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Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2014
Samsung Galaxy S5 fingerprint sensor hacked

SRLabs researchers have published a video POC on YouTube to demonstrate how it is easy to bypass the fingerprint sensor on Samsung Galaxy S5. SRLabs researchers have published a video Proof of Concept on YouTube to demonstrate that they were able to bypass the fingerprint authentication mechanism implemented by Samsung Galaxy S5. The researchers demonstrated to […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2014
How many mobile Users could be affected by Heartbleed flaw?

Heartbleed is the security flaw that is scaring IT industry, which is its impact on the mobile worlds? How many Smartphone Users could be affected? Heartbleed flaw is the argument that most of all is capturing the attention of the media in this period,  billions of users worldwide have been impacted, there are thousands solutions affected […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2014
BlackBerry 10 affected by a remote code execution vulnerability

BlackBerry issued an alert on a remote code execution vulnerability in qconnDoor service that affects BlackBerry 10 smartphones. A recent BlackBerry Security Advisory informed users of the existence of a remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2014-1468) that affect BlackBerry 10 smartphone running OS versions earlier than version 10.2.0.1055. As described in the advisory the attackers could exploit the vulnerability sending […]

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 04, 2014
New iOS 7 bug allows anyone to disable Find My iPhone feature

A new iOS 7 bug allows anyone to disable Find My iPhone feature and to bypass Activation Lock without user’s Apple credentials. HAckers can bypass Find My iPhone feature, a new bug menaces the security of Apple iPhone users, a flaw recently discovered in iOS 7.1 allows thieves to disable Find My iPhone feature, remove iCloud […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2014
Android Oldboot B, the most dangerous and complex bootkit of ever

Chinese researchers from “360 Mobile Security” detected Android Oldboot.B malware, until today the most complex bootkit which infected millions of devices. A new sophisticated Android Bootkit has been detected by Chinese Security Researchers from “360 Mobile Security“, its name is Oldboot.B and appears as an evolution of its predecessor Oldboot.A. According the researchers Oldboot.B could be considerable as […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2014
Chinese CCTV reported cases of pre-installed malware on Android mobile

Chinese TV station, CCTV, has reported some cases where smartphone were compromised by pre-installed malware before selling them on to unwitting customers. What’s about to pay a mobile phone with Malware pre-installed? Of course the malware is free! It is not a joke, Chinese TV station CCTV, during a show for the World Consumer Rights Day […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2014
Coinkrypt Android malware used to mine digital currencies

Experts at Lookout Mobile Security have discovered that cyber criminals are spreading Coinkrypt malware to use victim’s mobile to mine digital currencies. Security experts at Lookout Mobile Security firm have discovered that cyber criminals are adopting Coinkrypt malware to use victim’s mobile phone to mine digital currencies. In many cases we discussed of the raise for criminal activities that […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 26, 2014
How to rob ATMs with a couple of SMS messages

Symantec experts demonstrated how to rob ATMs using a mobile device and sending a couple of SMS. Cybercriminals are increasing sophistication of attacks. What will happen after that Microsoft will stop supporting the Windows XP operating system on 8th April? The question was approached by numerous security experts on different media. The impact could be […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2014
Pileup flaws in Android PMS menace more than 1 Billion devices

A group of researchers discovered a series of 6 vulnerabilities, dubbed Pileup flaws, in Android PMS that exposes more than 1 Billion Google-based devices. Android is the mobile OS that most of all attracts cyber criminals due its capillary diffusion, recently security experts have discovered new malware families targeting the platform and hackers have found numerous vulnerabilities […]