Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2017
ReBreakCaptcha – How to breaking Google’s ReCaptcha v2 using Google’s APIs

The researcher East-Ee Security devised a proof of concept bypass of the Google’s reCaptcha V2 verification system dubbed ReBreakCaptcha. East-Ee Security proposed a proof of concept bypass of the Google’s reCaptcha V2 verification system dubbed ReBreakCaptcha. The PoC uses the Google web-based tools for its purpose. According to the author, ReBreakCaptcha “lets you easily bypass […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2017
Tor webmail provider Sigaint is unavailable at least since February 11

Dark net webmail provider For the third consecutive week, the popular Tor web email service SIGAINT is unavailable and the real cause is a mystery. SIGAINT is one of the largest web email services on the TOR network that is used to send messages preserving the user’s anonymity. For the third consecutive week, the popular email service is unavailable […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 01, 2017
SQLi flaw in the NextGEN Gallery plugin exposes at risk of hack more than 1 Million WordPress Installs

More than 1 million WordPress website are at risk due to a critical SQL injection vulnerability in the NextGEN Gallery plugin. Update it asap. Security experts at Sucuri firm have identified a SQL injection flaw in the WordPress image gallery NextGEN Gallery that could be exploited by a remote to gain access to the targeted website’s backend, including sensitive […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 01, 2017
XSS flaws in Zscaler Cloud management software allow logged attackers to hack coworkers

Zscaler has fixed persistent XSS vulnerabilities affecting Zscaler Cloud management software that allow logged attackers to hack coworkers. Serious cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws in the Zscaler Cloud management software could be exploited by attackers to inject malicious HTML and JavaScript into the browsers of other users who visit the portal. In order to exploit the flaws, the attacker […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 28, 2017
The Gamaredon Group is back with new weapons in its arsenal

The Russian state-actor dubbed Gamaredon is back and has been using a custom-developed malware in a new cyber espionage campaign. According to the experts from Palo Alto Networks, a Russian state-actor dubbed Gamaredon has been using a custom-developed malware in cyber espionage campaign on the Ukrainian government, military and law enforcement officials. The Gamaredon APT was first spotted in […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 28, 2017
The Singaporean Defence Ministry was hit by a cyber attack, no secrets were exfiltrated

The Singaporean Defence Ministry confirmed that threat actors have breached government systems stealing personal information of its employees. On Tuesday, the Defence Ministry confirmed that unknown hackers have breached government system and have stolen personal information belonging about 850 Singapore national servicemen and employees. Data accessed by hackers includes telephone numbers, dates of birth, and national […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 28, 2017
A flaw in ESET Endpoint Antivirus allows to hack Apple Macs, patch it now

A flaw in ESET Endpoint Antivirus is exploitable to get remote root execution on Apple Mac systems via Man-In-The-Middle (MiTM) attacks. According to the security advisory published by Google Security Team’s Jason Geffner and Jan Bee on Seclists, it is possible to get remote root execution on Apple Mac systems via Man-In-The-Middle (MiTM) attacks. The attackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 27, 2017
CVE-2017-0037 – Google Project Zero discloses another unpatched Microsoft Edge and IE Vulnerability

The researchers at Google’s Project Zero have revealed another flaw, tracked as CVE-2017-0037, that affects Microsoft Edge and IE. It has happened again, the researchers at Google’s Project Zero have revealed another flaw, tracked as CVE-2017-0037, in Microsoft products. The flaw affects Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Edge browsers, it was first reported on November 25 […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 27, 2017
Russian cyber experts were charged with treason due to the allegations made seven years ago

In December 2016 two Russian state security officers and a cyber security expert in Moscow were charged with treason due allegations made 7 years ago. In December 2016 two Russian state security officers and a cyber-security expert in Moscow were charged with treason due to the allegations made by a Russian businessman seven years ago. […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 25, 2017
A wave of ransom attacks is targeting MySQL Databases worldwide

A wave of ransom attacks is threatening thousands of MySQL databases that are exposed online, the hackers are brute forcing poorly secured MySQL servers. Databases exposed online with a poor security continues to be a privileged target of hackers. Early this year, experts warned of a spike in the number of attacks against MongoDB systems, crooks […]