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Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2021
RedXOR, a new powerful Linux backdoor in Winnti APT arsenal

Intezer experts have spotted a new strain of Linux backdoor dubbed RedXOR that is believed to be part of the arsenal of China-linked Winniti APT. Researchers from Intezer have discovered a new sophisticated backdoor, tracked as RedXOR, that targets Linux endpoints and servers. The malware was likely developed by the China-linked cyber espionage group Winnti. […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 11, 2021
F5 addresses critical vulnerabilities in BIG-IP and BIG-IQ

Security firm F5 announced the availability of patches for seven vulnerabilities in BIG-IP, four of which have been rated as “critical” severity. BIG-IP product family includes hardware, modularized software, and virtual appliances that run the F5 TMOS operating system and provides load balancing, firewall, access control, threat protection capabilities. The vendor has released security updates for seven […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2021
White hat hackers gained access more than 150,000 surveillance cameras

A group of hackers claimed to have compromised more than 150,000 surveillance cameras at banks, jails, schools, and prominent companies like Tesla and Equinox. A group of US hackers claimed to have gained access to footage from 150,000 security cameras at banks, jails, schools, healthcare clinics, and prominent organizations. The news was first reported by […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2021
OVH data centers suffered a fire, many popular sites are offline

OVH, the largest hosting provider in Europe, has suffered a terrible fire that destroyed the data centers located in Strasbourg. OVH, one of the largest hosting providers in the world, has suffered a terrible fire that destroyed its data centers located in Strasbourg. The news was also confirmed by OVH founder Octave Klaba via Twitter, he also provided […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2021
Microsoft’s March Patch Tuesday fixes 14 Critical flaws

Microsoft’s March Patch Tuesday security updates address 89 vulnerabilities in its products, 14 are listed as Critical and 75 are listed as Important in severity. Microsoft’s March Patch Tuesday security updates address 89 vulnerabilities in its products, including Microsoft Windows components, Azure and Azure DevOps, Azure Sphere, Internet Explorer and Edge (EdgeHTML), Exchange Server, Office […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2021
Another French hospital hit by a ransomware attack

A ransomware attack hit the Oloron-Sainte-Marie hospital in southwest France, it is the third such attack in the last month. A ransomware attack paralyzed the systems at the Oloron-Sainte-Marie hospital in southwest France. The incident took place on Monday, the ransomware gang is demanding the payment of a ransom of $50,000 worth of Bitcoin. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2021
Microsoft releases ProxyLogon patches for unsupported Microsoft Exchange versions

Microsoft released ProxyLogon security updates for Microsoft Exchange servers running vulnerable unsupported Cumulative Update versions. On March 2nd, Microsoft has released emergency out-of-band security updates that address four zero-day issues (CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065) in all supported Microsoft Exchange versions that are actively exploited in the wild. Now Microsoft has released security updates for Microsoft Exchange […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2021
Apple fixes CVE-2021-1844 RCE that affects iOS, macOS, watchOS, and Safari

Apple released out-of-band patches to address a remote code execution, tracked as CVE-2021-1844, that affect iOS, macOS, watchOS, and Safari web browser. Apple has released out-of-band security patches to address a critical iOS, macOS, watchOS, and Safari web browser to address a security flaw tracked as CVE-2021-1844. The vulnerability was discovered by ClĂ©ment Lecigne of […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2021
SUPERNOVA backdoor that emerged after SolarWinds hack is likely linked to Chinese actors

Supernova malware clues link Chinese threat group Spiral to SolarWinds server hacks Supernova malware spotted on compromised SolarWinds Orion installs exposed on the Internets is likely linked to a China-linked espionage group. Researchers at Secureworks’ counter threat unit (CTU) were investigating the exploit of SolarWinds servers to deploy the Supernova web shell when collected evidence […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2021
UnityMiner targets unpatched QNAP NAS in cryptocurrency mining campaign

Experts warn of ongoing attacks targeting QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices to abuse them in cryptocurrency mining. Researchers at 360Netlab are warning of a cryptocurrency malware campaign targeting unpatched QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices. Threat actors are exploiting two unauthorized remote command execution vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2020-2506 & CVE-2020-2507, in the Helpdesk app that have been fixed by the […]