Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2019
GermanWiper, a data-wiping malware that is targeting Germany

Recently a data-wiping malware tracked as GermanWiper has been targeting German organizations, the malicious code is pushed via phishing messages. GermanWiper is being distributed in Germany through spam messages that pretend to be emails sent by a job applicant named Lena Kretschmer that is submitting her resume. The messages have the subject “Ihr Stellenangebot – Bewerbung [Your job offer – […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2019
Machete cyber-espionage group targets Latin America military

Security experts from ESET uncovered a cyber-espionage group tracked as Machete that stole sensitive files from the Venezuelan military. Security experts from ESET reported that a cyberespionage group tracked as Machete has stolen sensitive files from the Venezuelan military. The group has been active since 2010 and hit military organizations and other high-profile targets worldwide. […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2019
Hacking Radio Blasting Systems for Fun & Explosions

While driving to work I have seen the advertisement of a Fireworks Festival that’s going to happen in the city. What about hacking Radio Blasting Systems? And, as usual, my curiosity brought me to one question: “How they trigger the fireworks?”  Back when I was a contractor I have worked for a company which the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2019
Fraudster stole $870,000 from 2 US universities with spear-phishing mails

A crook involved in a spear phishing scheme and that was in Kenya is facing up to 20 years in the US federal prison for stealing thousands of dollars from US universities. Amil Hassan Raage, 48, pleaded guilty last week in a southern California court to fraudulently receiving almost $750,000 as part of a spear phishing scheme. […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2019
Houston County Schools in Alabama delayed the school year’s opening due to a malware attack

It has happened again, for the second time in a few days, Houston County Schools in Alabama delayed the school year’s opening due to a malware attack. The long wave of malware attacks against US schools continues, for the second time in a week, the Houston County Schools in Alabama delayed the school year’s opening scheduled for […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2019
DealPly adware abuses reputation services to remain under the radar

Malware researchers from enSilo have spotted a new variant of the DealPly adware that uses a new method to avoid detection. Researchers from enSilo have discovered a new variant of the modular DealPly adware that abuses the reputation services provided by Microsoft’s SmartScreen (aka Windows Defender SmartScreen) and McAfee’s WebAdvisor to avoid detection. The main […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 03, 2019
DRAGONBLOOD flaws allow hacking WPA3 protected WiFi passwords

Dragonblood researchers found two new weaknesses in WPA3 protocol that could be exploited to hack WPA3 protected WiFi passwords. passwords. A group of researchers known as Dragonblood (Mathy Vanhoef and Eyal Ronen)devised new methods to hack WPA3 protected WiFi passwords by exploiting two new vulnerabilities dubbed Dragonblood flaws. We first met this team of experts […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 02, 2019
Nation-state actor uses new LookBack RAT to target US utilities

Experts warn of a phishing campaign targeting US companies in the utility sector aimed at infecting systems with a new LookBack RAT. Security experts at Proofpoint uncovered a phishing campaign targeting US companies in the utility sector aimed at infecting systems with a new LookBack RAT. “Between July 19 and July 25, 2019, several spear-phishing […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 02, 2019
How to Reverse Engineer, Sniff & Bruteforce Vulnerable RF Adult Toys with WHID Elite

Expert Luca Bongiorni was looking for new targets to test WHID Elite’s Radio Hacking capabilities and found an interesting one: Electrocuting Cock Ring Last week I was looking for new targets to test WHID Elite’s Radio Hacking capabilities and suddenly I found an interesting one: an Electrocuting Cock Ring. Yes, you read it correctly (What you cannot find […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 02, 2019
Over 1 Million payment cards from South Korea sold on the Dark Web

Data belonging to more than one million payment cards from South Korea surfaced in the dark web over the past two months. Experts noticed a spike in the number of stolen payment card details belonging to users from South Korea over the past two months. Card details from over one million payments cards from South […]