Pierluigi Paganini
July 02, 2021
Microsoft is urging Azure users to update PowerShell to address a remote code execution vulnerability that was fixed earlier this year. Microsoft is recommending its Azure users to update PowerShell versions 7.0 and 7.1 to protect against a high severity remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-26701. The IT giant is inviting the PowerShell task […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 02, 2021
Cyber Defense Magazine July 2021 Edition has arrived. We hope you enjoy this monthâs editionâŠpacked with over 158 pages of excellent content. In this edition: Colonial Pipeline, JBS Cyber Attacks Shine Spotlight on Operational Technology Vulnerabilities for Wide Range of Business Sectors Getting The Cloud Right – Security and Compliance Flipping the Cyber Script … […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 02, 2021
The recently leaked Babuk Locker ransomware builder was used by a threat actor in an ongoing campaign targeting victims worldwide. At the end of June, The Record first reported that the builder for the Babuk Locker ransomware was leaked online allowing threat actors to use it to create their own version of the popular ransomware. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 02, 2021
CISA issued a security alert to warn admins to disable the Windows Print Spooler service on servers not used for printing due to PrintNightmare zero-day. CISA issued an alert to warn admins to disable the Windows Print Spooler on servers not used for printing due to the risk of exploitation of the PrintNightmare zero-day vulnerability. “âwhile Microsoft […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 01, 2021
US and UK cybersecurity agencies said the Russia-linked APT28 group is behind a series of large-scale brute-force attacks.US and UK cybersecurity agencies said today that a Russian military cyber unit has been behind a series of brute-force attacks that have targeted the cloud IT resources of government and private sector companies across the world. US […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 01, 2021
The University Medical Center hospital discloses a data breach after threat actors published online images of stolen personal information as proof of the hack. The University Medical Center hospital, in Nevada, discloses a security breach, the hackers compromised its data servers and published online the pictures of the allegedly stolen personal information. Early this week, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 01, 2021
Microsoft experts have disclosed a series of vulnerabilities in the firmware of Netgear routers which could lead to data leaks and full system takeover. Microsoft researchers discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the firmware of the Netgear DGN-2200v1 series router that can allow attackers to bypass authentication, access stored credentials, and even take over devices. Experts discovered […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 01, 2021
The US CISA has released the Ransomware Readiness Assessment (RRA), a new ransomware self-assessment security audit tool. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released the Ransomware Readiness Assessment (RRA), a new ransomware self-assessment security audit tool for the agency’s Cyber Security Evaluation Tool (CSET). RRA could be used by organizations to determine […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 01, 2021
About a week after scraped data from more than 700 million LinkedIn profiles were put for sale online, it seems that threat actors have no intention of stopping their abuse of the social media platformâs scrape-friendly systems. Hours ago, a 68MB JSON database containing LinkedIn data recently collected from 88,000 US business owners was shared on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 30, 2021
A massive cyber attack attempted to disrupt a televised phone-in between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Rossiya 24 network. Hackers launched a massive cyberattack against the state-broadcast Rossiya 24 network while transmitting a show in which President Putin was answering in real-time to answer from his citizens. The televised phone-in with the Russian President […]
