Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2016
Australian NSW Government Department of Resources and Energy under attack. Is it Chinese cyber espionage?

According to the NSW Government Department of Resources and Energy Chinese hackers have launched a malware-based attack on its network in December. The Australian NSW Government Department of Resources and Energy revealed that in December 2015 unknown hackers targeted its systems. In the same period, the organization was launching a number of important projects, including […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2016
Someone has pwned the Dridex botnet serving the Avira Antivirus

Unknowns have pwned the Dridex botnet and are using it to spread a legitimate copy of the Avira Antivirus software instead the malicious payload. This story is very intriguing, someone has hacked a portion of the dreaded Dridex botnet and replaced malicious links with references to installers for the Avira Antivirus. The Antivirus company denies […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2016
Do you have a Netgear ProSAFE NMS300? Here you are the exploit to hack it

A security researcher has released the exploit code for two serious vulnerabilities in the Netgear ProSAFE NMS300 network management system. Do you have a Netgear ProSAFE NMS300 Management System?  Now you have a reason to worry because the security researcher Pedro Ribeiro has discovered two serious vulnerabilities in the network device. The Netgear ProSAFE NMS300 Management System allows […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2016
Malwarebytes is working hard to fix flaws in its antivirus

The Antivirus firm Malwarebytes is spending a significant effort to fix serious vulnerabilities in its defense solution that was reported by the experts at the Google’s Project Zero team. The Antivirus firm Malwarebytes is spending a significant effort to fix serious vulnerabilities in its defense solution that was reported by the experts at the Google’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2016
Former DoE worker was hacking to steal nuclear secrets and resell them

A former Department of Energy (DoE) employee, Charles Harvey Eccleston [62], has been charged with trying to steal and sell nuclear secrets to foreign governments. A former employee at the Department of Energy (DoE), Charles Harvey Eccleston [62], has pleaded guilty of cyber espionage. The man attempted to infect al least 80 colleagues at the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 03, 2016
Comodo Chromodo Secure Internet Browser exposes you at risks

Security Expert discovered that the Comodo Chromodo browser has ‘Same Origin Policy’ (SOP) disabled by default, if you are using it you are at risk. Chromodo is the name of a free browser offered by the Comodo Antivirus firm, it is a customized version of Google’s Chrome browser developed to improve users’ security and privacy. Unfortunately this […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 03, 2016
Cybersecurity Operational Tests And Assessments – US Defence can’t check F-35 data due to insecure systems

Cybersecurity Operational Tests And Assessments conducted by the US Defence are essential to improve overall security … and discover that US Govt can’t check F-35 data due to insecure systems. It is difficult to understand the importance of concept like information sharing when dealing with daily work, but officers at the Pentagon are learning at […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 03, 2016
A severe vulnerability affects eBay, be careful to phishing attacks

Researchers from Check Point have discovered a flaw affecting the eBay platform that could allow attackers to launch phishing attacks against visitors. A group of researchers from Check Point have discovered a vulnerability affecting the eBay online sales platform that could allow attackers to launch phishing attacks against visitors. Visitors could be tricked into opening […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 02, 2016
Default conf on Apache Web servers can de-anonymize your hidden service

A default setting in Apache Web servers can de-anonymize the hidden service allowing an attacker to obtain details on the hosting. An unknown student has discovered a serious issue in Apache Web Server that could potentially de-anonymize .onion-domains and servers hidden behind the Tor-network. The student already reported the issue to the Tor Project development team […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 02, 2016
NASA hacked by AnonSec that hijacked a $222m Global Hawk drone

Anonsec group hacked NASA network and released a data dump of data online. The hackers also hijacked a Global Hawk drone. Hackers belonging to the AnonSec group have released online 250GB of data stolen from systems at the NASA, the hackers revealed to have hijacked a drone the Agency uses to run high-altitude testing and sampling […]