Pierluigi Paganini
June 20, 2016
Earlier June the Tor Project announced a hardened version of the popular Tor Browser that implements a feature dubbed Selfrando to defeat exploits. Early June the Tor Project announced a hardened version of the popular Tor Browser, the Tor Browser 6.5a1-hardened. “A new hardened Tor Browser release is available. It can be found in the 6.5a1-hardened […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 20, 2016
A number of users are experiencing problems during logging into GoToMyPC because Citrix reset account passwords after hackers reportedly attacked it. It’s official, the GoToMyPC service operated by Citrix is the last victim of the hackers. GoToMyPC is remote desktop software that allows users to access and control their computers remotely by using a simple web browser. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 18, 2016
This week it was discovered that the Tesco Android Bank app won’t run with the Orbot privacy tool installed on the user’s mobile device. I always highlighted the importance of censorship and internet monitoring, architectures like the Tor network are much more than evil tools in the hands of crooks, but probably someone has a different opinion. Tesco Bank […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 17, 2016
If you need to test your environment in a short period of time the WarBerry Pi is the right device to gather information on the target network. WarBerry Pi is a device that could be used by pen testers to collect as much information as possible in a short period of time, without being noticed. In order […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 16, 2016
A security advisory recently released by CISCO announce that three Cisco wireless kits are affected by a critical bug, but no fix is available at the moment. SOHO devices are among most targeted network components in the wild, they are often poorly protected or not properly configured exposing users to serious risks. In these cases, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 13, 2016
The Government of Singapore will cut off civil servants’ work computers from the Internet in order to secure Government networks. The Singapore’s prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong confirmed this week that the Government would disconnect from the Internet government work stations within a year for security reasons. The measure was aimed at preventing cyber attacks that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 10, 2016
Experts have discovered several SQL injection vulnerabilities in the European Union Websites, the European Parliament and the European Commission sites The security experts Vulnerability Lab CEO Benjamin Kunz Mejri and Marco Onorati have discovered a number of SQL injection vulnerabilities in the websites of the European Parliament and the European Commission. The exploitation of the flaws in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 10, 2016
EMC Data Domain OS and VMware NSX and vRealize are affected by security issues that could be exploited to gain unauthorized access to data. Both EMC and VMware are affected by security issues that could allow unauthorized access to attackers. An information disclosure vulnerability in the EMC Data Domain OS could potentially be exploited by malicious users […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 09, 2016
A security expert discovered that a crafted PDF document that includes an embedded JPG2000 image can trigger a buffer overflow in the Chrome PDF reader. The security expert Aleksandar Nikolic from the Cisco Talos group has discovered an arbitrary code execution vulnerability (CVE-2016-1681) in PDFium, which is the PDF reader component installed by default in Google Chrome […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 09, 2016
China is ready to launch its first hack proof quantum communication satellite, are we entering a new era of telecommunications. Satellites have a crucial role in our digital society, almost every industry is benefiting from their services for this reason their security is a pillar of the cyber security strategy of governments worldwide. Attackers are posing […]
