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Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2017
While Trump confirms information sharing with Russians, CIA and NSA leaks threaten Global Security

Opponents of U.S. President Trump are currently locked into scoring political points over alleged leaks from the White House during a meeting with top Russian envoys. Yet, classified details of the meeting leaked to press outlets by either the CIA or NSA shows massive breaches of valuable sources and details from inside U.S. intelligence agencies […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2017
A critical Improper Authentication vulnerability in Uber allowed password reset for any account

An Italian expert discovered a critical Improper Authentication vulnerability affecting the UBER platform that allowed password reset for any account. The Italian security expert Vincenzo C. Aka @Procode701 has discovered 7 months ago a critical vulnerability in UBER platform that allowed password reset for any Uber account. The researcher reported the ‘Improper Authentication’ vulnerability through the company […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2017
Critical SQL Injection CVE-2017-8917 vulnerability patched in Joomla, update it now!

Joomla maintainers released a fix for a critical SQL injection flaw, tracked as CVE-2017-8917, that can be exploited by a remote attacker to hijack websites On Wednesday Joomla maintainers released a fix for a critical SQL injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-8917, that can be easily exploited by a remote attacker to obtain sensitive data and hijack websites. The vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 17, 2017
CISCO start assessing its products against the WannaCry Vulnerability

The tech giant Cisco announced an investigating on the potential impact of WannaCry malware on its products. Recent massive WannaCry ransomware attack highlighted the importance of patch management for any organization and Internet users. Another Tech giant, Cisco announced it is investigating the potential impact of WannaCry malware on its products, especially on its solutions that […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 17, 2017
The Electronic signature technology provider DocuSign suffered a data breach

Hackers broke into the system of the technology provider DocuSign and accessed customers email addresses. The experts warn of possible spear phishing attacks. The Electronic signature technology provider DocuSign suffered a data breach, hackers have stolen email addresses from one of its servers. On Monday the company informed its customers of the data breach and warned them of fake […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 17, 2017
Shadow Brokers are back after WannaCry case, it plans to offer data dump on monthly subscription model

Shadow Brokers made the headlines once again, the notorious group plans to offer data dump on a monthly subscription model. The notorious Shadow Brokers hacking group made the headlines during the weekend when systems worldwide were compromised by the WannaCry ransomware because the thread leveraged the EternalBlue exploit and DoublePulsar backdoor developed by the NSA. Both tools […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 17, 2017
Some machines can’t be infected by WannaCry because they have been already infected by Adylkuzz

Security experts at ProofPoint security discovered that many machines can’t be infected by WannaCry because they have been already infected by Adylkuzz. The recent WannaCry ransomware attack wasn’t the first to use the NSA-linked EternalBlue and DoublePulsar hacking tools. Proofpoint researchers have discovered that the cryptocurrency miner Adylkuzz, was the first threat that used the EternalBlue exploit to trigger […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2017
Cyber criminals claim to have stolen the new episode of the Pirates of the Caribbean film saga

Crooks claim have stolen the Walt Disney’s forthcoming Pirates of the Caribbean film and are threatening to release it in 20 minutes chunks. Cybercriminals claim have stolen the Walt Disney’s forthcoming Pirates of the Caribbean film and are threatening to release it online if the company will not pay the ransom. CEO Bob Iger, told a […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2017
WannaCry – Important lessons from the first NSA-powered ransomware cyberattack

Last Friday, a weaponized version of an NSA exploit was used to infect over two hundred thousand computers in over 150 countries with the WannaCry ransomware. In addition to government ministries and transportation infrastructure, the British National Health Service (NHS) was crippled, disrupting treatment and care for thousands of patients, and putting countless lives at […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 16, 2017
APT32, a new APT group alleged linked to the Vietnamese Government is targeting foreign corporations

APT32 is a new APT group discovered by security experts at FireEye that is targeting Vietnamese interests around the globe. The APT32 group, also known as OceanLotus Group, has been active since at least 2013, according to the experts it is a state-sponsored hacking group. The hackers targeting organizations across multiple industries and have also targeted foreign governments, […]