Pierluigi Paganini
May 21, 2014
Researchers at Include Security discovered that the Outlook.com Android App leaves user email messages unprotected by default on the mobile SD cards. A Microsoft Outlook client app for the Android platform lacks of encryption for the storage of email messages on the device’s SD cards. The unique protection mechanism implemented for the Outlook app is a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 19, 2014
Researchers at Rapid7 disclosed a series of vulnerabilities in many devices that allow data disclosure from the SNMP community string. Researchers at Rapid7 have discovered problems in SNMP on embedded devices which can can cause the exposure of critical information. As explained in the official blog post during the analysis the experts discovered devices which expose information that would […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 12, 2014
Security researcher Mohammed Saeed has Identified Multiple Security Misconfiguration in Juniper Online Serviceâs Lead to Expose Sensitive data and much more. Security researcher Mohammed Osman Saeed has Identified Multiple Security Misconfiguration in Juniper Online Service’s Lead to Expose Sensitive data & Lead to Control four Juniper Load-Balancer been accessed From Remote. He also disclosed Multiple XSS in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 11, 2014
US DoJ formalized a proposal to allow U.S Federal Agencies to secretly hack suspects’ computers to collect criminal evidence into investigations. The US Justice Department (DOJ) wants secretly hack into the suspected criminalâs computer during investigations at any times in bunches for collection of evidence. The document titled “COMMITTEE ON RULES OFÂ PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE” defines […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 10, 2014
The Federal Trade Commission debated on the privacy ramifications of consumer generated and controlled health data, following data on mobile apps. The Federal Trade Commission has recently released the disconcerting results of a study conducted on 12 mobile health and fitness apps, focusing the analysis on the way they manage users’ personal information. Let me anticipate that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 02, 2014
Security Researcher Andreas Kurtz noticed that email attachments within different iOS versions are not protected by Apple’s data protection mechanisms. Mobile platform security is becoming even more crucial due to the large number of applications daily used by billion of users, but we must be aware of security flaws that could also affect the mobile OS. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 30, 2014
Romanian Researcher discovered that Skype application store sensitive User Data Unencrypted on a local database. A Romanian programmer at Hackyard Security Group, DragoĆ Gaftoneanu, revealed through a  blog post that the popular VOIP application Skype leaves its local database unencrypted. Unfortunately the problem is very common, many applications, especially mobile apps, don’t encrypt application data exposing user’s information to serious risks for their privacy. According Gaftoneanu, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 24, 2014
Security researchers at UNH Cyber Forensics Research & Education Group have discovered a serious flaw in Viber messaging and voice system. Mobile app security is one of principal concern for security experts, exploiting flaws in most popular application like WhatsApp, Flickr or Viber hackers could expose data of million end users. Last week a group of researchers at UNH […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2014
Unflod Baby Panda is the name of a new mobile malware which is targeting jailbroken versions of Apple iPhone. The threat seems to have China origin. The number of cyber threats against mobile users is in constant increase, on the other hand bad habits like the practice of jailbreak/root the devices and the lack of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 14, 2014
Raoul Chiesa gives us his view on the current cyber threat landscape, from Snowden’s case to the links between cyber crime and state-sponsored hacking. Next week the forth Cybercrime Conference will be held in Rome (http://www.tecnaeditrice.com/eventi/cyber_crime_conference_2014/presentazione), two days in which top experts in the field will analyze high-profile cyber attacks discussing also about legal issues, privacy, and cyber strategies […]
