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Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2021
French intel found flaws in Bluetooth Core and Mesh specs

Attackers could exploit a set of Bluetooth vulnerabilities, affecting the Core and Mesh Profile specifications, to conduct man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks. Researchers at the french intelligence agency ANSSI discovered multiple flaws in the Bluetooth Core and Mesh Profile specifications that could be used to impersonate legitimate devices during the pairing process and conduct man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks while within wireless range of vulnerable devices. […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2021
Zeppelin ransomware gang is back after a temporary pause

Operators behind the Zeppelin ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) have resumed their operations after a temporary interruption. Researchers from BleepingComputer reported that operators behind the Zeppelin ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), aka Buran, have resumed their operations after a temporary interruption. Unlike other ransomware, Zeppelin operators do not steal data from the victims and don’t run a leak site. Zeppelin ransomware […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2021
13 flaws in Nagios IT Monitoring Software pose serious risk to orgs

Researchers disclosed details about 13 vulnerabilities in the Nagios network monitoring application that could be exploited for malicious purposes. Cybersecurity researchers from Skylight Cyber disclosed technical details about 13 vulnerabilities in the Nagios network monitoring application that could be exploited by threat actors to hijack the infrastructure. Nagios is an open-source IT infrastructure monitoring and […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2021
Anker fixed an issue that caused access to Eufy video camera feeds to random users

A misconfiguration issue in the software used by the Eufy video camera exposed private information and video streams of customers. Chinese electronics vendor Anker has recently addressed a bug that mistakenly exposed private information and video streams of customers using its Eufy video cameras. The issue was caused by a misconfiguration, but the vendor told […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2021
CVE-2021-31166 Windows HTTP flaw also impacts WinRM servers

The wormable CVE-2021-31166 vulnerability in the HTTP Protocol Stack of the Windows IIS server also affects WinRM on Windows 10 and Server systems. Microsoft Patch Tuesday for May 2021 security updates addressed 55 vulnerabilities in Microsoft including a critical HTTP Protocol Stack Remote Code Execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-31166. The flaw could be exploited by an unauthenticated […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2021
Security Affairs newsletter Round 315

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Avaddon Ransomware gang hacked France-based Acer Finance and AXA Asia MSBuild tool used to deliver RATs filelessly Pakistan-linked Transparent Tribe APT expands its arsenal Two flaws could allow bypassing AMD […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2021
A malware attack hit the Alaska Health Department

The Alaska health department website was forced offline by a malware attack, officials are investigating the incident. The website of the Alaska health department was forced offline this week by a malware attack. Local authorities launched an investigation into the attack, at the time of this writing, they did not provide details about the intrusion. […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 22, 2021
Qlocker ransomware leverages HBS flaw to infect QNAP NAS devices

QNAP warns customers of updating the HBS 3 disaster recovery app to prevent Qlocker ransomware attack. Taiwanese vendor QNAP is warning its customers of updating the HBS 3 disaster recovery app running on their Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices to prevent Qlocker ransomware infections. At the end of April, experts warned of a new strain […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 22, 2021
Foreign hackers breached Russian federal agencies, said FSB

FSB National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents (NKTsKI) revealed that foreign hackers have breached networks of Russian federal agencies. A joint report published by Rostelecom-Solar and the FSB National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents (NKTsKI) revealed that foreign hackers have stolen information from Russian federal agencies. The attacks were spotted in 2020, threat actors leveraged […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 22, 2021
Conti Ransomware hit 16 US health and emergency Services, said FBI

Conti ransomware targeted over 400 organizations worldwide, 290 in the US, and at least 16 healthcare and first responder networks. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed that the Conti ransomware gang has hit at least 16 healthcare and first responder organizations. According to a flash alert issued by the FBI over 400 organizations worldwide […]