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Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2018
Apple removed the popular app Adware Doctor because steals user browsing history

Apple has removed one of the most popular anti-malware app called Adware Doctor:Anti Malware &Ad from the official macOS App Store Apple has removed one of the most popular anti-malware app called Adware Doctor:Anti Malware &Ad from the official macOS App Store because it was gathering users’ browser histories and other sensitive data and then upload them to a […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2018
Police arrested Apophis Squad member responsible for ProtonMail DDoS attack

UK NCA arrested a member of the Apophis Squad hacker group that launched distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against many organizations, including ProtonMail. The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) announced the arrest of the 19-year-old George Duke-Cohan from Hertfordshire that was involved in the ProtonMail DDoS attack. The teenager, aka “7R1D3N7,” “DoubleParallax” and “optcz1,”was arrested on August 31 and is still in […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2018
Flaw in update process for BMCs in Supermicro servers allows to deliver persistent malware or brick the server

A team of security researchers discovered a vulnerability in the baseboard management controller (BMC) hardware used by Supermicro servers. Researchers from security firm Eclypsium have discovered a vulnerability in the firmware update mechanism that could be exploited by hackers to deliver persistent malware, completely wipe and reinstall of the operating system. “Using the vulnerabilities we discovered, it […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2018
US charges North Korea agent over Sony Pictures hack and WannaCry

The U.S. Department of Justice charged a North Korea agent over WannaCry and 2014 Sony Pictures Entertainment Hack. The U.S. Department of Justice announces charges against a North Korean government spy that was involved in the massive WannaCry ransomware attack and the 2014 Sony Pictures Entertainment hack. “the Justice Department charged on Thursday in a 174-page criminal complaint that detailed how […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2018
USB Drives shipped with Schneider Solar Products were infected with malware

Schneider Electric announced that some of the USB drives it has shipped with its Conext ComBox and Conext Battery Monitor products were infected with malware. Schneider Electric has found a malicious code on the USB drives that have been shipped with Conext ComBox and Conext Battery Monitor products. Both products are part of the solar energy […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 06, 2018
British Airways hacked, attackers stole details of 380,000 customers

Personal and payment card information of 380,000 British Airways customers were stolen by attackers, stolen data did not include travel or passport details. British Airways was hacked, customer personal and payment card information of 380,000 were stolen by attackers, the stolen data did not include travel or passport details. The company published a data breach notification […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 06, 2018
Recently uncovered PowerPool Group used recent Windows Zero-Day exploit

Security experts from ESET observed a treat actor, tracked as PowerPool, exploiting the recently disclosed Windows zero-day flaw in targeted attacks. The vulnerability was publicly disclosed on August 27 by the security expert “@SandboxEscaper,” the researcher also published the exploit code for the vulnerability. The vulnerability affects Microsoft’s Windows operating systems that could be exploited by a […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 06, 2018
Cisco fixes 32 security vulnerabilities in its products, including three critical flaws

Cisco has released thirty security patch advisory to address a total of 32 security vulnerabilities in its products, including three critical flaws. Cisco released thirty security patch advisory to address a total of 32 security vulnerabilities in its products. The good news is that the tech giant is not aware of any exploitation of the addressed vulnerabilities […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 06, 2018
International clothing chain C&A in Brazil suffered a data breach

The clothing chain C&A in Brazil suffered a cyber attack on its gift card/exchange system last week, hackers leaked data on Pastebin. The International fashion retail clothing chain C&A in Brazil suffered a data breach, the company confirmed hackers hit its gift card platform. Hackers accessed to records belonging to customers who purchased gift cards, exposed data includes ID […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 06, 2018
New OilRig APT campaign leverages a new variant of the OopsIE Trojan

The Iran-linked APT group OilRig was recently observed using a new variant of the OopsIE Trojan that implements news evasion capabilities. Experts at Palo Alto Networks observed a new campaign carried out by the Iran-linked APT group OilRig that was leveraging on a new variant of the OopsIE Trojan. The OilRig hacker group is an Iran-linked APT that has been […]