Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini February 08, 2017
Iranian hackers are back with the MACDOWNLOADER MAC malware

An Iranian espionage group has been using an unsophisticated strain of malware, dubbed MacDownloader, to steal credentials and other data from Mac users. A cyber espionage group linked to the Iranian Government has been using an unsophisticated strain of malware, dubbed MacDownloader, to steal credentials and other data from Mac computers. The researchers Claudio Guarnieri and […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 08, 2017
Valve is going to fix a serious vulnerability in Steam online gaming platform

The online game platform Steam is fixing a serious bug that could be exploited to redirect users to malicious websites and take over their profile. The popular online game platform Steam is going to fix a serious vulnerability that could be exploited by hackers to redirect users to malicious websites, use their market funds, and also change their profile. […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 07, 2017
WordPress content injection flaw abused in defacement campaigns

According to experts at the security firm Sucuri, a critical content injection flaw in WordPress recently disclosed has already been exploited to deface thousands of websites. Recently a critical vulnerability has been discovered in the WordPress CMS, it is a zero-day content injection flaw that affects the WordPress REST API. The vulnerability was discovered by a […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 07, 2017
76 Popular iOS apps are vulnerable to man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks

A study conducted on iOS mobile apps revealed that many of them are affected by security vulnerabilities that expose users to man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks. A new study confirms that dozens of iOS apps are affected by vulnerabilities that could be exploited by hackers to run man-in-the-middle (MitM) and intercept data from connections even if protected by TLS. […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2017
A Hacker hijacked over 150,000 Printers publicly exposed online

A hacker hijacked over 150,000 Printers publicly exposed online to warn owners of cyber attacks. Recently a group of researchers from the University Alliance Ruhr has found a cross-site printing bug in the old PostScript language. Popular printer models manufactured by Dell, Brother, Konica, Samsung, HP, and Lexmark are affected by security vulnerabilities that could be exploited by […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2017
Microsoft Windows DRM issue could be exploited to uncloak Tor Browser users

HackerHouse researchers have discovered that media content protected by Digital Rights Management (DRM) can be used to uncloak Windows Tor Browser users. The anonymity of the Tor users is threatened by a new issue related the Microsoft’s DRM. Windows users running the Tor browser can be de-anonymized with a trick based on the Microsoft DRM (Digital Rights […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2017
The Slammer worm is back after 13 years to target ancient SQL servers

The SQL Slammer worm, one of the most long-lived malware, now seems to be back online to compromise ancient SQL servers worldwide. SQL Slammer is probably one of the most long-lived threats, it first appeared  14 years ago and now it is back to compromise ancient SQL servers. SQL Slammer exploits an ancient flaw in Microsoft SQL […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 06, 2017
SCADA Honeywell XL Web II Controller exposed password in clear text

The web-based SCADA system Honeywell XL Web II Controller is affected by multiple flaws that can be remotely exploited to expose passwords in clear text. A popular web-based SCADA system designed by Honeywell is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that can be remotely exploited to expose passwords in clear text. In order to access the password in clear […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2017
Anonymous hacked Freedom Hosting II, a fifth of the Dark Web is down

The group of hacktivists Anonymous hacked the popular Freedom Hosting II Dark Web hosting provider, a fifth of the .onion websites is down. The collective Anonymous is back, this time the hacker groups breached Freedom Hosting II, a popular Dark Web hosting provider. After the closure of the original Freedom Hosting, Freedom Hosting II (FHII) become […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2017
Russian APT 29 group launched cyber attacks against Norwegian authorities

The Norwegian intelligence agency PST is one of the targets of spear phishing attacks launched by the Russian APT 29 group. The dreaded Russian APT 29 group is back, the Norwegian authorities accuse Russia of cyber attacks that hit the foreign ministry, intelligence and other institutions. “Nine different email accounts were targeted in an attempt at […]