Pierluigi Paganini
February 12, 2024
Exploring the Risks: Unveiling 9 Potential Techniques Hackers Employ to Exploit Public Wi-Fi and Compromise Your Sensitive Data We’ve all used public Wi-Fi: it’s convenient, saves our data, and speeds up browsing. But while we enjoy its benefits, hackers do too. Here, we’ll explore how cybercriminals exploit public Wi-Fi to access your private data and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2021
A recently discovered iPhone Wi-Fi bug that could crash the WiFi connectivity could be exploited by attackers to achieve remote code execution. In June, the researcher Carl Schou discovered a new bug in iPhone that can permanently break usersâ WiFi by disabling it, the issue could be triggered by simply connecting to a rogue hotspot. Once an […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 20, 2021
A new bug in iPhone can permanently break users’ WiFi by disabling it, the issue could be triggered by simply connecting to a rogue hotspot. The researcher Carl Schou discovered a new bug in iPhone that can permanently break users’ WiFi by disabling it, the issue could be triggered by simply connecting to a rogue […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 03, 2021
Researchers found multiple flaws in the Realtek RTL8170C Wi-Fi module that could be exploited to elevate privileges and hijack wireless communications. Researchers from Israeli IoT security firm Vdoo found multiple vulnerabilities in the Realtek RTL8170C Wi-Fi module that could allow to elevate privileges and hijack wireless communications. The Realtek RTL8710C module is based on a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2020
Wi-Fi chips manufactured by Qualcomm and MediaTek are impacted by vulnerabilities similar to the Kr00k issue disclosed early this year. Earlier this year, experts from ESET disclosed the Kr00k, a new high-severity hardware vulnerability, that affects Wi-Fi chips manufactured by Broadcom and Cypress. The Kr00k vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-15126, could be exploited by nearby remote attackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 26, 2020
A high-severity hardware vulnerability, dubbed Kr00k, in Wi-Fi chips manufactured by Broadcom and Cypress expose over a billion devices to hack. Cybersecurity researchers from ESET have discovered a new high-severity hardware vulnerability, dubbed Kr00k, that affects Wi-Fi chips manufactured by Broadcom and Cypress. The vulnerability could have a severe impact on the IT sector, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 19, 2019
A researcher discovered a critical Linux vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-17666, that could be exploited to fully compromise vulnerable machines. Nico Waisman, principal security engineer at Github, discovered a critical Linux flaw, tracked as CVE-2019-17666, that could be exploited by attackers to fully compromise vulnerable machines. The vulnerability affects Linux versions through 5.3.6, according to the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 22, 2019
Isnât public Wi-Fi great? If youâre having a tea or coffee in a cafe or restaurant you can check your emails and social media. If youâre waiting for a flight what better way to pass the time than logging onto your favourite website, checking your bank account or even doing a bit of online shopping? […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 03, 2019
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 10, 2018
The popular expert Jens ‘Atom’ Steube devised a new WiFi hack that allows cracking WiFi passwords of most modern routers. Jens ‘Atom’ Steube, the lead developer of the popular password-cracking tool Hashcat, has developed a new WiFi hacking technique that allows cracking WiFi passwords of most modern routers. Jens ‘Atom’ Steube, the lead developer of […]
