Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2016
NSA EXTRABACON exploit still threatens tens of thousands of CISCO ASA boxes

Two security experts from the Rapid 7 firm revealed that tens of thousands of CISCO ASA boxes are still vulnerable to the NSA EXTRABACON exploit. A few weeks ago the Shadow Brokers hacker group hacked into the arsenal of the NSA-Linked Equation Group leaked online data dumps containing its exploits. ExtraBacon is one of the exploits […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2016
Evidence on hacks of the US State Election Systems suggest Russian origin

Researchers have found links between the attacks on US state election systems and campaigns managed by alleged Russian state-sponsored hackers. Security experts at threat intelligence firm ThreatConnect have conducted an analysis on the IP addresses listed in the flash alert issued in August by the FBI that warned about two cyber attacks against the election […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2016
NSO Group, the surveillance firm that could spy on every smartphone

The NSO Group is one of the surveillance companies that allow their clients to spy on their targets through almost any smartphone. It is quite easy for any Government to spy on mobile users, recently we have discussed the Trident vulnerabilities that were exploited by a surveillance software developed by the NSO Group to deliver the Pegasus […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2016
Hacker Interviews – 0xOmar (@0XOMAR1337)

Today I present you 0xOmar  (@0XOMAR1337) an expert very active in the hacking community online with a great experience. Enjoy the Interview. Why do you use the nickname of TeaMp0isoN? I know them and you are not a member of the original crew. Trick was very good friend of mine invited me to join TeaMp0isoN in 2012 […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2016
Hong Kong Government Hacked by APT3 Group before elections

Two Hong Hong government departments were targeted by Chinese hackers belonging the APT3 group just before the legislative elections. Security experts from FireEye have discovered a new cyber espionage campaign launched by the Chinese APT3 group against Hong Kong Government before upcoming parliamentary elections that are to be held today September 4. The hackers targeted two Hong Kong government departments […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2016
Fake-Game offers a Phishing-as-a-Service platform to wannabe criminals

Experts from Fortinet discovered a Russian website called Fake-Game the offers a Phishing-as-a-Service platform to anyone. The Phishing attacks are still one of the most effective methods to grab users’ credentials on the web. Experts from Fortinet have discovered a Russian-language site called ‘Fake-Game’ that offers Phishing-as-a-Service. “During our monitoring, we discovered that this same business model is […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2016
Leakedsource breach notification service reported two Bitcoin Data Breaches

Now LeakedSource disclosed details from two Bitcoin data breaches that affected the bitcoin exchange BTC-E.com and the discussion forum Bitcointalk.org. The data breach notification service LeakedSource is becoming familiar to my readers, recently it reported the data breach suffered by many IT services, including Last.fm and DropBox, both occurred in 2012. Now LeakedSource disclosed details from […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2016
Hacker Interviews – The Riddler, the founder of the BinarySec Group

Today I present you the Riddler, aka Binary, the founder of the BinarySec group, a hacker collective focused in the fight against the ISIS propaganda online. Enjoy the Interview. You are a popular talented hacker that has already participated in several hacking campaigns, could you tell me more about. Could you tell me which his […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2016
The notorious Hacker Guccifer sentenced 52 months in US prison

The notorious Romanian hacker Guccifer has been sentenced to 52 months in prison by a US court for aggravated identity theft and hacking. The notorious Romanian hacker Guccifer has been sentenced to prison by a US court. Marcel Lehel Lazar (44), this is the real name of Guccifer, has been sentenced to 52 months in prison […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2016
Apple issued fixes for Pegasus spyware bugs in OS X, Safari. Apply it now!

Apple issued security fixes for Mac OS X and Safari to patch zero-day flaws exploited by Pegasus spyware to spy on mobile users. A few days ago, we reported a detailed analysis of the Trident exploit that triggers three vulnerabilities in order to remotely hack Apple mobile devices through the installation of the Pegasus spyware. The […]