A few hours after Apple released iOS 12.1 the iPhone bug hunter Jose Rodriguez has found a new passcode bypass issue that could be exploited to see all contacts’ private information on a locked iPhone. “Jose Rodriguez, a Spanish security researcher, contacted The Hacker News and confirmed that he discovered an iPhone passcode bypass bug in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 30, 2018
Girl Scouts data breach exposed personal information of 2,800 members

A Girl Scouts of America branch in California suffered a security breach, hackers accessed data of 2,800 girls and their families. Hackers breached the Orange County, Calif. branch of the Girl Scouts of America, potentially exposing personal information for 2,800 members and their families. According to the Girl Scouts of Orange County, an unknown threat […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 30, 2018
Windows Defender is the first antivirus solution that can run in a sandbox

Windows Defender, the Windows built-in anti-malware tool, implemented the ability to run in a secure sandbox mode. The mechanisms allow detonating an application in a safe environment that is isolated from the operating system and other applications. This means that even if the application is compromised it will not affect the overall system if it […]