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Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2020
Four individuals charged for the recent Twitter hack

Four suspects were charged for their alleged involvement in the recent Twitter hack, announced the Department of Justice. US authorities announced the arrest of 17-year-old Graham Ivan Clark from Tampa, Florida, it is suspected to have orchestrated the recent Twitter hack. The arrest is the result of an operation coordinated by the FBI, the IRS, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2020
Trump says he will ban popular Chinese video app TikTok in the US

President Donald Trump announced that he plans to ban the popular short video app TikTok from operating in the US as early as Saturday. President Donald Trump has announced he is going to ban the popular Chinese video-sharing app TikTok in the US. The US President is ready to sign an executive order as early […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2020
Updates provided by Red Hat for BootHole cause systems to hang

Red Hat is warning customers to not install the package updates released to address the BootHole vulnerability due to possible problems reported by the users. This week, firmware security company Eclypsium reported that billions of Windows and Linux devices are affected by a serious GRUB2 bootloader issue (CVE-2020-10713), dubbed BootHole, that can be exploited to install a […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2020
Cisco fixes critical and high-severity flaws in Data Center Network Manager

Cisco addressed critical and high-severity vulnerabilities affecting its Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) network management platform. Cisco addressed this week some critical and high-severity vulnerabilities impacting its Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) network management platform. One of the most security issues is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-3382. The vulnerability can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2020
IndieFlix streaming service leaves thousands of confidential agreements, filmmaker SSNs, videos exposed on public server

The CyberNews research team discovered an unsecured data bucket on a publicly accessible Amazon Simple Storage (S3) server containing confidential data belonging to IndieFlix. Original post at: https://cybernews.com/security/indieflix-leaks-thousands-of-filmmaker-ssns-confidential-agreements-videos/ IndieFlix is a US-based entertainment company offering a subscription-based online video streaming service that mainly specializes in independent titles, including feature films, shorts, and documentaries. The data […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2020
EU has imposed sanctions on foreign actors for the first time ever

For the first-ever time, the EU has imposed economical sanctions on Russia, China, and North Korea following cyber-attacks aimed at the EU and its member states. The Council of the European Union announced sanctions imposed on a Russia-linked military espionage unit, as well as companies operating for Chinese and North Korean threat actors that launched […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2020
Expert discloses details of 3 Tor zero-day flaws … new ones to come

A security researcher published the details about two Tor zero-day vulnerabilities and plans to release three more flaws. The security researcher Dr. Neal Krawetz has published technical details about two Tor zero-day vulnerabilities over the past week and promises to release three more. Oppressive regimes could exploit these Tor zero-day flaws to prevent users from […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2020
Operation North Star – North-Korea hackers targeted US defense and aerospace companies

North Korea-linked hackers continue to be very active in this period, researchers reported a campaign aimed at the US defense and aerospace sectors. Security experts from McAfee uncovered a new cyber-espionage campaign carried out by North Korean hackers that targeted the US defense and aerospace sectors. Threat actors used fake job offers to deceive employees […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2020
BootHole issue allows installing a stealthy and persistent malware

Billions of Windows and Linux devices are affected by a serious GRUB2 bootloader issue, dubbed BootHole, that can be exploited to install a stealthy malware. Billions of Windows and Linux devices are affected by a serious GRUB2 bootloader vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-10713 and dubbed BootHole, which can be exploited by attackers to install persistent and stealthy […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2020
U.S. experts claim China-linked hackers have infiltrated Vatican networks

U.S. cybersecurity firm revealed that China-linked hackers have infiltrated Vatican computer networks ahead of talks. China-linked hackers have infiltrated the Vatican computer networks, reads a report published by the U.S. cybersecurity firm Recorded Future that focuses on the analysis of nation-state actors. According to the experts, the cyber espionage campaign began in May ahead the […]