Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2018
Trustwave developed Social Mapper an Open Source Tool that uses facial recognition to correlate social media profiles across different social networks. Security experts at Trustwave have released Social Mapper, a new open-source tool that allows finding a person of interest across social media platform using facial recognition technology. The tool was developed to gather intelligence from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2018
A security issue exists in Kaspersky VPN <=v1.4.0.216 which leaks your DNS Address even after you’re connected to any virtual server. (Tested on Android 8.1.0) What is a DNS leaks? In this context, with the term “DNS leak” we indicate an unencrypted DNS query sent by your system OUTSIDE the established VPN tunnel. Kaspersky VPN is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2018
Security researchers at IBM Research developed a “highly targeted and evasive” AI-powered malware dubbed DeepLocker and will present today. What about Artificial Intelligence (AI) applied in malware development? Threat actors can use AI-powered malware to create powerful malicious codes that can evade sophisticated defenses. Security researchers at IBM Research developed a “highly targeted and evasive” attack tool powered […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2018
WhatsApp has been found vulnerable to multiple security flaws that could allow malicious users to spread fake news through group chats. WhatsApp, the most popular messaging application in the world, has been found vulnerable to multiple security flaws that could allow malicious users to intercept and modify the content of messages sent in both private […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2018
Security researchers at Checkpoint security have spotted a massive proxy botnet, tracked as ‘Black’ botnet, created by Ramnit operators. Security researchers at Checkpoint security have spotted a massive proxy botnet, tracked as ‘Black’ botnet, that could be the sign of a wider ongoing operation involving the Ramnit operators. Ramnit is one of the most popular […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2018
A security researcher has devised a new WiFi hacking technique that could be exploited to easily crack WiFi passwords of most modern routers. The security researcher Jens ‘Atom’ Steube, lead developer of the popular password-cracking tool Hashcat, has devised a new WiFi hacking technique that could be exploited to easily crack WiFi passwords of most modern routers. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 07, 2018
TSMC shared further details on the attack and confirmed that its systems were infected with a variant of the infamous WannaCry ransomware. Early in August, a malware has infected systems at several Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) factories, the plants where Apple produces its devices. TSMC is the worldâs biggest contract manufacturer of chips for tech giants, including Apple […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 07, 2018
HP has released firmware updates that address two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in some models of inkjet printers. HP has released firmware updates to address two critical RCE flaws affecting some Inkjet printers. The two flaws, tracked as CVE-2018-5924 and CVE-2018-5925, could be exploited by attackers to trigger stack or static buffer overflow. An attacker can […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 06, 2018
DoE announced the Liberty Eclipse exercise to test the electrical grid ‘s ability to recover from a blackout caused by cyberattacks. This is the first time the Department of Energy will test the electrical grid’s ability to recover from a blackout caused by cyberattacks. We have discussed many times the effects of a cyber attack […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 05, 2018
Security experts from Symantec are warning of tech support scams abusing Call Optimization Services to insert phone numbers. Crooks are improving their tech support scams by using Call Optimization Services that are commonly used in legitimate call center operations to perform: Tracking the source of inbound calls Creation and management of phone numbers Call load balancing Call forwarding […]
