Security

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2015
Microsoft joint force with NATO to improve EU Cybersecurity

Microsoft announced the signing of a Government Security Program (GSP) agreement with the NATO Communications and Information Agency. At NATO’s annual cyber conference early this week, Microsoft announced the signing of an agreement with the NATO Communications and Information Agency that aims to improve cyber security in the EU. “We see this signing as another step […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2015
SYNful_Knock malicious ROMMON images discovered in the wild

Mandiant firm has spotted more than a dozen Cisco routers running malicious ROMMON firmware images that allow attackers to control targeted devices. A few weeks ago, CISCO issued an alert to warn enterprise customers about a spike in attacks in which hackers use valid admin credentials on IOS devices to install bogus ROMMON images, which is the bootstrap […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2015
FBI warns customers, get Internet of Things away from the Internet

A recent announcement issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation warns customers that Internet of Things poses opportunities for cyber crime. The FBI is worried by rapid diffusion of the Internet of Things devices, according law enforcement smart objects could represent a serious threat for cyber security, and more in general for the society. Security […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2015
Cybercrime costs UK businesses about £2.8 billion annually

According to a report recently published by the Allianz Global the cybercrime costs UK businesses about £2.8 billion annually. According to a report recently published by the Allianz Global the cyber criminal activities costs UK businesses about £2.8 billion annually, accounting for 16 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). Cybercrime impacts on the global economy with £289.6 […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2015
The VxWorks OS running also on the Curiosity Rover is flawed

A security expert discovered a critical flaw in the VxWorks, one of the most reliable real-time operating systems for the IoT also used by the Curiosity Rover. The Canadian security researcher Yannick Formaggio has discovered an important flaw in VxWorks which is the real-time operating system (RTOS) developed by the Wind River, an Intel’s subsidiary. VxWorks is one […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2015
TSA master keys 3D blueprints for Luggage Locks Leaked Online

On gitHub there are available for download the blueprints for the TSA master keys, every lock which is ‘TSA recognized’ is at risk. In November 2014, The Washington Post published a story  about “the secret life of baggage” showing the secret work the Transportation Security Administration officers. The article was only briefly accompanied by a photo […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 10, 2015
Healthcare – Breaching a medical training mannequin raises new cyber security concerns

Cyber attacks against healthcare systems are likely to increase and students investigated the feasibility of breaching a medical training mannequin. Let me start with the scene from a popular TV series titled Homeland, it is a pacemaker hack. Security experts are warning the medical industry about the hacking of any medical equipment implanted in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 09, 2015
Israel is the main source of cyber attacks on Iran

According to a recent report issued by the Mehr news agency, more than 10,000 cyber attacks are detected by Iran every day, mostly from Israel. According to a recent report, more than 10,000 Internet security attacks are detected by cyber security experts in Iran every day, a country that is spending a significant effort to improve […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 09, 2015
Hacking driveless-cars using a simple Laser and a Raspberry Pi

The security researcher and scientist Jonathan Petit claims to be able to hack a driveless-cars by using a simple Laser and a Raspberry Pi. Driverless-cars are the final goal of the principal car manufacturers that are working on several projects to introduce this new revolution in the automotive. Lexus, Mercedes and Audi are just some […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 09, 2015
Many HTTPs sites at risk of revealing their private keys because of a critical bug

A number of recent discoveries suggest as more HTTPs websites, chat applicationss, and other services online are actualizing perfect forward secrecy. As per a Red Hat (a Linux distributor) security specialist, system equipment sold by few makers neglected to appropriately execute a broadly utilized cryptographic standard, an information releasing weakness that can permit spammers to […]