Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2017
German users exploit a Twitter bug to post 30,000-character tweet

Over the weekend, two German Twitter users successfully bypassed the existing character limit by exploiting a Twitter bug and sending a 30,396-character tweet. Two German Twitter users, Timrasett and HackneyYT, were able to bypass the 280-character limit by posting a 30,000-character Tweet. Unfortunately, the side effect was that the long tweet caused problems, with some users complaining of crashes. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2017
One Third of The Internet Has Seen a DDoS Attack In The Past Two Years

A group of researchers has conducted a rigorous comprehensive characterization of this DDoS attacks and of countermeasures to mitigate the associated risks. Denial of Service (DoS) attacks have been around about as long as computers have been network connected. A website’s purpose is to accept connections from the Internet and return information. A bad actor can take […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2017
Paradise Papers were the result of the hack of external attackers

Most of the Paradise Papers came from offshore legal firm Appleby, which confirms the leak came from a hack on its network and no insiders were involved. The Paradise Papers is a collection of more than 13.4 million financial documents leaked online that has shed light on how major figures in the world of business, politics, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2017
Malware signed with stolen Digital code-signing certificates continues to bypass security software

A group of researchers demonstrated that malware signed with stolen Digital code-signing certificates continues to bypass security software. A recent study conducted by the Cyber Security Research Institute (CSRI) revealed that stolen digital code-signing certificates are available for sale for anyone to purchase on the dark web for up to $1,200. Digital code-signing certificates are a precious […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2017
KRACK Detector is a tool to detect and prevent KRACK attacks in your network

How to discover if your network is vulnerable to KRACK attack? KRACK Detector is a script that can detect attacks against client devices on your network. Last week I published a post warning of many industrial networking devices from various vendors are still vulnerable to the recently disclosed KRACK attack (Key Reinstallation Attack). The Belgian researcher Mathy Vanhoef […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2017
Hackers leak WhatsApp screenshots and intimate photos of WWE Diva Paige

A new batch of WhatsApp screenshots and intimate photos of the WWE celebrity Diva Paige was published on a popular celebrity leak website. In March, hackers leaked online nude photos and videos of WWE Diva Paige (real name is Saraya Jade-Bevis), and now a new batch of x-rated images of the celebrity appeared on the Internet. Personal […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2017
The NIC Asia Bank is the last victim of the SWIFT hackers

The NIC Asia Bank requested the support of the Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police to track down the crooks who hacked the SWIFT server. Once again hackers targeted SWIFT systems to steal money from a financial institution. The victim is the NIC Asia Bank that once discovered illegal fund transfer with its SWIFT server requested support from the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2017
Popular Anime crunchyroll.com hijacked to distribute a keylogger

The popular Anime site Crunchyroll.com was hijacked to distribute malware, according to the operators the site was not hacked. The popular Anime site Crunchyroll.com was hijacked to distribute malware, once discovered the hack, the operators have issued alerts informing visitors to don’t visit the site and later they took it offline. And for our English-speaking […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2017
Flaws in IEEE P1735 electronics standard expose intellectual property

Experts discovered flaws in IEEE P1735 electronics standard, which describes methods for encrypting electronic-design intellectual property (IP). Crypto flaws in the IEEE P1735 electronics standard expose highly-valuable intellectual property in plaintext. The IEEE P1735 electronics standard provides recommendations on methods and techniques for encrypting electronic-design intellectual property about the hardware and software in electronic equipment. The standard describes how to protect intellectual […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2017
Hacker threatens Canadian University to dump student info unless the university pay a ransom

A hacker is attempting to extort the Canadian University of Fraser Valley (UFV), threatening to dump student information unless the university pays a ransom. Extortion is a winning criminal model for crooks, a hacker is attempting to extort the Canadian University of Fraser Valley (UFV), threatening to dump student information unless the university pay 30,000 […]