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Pierluigi Paganini May 11, 2017
Hackers are selling fake diplomas and certifications in the dark web

According to Israeli threat intelligence firm Sixgill, certifications and fake diplomas are very cheap and easy to buy in the dark web. It is quite easy to buy in dark web marketplaces any kind of illegal product and service, including fake certifications and diplomas. According to Israeli threat intelligence firm Sixgill, certifications and degrees are very cheap and it is […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 11, 2017
Cisco patched CVE-2017-3881 IOS XE Vulnerability leaked in CIA Vault 7 Dump

Cisco patched the critical CVE-2017-3881 flaw that affects CISCO Catalyst switches and that can be potentially exploited by attackers to hijack networks. Cisco patched a critical security flaw, tracked as CVE-2017-3881, affecting its CISCO Catalyst switches that can be potentially exploited by attackers to hijack networks. The vulnerability was disclosed in the CIA Vault 7 data leak, according to Switchzilla […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 11, 2017
SAP Patches 17 security flaws, the lowest number of monthly update over the past 6 months

SAP issued the May 2017 Security Update that addresses 17 security Vulnerabilities. On Tuesday SAP released the May 2017 security update that addresses 17 vulnerabilities in its products, 9 of them were released on this Security Patch Day. “On 9th of May 2017, SAP Security Patch Day saw the release of 9 security notes. Additionally, there were […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 10, 2017
President Donald Trump Fires the FBI Director James Comey

President Trump on Tuesday fired the director of the F.B.I., James B. Comey due to the FBI’s investigation into alleged links between Trump and Russia. The news has shocked the media, President Donald Trump has fired the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, James Comey. The most popular opinion is that Comey was fired […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 10, 2017
iCloud Keychain vulnerability allowed hackers to Steal sensitive data

Apple has recently fixed an iCloud Keychain vulnerability that could have been exploited by hackers to steal sensitive data from iCloud users. The flaw allowed hackers to run man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks to obtain sensitive user information (i.e. names, passwords, credit card data, and Wi-Fi network information). The researcher Alex Radocea of Longterm Security discovered in […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 10, 2017
The Rakos botnet – Exploring a P2P Transient Botnet From Discovery to Enumeration

The Rakos botnet – Exploring a P2P Transient Botnet From Discovery to Enumeration. 1. Introduction We recently deployed a high interaction honeypots expecting it to be compromised by a specific malware. But in the first few days, instead of getting infected by the expected malware, it received a variety of attacks ranging from SSH port forwarding […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 10, 2017
Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for May 2017 fix Zero Days exploited by Russian APT groups

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for May 2017 address tens security vulnerabilities, including a number of zero-day flaws exploited by Russian APT groups. Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for May 2017 fix more than 50 security flaws, including a number of zero-day vulnerabilities exploited by Russian APT groups. Microsoft released security updates for Windows, Internet Explorer, Edge, Office, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 10, 2017
Adobe fixes critical and important flaws in Flash Player and Experience Manager

Adobe has issued security updates to address critical and important security vulnerabilities in Flash Player and Experience Manager. The last Flash Player release 25.0.0.171 addresses seven vulnerabilities that can be exploited to take over vulnerable systems. According to the security advisory published by Adobe, the vulnerabilities include a use-after-free and other memory corruption flaws that can be […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2017
Jenkins patched a critical RCE flaw in its open source automation server

Jenkins developers fixed a critical RCE vulnerability in the popular open source automation server along with many other issues. Jenkins is the most popular open source automation server, it is maintained by CloudBees and the Jenkins community. The automation server supports developers build, test and deploy their applications, it has more than 133,000 active installations […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2017
Microsoft fixes Microsoft Malware Protection Engine RCE vulnerability CVE-2017-0290 found by Google

Microsoft fixes the vulnerability in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (CVE-2017-0290) discovered just three days by Google experts. Last week the researchers at the Google Project Zero team have discovered a new critical Windows RCE vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-0290, they defined the bug as the worst Windows RCE in recent memory. I think @natashenka and […]