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Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2019
Drupal addressed several issues, including a critical file processing bug

The Drupal development team released versions 7.69, 8.7.11 and 8.8.1, which address several vulnerabilities, including a serious file processing issue. Drupal developers have released versions 7.69, 8.7.11 and 8.8.1, which address several vulnerabilities, including a serious file processing issue. The most serious issue is related to the Archive_Tar third-party library, it has been assigned a […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2019
Member of the Dark Overlord hacker Group extradited to the US

The DoJ announced that the alleged member of the notorious hacker group The Dark Overlord has been extradited to the United States. The Department of Justice (DoJ) announced that the alleged member of The Dark Overlord hacking group has been extradited from the United Kingdom to the US. The man, Nathan Wyatt, 39, has been charged […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2019
FBI warns travelers against using untrusted and free WiFi networks

The FBI warned one again the holiday travelers about the danger of using free WiFi networks while traveling. Free WiFi networks, such as the ones in the airports and hotel, hide many dangers to the holiday travelers, for this reason, has once again published a new warning. Threat actors could leverage free WiFi networks to […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2019
Maze Ransomware operators threaten victims to publish their data online

The victims of the Maze Ransomware now face another threat because operators behind the malware could publish their data online. The victims of the Maze Ransomware are facing another risk, after having their data encrypted now crooks are threatening to publish their data online. The Maze ransomware also implements data harvesting capabilities, operators are threatening […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2019
Microsoft issues an out-of-band update to address SharePoint information disclosure flaw

Microsoft issues an out-of-band update to address SharePoint flaw, tracked as CVE-2019-1491, that could be exploited to obtain sensitive information. Microsoft issues an out-of-band update to fix an information disclosure vulnerability in SharePoint server, tracked as CVE-2019-1491, that could be exploited by an attacker to obtain sensitive information. “An information disclosure vulnerability exists in SharePoint […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2019
Emotet distributed with emails posing as German authorities, BSI warns

BSI, Germany’s federal cybersecurity agency warns of an active malspam campaign that distributing the infamous Emotet banking Trojan. Germany’s federal cybersecurity agency BSI is warning of an active malspam campaign that aims at distributing the Emotet banking Trojan. The malicious messages camouflaged to look like messages delivered by German federal authorities. According to the BSI, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2019
Trend Micro observed notable malware activity associated with the Momentum Botnet

Security experts recently found notable malware activity affecting devices running Linux that is associated with the Momentum Botnet. Malware researchers from Trend Micro recently observed notable malware activity affecting devices running Linux that is associated with the Momentum Botnet. Experts revealed details on the tools and techniques used by the botnet to compromise Linux devices […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2019
Flaws in Acer and ASUS pre-installed software could lead to arbitrary code execution

Experts found several flaws in Acer and ASUS software preinstalled on most of their PCs that could lead to privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution. SafeBreach experts discovered several vulnerabilities in Acer and ASUS software that comes pre-installed on most PCs from these vendors. The flaws could be exploited by attackers for privilege escalation and […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2019
Lab test provider LifeLabs disclose a data breach that exposed personal info of 15M customers

Lab test provider LifeLabs has disclosed a data breach that exposed personal information for up to 15 million Canadians. Lab test provider LifeLabs announced that personal information for up to 15 million Canadians have been exposed after an unauthorized user gained access to their systems. LifeLabs notified its customers via letter, exposed data includes names, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2019
Gangnam Industrial Style APT campaign targets industrial firms worldwide

Experts discovered that at least 200 companies were the victims of a campaign, dubbed Gangnam Industrial Style, carried out by an advanced persistent threat (APT) group.  Experts from the CyberX’s threat intelligence team Section 52 uncovered an ongoing cyberespionage campaign, tracked as Gangnam Industrial Style, that targeted industrial, engineering, and manufacturing organizations, most of them in South […]