Pierluigi Paganini
December 11, 2016
Georgia’s secretary of state, Brian Kemp, revealed that voter registration database was targeted by hackers with IP address linked to the DHS. While President Barack Obama has ordered US intelligence agencies to deeper investigate the alleged Russian interference with the 2016 Presidential Election, Georgia announced it’s traced an attempted breach of the state’s voter registration database to the DHS. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 10, 2016
Waiting for security patches, the CERT/CC suggests to stop using Netgear R7000 and R6400 routers to avoid being hacked. Other routers potentially exposed. IoT devices are privileged targets for threat actors, the Mirai botnet is the demonstration of the effects of a massive attack powered with smart objects, including routers, CCTV and DVRs. Now the security experts […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 10, 2016
According to the German Intelligence, the APT 28 group, also known as Fancy Bear, is ramping up information warfare against Germany and the rest of West. US intelligence agencies blame the Russian government for ramping up infowar against the US and the West. According to the US Government, Russian-state hackers hacked the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and other political organizations worldwide. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 10, 2016
Experts at the Nuclear Industry Summit (NIT) explained how to reduce the risk of damaging cyberattacks at nuclear facilities. The threat of cyber attacks on nuclear power plants and other nuclear facilities is substantial and on the increase, according to experts at the Nuclear Industry Summit, held earlier in the year. Hackers are becoming more […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 09, 2016
A Turkish hacker is advertising into the hacking underground a new DDoS platform, dubbed Surface Defense (Translation to English). According to the security firm Forcepoint the hacker started prompting the DDoS platform in Turkey. He was offering a tool known as Balyoz, the Turkish word for Sledgehammer, that can be exploited by hackers to launch […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 09, 2016
Enjoy the interview with Gabriel Bergel (@gbergel), one of the most talented hackers in the wild. Gabriel is an Infosec Rockstar and Viking-Cyborg (he loves Vikings and has had 2 chips inserted in his hands). He is the Founder & organizer of @8dot8, He’s CSO and owner of @hacking4def, He’s CSA of @ElevenPaths, He’s coordinator of @info_CCI and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 09, 2016
Alleged Asian hackers have targeted the German heavy industry giant ThyssenKrupp to steal company secrets. Hackers from Southeast Asia targeted the German heavy industry giant ThyssenKrupp in the attempt of obtaining “technological know-how and research results.” The news was announced on Thursday by a company spokesman that confirmed a report in the Wirschaftswoche weekly and added that the company […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 08, 2016
The Finnish security expert Jouko Pynnönen discovered a vulnerability in the Yahoo email service that allowed hackers to read anyone messages. A vulnerability in the Yahoo email service allowed hackers to read anyone messages. The giant IT has recently patched the flaw that was discovered by Jouko Pynnönen, a Finnish Security researcher from security firm Klikki […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 08, 2016
On Tuesday night, a group of unknown hackers took control of the Israeli TV broadcast Channel 2 and played Muslim call to prayer. On Tuesday night, a group of hackers took control of an Israeli news Channel 2 and played Muslim call to prayer. The hackers want to protest a controversial bill that limits the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 08, 2016
The Thieving Magpie programme allows the NSA and the GCHQ to intercept data from passengers traveling on board commercial aircrafts. This isn’t a sci-fi movie, the GCHQ and the NSA have spied on air passengers using in-flight GSM mobile services for years. The news was revealed by new documents obtained by Edward Snowden and recently […]
