Security

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2018
Project Kalamata – Apple will replace Intel processors in Macs with its custom designed chips

In the wake of the discovery of severe flaws in Intel chips, so-called Meltdown andSpectre vulnerabilities, Apple announced it plans to use custom-designed ARM chips in Mac computers starting as early as 2020. The move aims to replace the Intel processors running on its desktop and laptop systems like done for its own A-series custom chips […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2018
Google to banish cryptocurrency mining extensions from official Chrome Web Store

Google will ban cryptocurrency mining extensions from the official Chrome Web Store after finding many of them abusing users’ resources without consent. The number of malicious extensions is rapidly increased over the past few months, especially those related to mining activities. The company has introduced a new Web Store policy that bans any Chrome extension submitted to […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2018
Grindr shared people’ HIV status with other companies

An analysis conducted by the Norwegian research nonprofit SINTEF revealed that the popular Grindr gay dating app is sharing its users’ HIV status with two other companies. Grindr gay-dating app made the headlines again, a few days ago an NBC report revealed that the app was affected by 2 security issues (now patched) that could have exposed […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2018
Airbnb China will share hosts information with the government

Airbnb China announced that it will share user data belonging to Chinese users with the Government to comply with national laws and regulations. Airbnb announced that it will share user data belonging to Chinese users with the Government. The company is notifying the Chinese users it will share guest’s information with local authorities to comply […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2018
Any social media accounts to declare? Visa applicants would have to declare them

The US Department of State wants to ask visa applicants to provide details on the social media accounts they’ve managed in the past five years. The US Government wants to make it mandatory for all foreigners (immigrant /non-immigrant) to provide social media details, telephone numbers, email addresses, and international travel during this period. when applying for […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2018
Systems at a Power Company in India infected by a ransomware

A ransomware infected systems at the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam power company in India, crooks demanded 10 million Rupees to get the data back. The Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam power company in India was hacked last week, attackers breached into its computer systems and stole the billing data of their customers. The hackers demanded 10 million Rupees to […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2018
Ensuring best website security through SSL Certificate updates.

What are the advantages for adopting an SSL Certificates and why is it important to discover and analyze SSL Certificates online? Secure Socket Layer (SSL) has gained weight with the increasing concern of security for all sensitive data online. In fact, it is the only reliable source for secure business and data handling. The entire […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2018
Meltdown security patches issued by Microsoft exposed to severe attacks

A security researcher discovered that some of the Windows updates released by Microsoft to mitigate the Meltdown flaw introduce a severe bug. Meltdown and Spectre security updates made the headlines again, according to the security researcher Ulf Frisk some of them issued for Windows introduce a severe flaw. The Meltdown and Spectre security updates released by Microsoft in January and […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 26, 2018
The Internet Engineering Task Force has finally announced the approval of TLS 1.3

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has finally announced the approval of TLS 1.3, the new version of the Transport Layer Security traffic encryption protocol. It was a long journey, the IETF has been analyzing proposals for TLS 1.3 since April 2014, the final release is the result of the work on 28 drafts. The TLS protocol […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2018
The City of San Diego is suing the Experian credit agency for 2013 security breach

According to the lawsuit filed by San Diego city attorney Mara Elliott the Experian credit agency never notified the 2013 security breach to the affected consumers as required under California law. The City of San Diego, California is suing the Experian credit agency for the security breach that the company suffered in 2013. “San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott has filed […]