Pierluigi Paganini
March 23, 2017
Wikileaks released the second batch of CIA’s Vault 7 dump, it contains other precious documents to understand the way CIA was hacking systems worldwide. The Wikileaks Vault 7 dump will make for a long time the headlines, the organization has just released another lot of classified documents related the hacking tools and techniques and exploit codes […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2016
Beware, even things on Amazon come with embedded malware… this is the disconcerting discovery made by the expert Mark Olsen. The security expert Mike Olsen warned about the presence of malware in products sold through the Amazon service. Olsen was searching for outdoor surveillance cameras on Amazon for a friend’s home. He has found an interesting offer […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 15, 2016
A flaw affecting the Cisco Universal Small Cell devices allows unauthenticated remote users to retrieve devices’ firmware, so Cisco urges patching these systems. Other problems for the IT giant Cisco, the company is asking service providers using its Universal Small Cell solutions to update their systems and install a patch to solve a serious security issue. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 31, 2016
VirusTotal presented a new malware scanning engine that allows users to analyze their firmware images searching for malicious codes. VirusTotal has recently announced the launch of a new malware scanning service for firmware images. The intent is to allow users to identify malicious firmware images. Threat actors could exploit vulnerabilities in firmware to hack systems […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 19, 2015
The Taiwanese networking equipment manufacturer D-Link has accidentally published its private code signing keys in the source of one of its firmware update. According to the Dutch news site Tweakers, the Taiwan-based networking equipment manufacturer D-Link accidently published its private code signing keys inside its open source firmware packages. One of the readers of the Dutch news […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 19, 2014
After SANS researchers detected self replicating work The Moon is spreading among a number of different Linksys routers, its exploit appeared in the wild. Last week I reported the news related to a vulnerability in Linksys routers that’s being exploited by a new The Moon worm analyzed by the SANS Institute’s Internet Storm Center. The Moon […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2014
Security researchers at SANS detected a self-replicating malware (dubbed moon worm) is spreading among a number of different Linksys routers. Researchers at the SANS Institute discovered a new self-replicating worm that is infecting different Linksys home and small business routers. The investigation started after an Internet service provider in Wyoming noted an unusual network traffic and decided to alert SANS. The SANS […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 16, 2014
Algerie Telecom TP-LINK TD-W8951ND Routers are vulnerable, they contain a critical vulnerability exploitable to gain unauthorized access and reveal user’s password. Also TP-LINK routers are vulnerable, this is the latest chapter in the saga of the vulnerabilities present in our routers after that a security researcher discovered serious flaw in CISCO, Linksys and Netgear, meanwhile […]
