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Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2017
NemucodAES ransomware and Kovter trojan bundled in the same campaigns

Security experts at the SANS Institute discovered that that NemucodAES ransomware and Kovter trojan are being delivered together in spam campaigns. Security experts at the SANS Institute Internet Storm Center, discovered that that two malware families, NemucodAES and Kovter are being delivered together in .zip attachments delivered via active spam campaigns. Security Researcher Brad Duncan […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2017
CISCO issues security patches for nine serious RCEs in SNMP subsystem in IOS and IOS XE

Cisco has fixed nine serious remote code execution flaws in the SNMP subsystem running in all the releases of IOS and IOS XE software. The tech giant publicly disclosed the vulnerability on June 29 and provided workarounds, not it is notifying customers about the availability of security patches. The nine issues, that have been tracked with […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2017
Ovidiy Stealer a cheap and efficient infostealer offered for sale

A new infostealer malware dubbed Ovidiy Stealer was offered for sale by a Russia-speaking malware developer that goes online with the moniker “TheBottle.” TheBottle has advertised the malware on various cybercrime forums. The Ovidiy Stealer was first spotted in June 2017, according to the experts at security firm Proofpoint the malware is under development and is […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2017
Ubuntu Linux distro is now available for Windows 10

Microsoft announced that Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux Distro is now available in the Windows Store and can be installed on any Windows Insider build=>#16215. Windows and Linux always closer. During the Microsoft Build developer conference held in Seattle in May the company announced that three free Linux distro will be included in its official app store, […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2017
AlphaBay Market was shut down by the law enforcement, alleged mastermind committed suicide in jail

The AlphaBay Market was shut down by the law enforcement, exactly like its predecessor Silk Road, and the alleged mastermind committed suicide in jail. AlphaBay Market was considered the largest marketplace on the Dark Web for drugs, guns, and other illegal goods competing against the likes of Abraxas, Dream, and Hansa. The AlphaBay Market went down last week on […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2017
20 years-old Orpheus’ Lyre vulnerability in Kerberos fixed this week

A 20 years-old vulnerability in Kerberos, dubbed Orpheus’ Lyre, was parched this week for both Microsoft and Linux distros. A 20 years-old vulnerability in Kerberos was parched this week for both Microsoft and Linux distros. The vulnerability dubbed Orpheus’ Lyre has been found three months ago by Jeffrey Altman, founder of AuriStor, and Viktor Dukhovni and Nicolas Williams from […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2017
WPSetup attack, hackers targets uncompleted WordPress installs

Attackers are using automated scans to target freshly installed WordPress websites, WordFence experts dubbed the technique WPSetup attack. According to experts at the WordPress security plugin WordFence, attackers are using automated scans to target freshly installed WordPress websites, taking advantage of administrators who fail to properly configure their server’s settings. The experts dubbed the attack WPSetup […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2017
Eternal Blues scanner allowed to find 50,000 EternalBlue-vulnerable host

The Eternal Blues scanner allowed administrators worldwide to discover more than 50,000 computers vulnerable to the NSA-linked EternalBlue exploit. Recently the security researcher Elad Erez developed Eternal Blues, a free EternalBlue vulnerability scanner that could be used by administrators to assess networks. Now Elad Erez published data collected by the Eternal Blues over the two weeks, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2017
Wikileaks: CIA HighRise Android malware used to intercept and redirect SMSs

Wikileaks released the documentation for HighRise, an Android app used by the CIA to intercept and redirecting SMS messages to a CIA-controlled server. WikiLeaks just published a new batch of documents related to another CIA hacking tool dubbed HighRise included in the Vault 7 released in partnership with media partners. The tool is an Android application […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2017
US Government limits purchase of Kaspersky Lab solutions amid concerns over Russia ties

The US General Services Administration announced that the security firm Kaspersky Lab has been deleted from lists of approved vendors. The US government bans Kaspersky solutions amid concerns over Russian state-sponsored hacking. Federal agencies will not buy software from Kaspersky Lab due to its alleged links to the Russian intelligence services. This week, a Bloomberg […]