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Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2014
Hacking Google server using a malicious XML is possible

A Team of researchers discovered a critical XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability on Google server that allows an attacker to access any internal file. A group of researchers has discovered a critical vulnerability Google search engine that could allow an attacker to access the internal files of the production Google server. I desire to describe this […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2014
Israeli students can cause fake traffic jams on popular Waze map app

Two Israeli students at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology were able to cause traffic jams hacking the popular navigation app Waze for a school project. In many films we have seen bad hackers who were able to cause Traffic Jams causing death and destruction, this was possible because filmmakers are aware of the high penetration level […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2014
How Coremex malware monetizes search engine Hijacking

F-Secure has identified a malware dubbed Coremex that takes advantage of plugin functionality provided by browsers to hijack search engine results. Search engine are a strategic component in the successful execution of any attacks, we saw in the past Black SEO campaigns conducted with the primary intent to provide results that help the attackers to […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2014
Researcher disclosed numerous security issues with Tesla S SmartCAR

A security researcher reported to Tesla company a series of security issues related with S model that could be exploited to locate and unlock the vehicles. Hackers are able to remotely locate or unlock the Tesla Motors electric vehicles, the news is curious but it isn’t a novelty. Car hacking was largely discussed in the last […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2014
Turkish Government is hijacking the IP for popular DNS providers

The Turkish Government ordered to Turk Telekom to hijack the IP address for popular free and open DNS providers such as Google’s 8.8.8.8. This is a sad moment for friends in Turkey, the Government  is under the illusion that censoring the media will be able to suppress the thought of those who disagree. A few […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2014
Google Transparency Report at first glance

Google has published its new Google Transparency Report related to the second semester of 2013, the number of requests for user information is still increasing. While the Internet users continue to claim their right to online privacy condemning the numerous surveillance program and the censorship conducted by governments all around the world, it seems that the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 21, 2014
For Google it is time to encrypt all GMail connections

Google has announced to have adopted encrypt mechanisms for all Gmail connections to reply to the increasing demand of privacy of Internet users. Google decided to encrypt all Gmail connections to reply to the increasing demand of privacy of Internet users, all the links between its data centers will be encrypted. The surveillance programs disclosed by documents leaked […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 18, 2014
Google Public DNS Server Traffic Hijacked, Millions users impacted

Google DNS public server was hijacked yesterday for 22 minutes, the victims were hijacked to the Latin America division of BT in Venezuela and Brazil. Google is undoubtedly the main targets for hackers, its services are accessed daily by billions of Internet users, a wide audience desirable for attackers. The last successfully attack against Google […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 25, 2014
CDM Annual Ed. is out – Security Predictions for 2014

Enjoy the reading CDM for free.We are thrilled to join you at the RSA Conference 2014 with our Second Annual Edition of Cyber Defense Magazine.   YOUR E-MAGAZINE HAS ARRIVED SPONSORED BY RSA CONFERENCE 2014 FLIPBOOK http://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com/annual-editions/february-2014/index.html PDF http://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com/annual-editions/february-2014/Cyber-Defense-Magazine-Annual-Edition-2014.pdf MOBILE http://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com/annual-editions/february-2014/mobile/index.html Introduction Following the tradition I am imagining the evolution of the cyber security scenario for […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2014
Released a Metasploit module to hack 70% Android devices

Rapid 7 has released the “exploit/android/browser/webview_addjavascriptinterface” module which allows attackers to remotely access on most Android devices. A bug in the Android WebView programming interface allows attackers to remotely access on most devices running the popular OS. But it does not end here, hackers could easily access handset camera and file system simply creating a specifically crafted web […]