Pierluigi Paganini
November 17, 2019
Researchers discovered a vulnerability in Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 programmable logic controller (PLC) that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable devices. Researchers discovered an undocumented access feature in Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 programmable logic controller (PLC) that could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected devices. The feature was discovered by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 16, 2019
The popular messaging platform WhatsApp made the headlines again, a new bug could be exploited by hackers to secretly install spyware. According to the website The Hacker News, WhatsApp has recently fixed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-11931, that could have allowed attackers to remotely compromise targeted devices. The CVE-2019-11931Â is a stack-based buffer overflow issue […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 16, 2019
A working exploit for the checkm8 BootROM vulnerability is now available and security experts fear that threat actors could use is in attacks in the wild. This week, the âunpatchableâ jailbreak, known as Checkra1n, for the checkm8 BootROM vulnerability was officially released potentially threatening millions of devices. “This release is an early beta preview and as such […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 15, 2019
Sergiy P. , the administrator of DDoS-for-hire services was sentenced to 13 months in prison, and additional three years of supervised release. Sergiy P. Usatyuk, a man that was operating several DDoS-for-hire services was sentenced to 13 months in prison, and additional three years of supervised release. DDoS-for-hire services, aka stressers or booters, allows crooks […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 15, 2019
On Thursday, US authorities arrested two crooks charging them with stealing $550,000 in cryptocurrency from at least 10 victims using SIM swapping. American law enforcement has declared war to sim swapping scammers and announced the arrest of two individuals for stealing $550,000 in Cryptocurrency. The suspects stole the funds from at least 10 victims using […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 15, 2019
The computer network of Australian Parliament was hacked earlier this year, and hackers exfiltrated data from the computers of several elected officials. According to the Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC), earlier this year hackers penetrated the computer network of Australian Parliament and stole data from the computers of several elected officials. The attack took place on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 15, 2019
A new threat actor tracked as TA2101Â is conducting malware campaigns using email to impersonate government agencies in the United States, Germany, and Italy. A new threat actor, tracked as TA2101, is using email to impersonate government agencies in the United States, Germany, and Italy to multiple families of malware, deliver ransomware, and banking Trojans. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 15, 2019
Visa Payment Fraud Disruption warns of a new JavaScript skimmer dubbed Pipka used to siphon payment data from e-commerce merchant websites. Visa Payment Fraud Disruption warns of a new JavaScript skimmer dubbed Pipka that was used by crooks to steal payment data from e-commerce merchant websites. Experts discovered the Pipka while investigating an e-commerce website […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 14, 2019
Symantec addressed a local privilege escalation flaw that affects all Symantec Endpoint Protection client versions prior to 14.2 RU2. Symantec addressed a local privilege escalation flaw, tracked as CVE-2019-12758, that affects all Symantec Endpoint Protection client versions prior to 14.2 RU2. The vulnerability could be exploited by attackers to escalate privileges on target devices and carry out malicious actions, including the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 14, 2019
Security vulnerabilities in Qualcomm allow attackers to steal private data from hundreds of million millions of devices, especially Android smartphones. Security experts from Check Point have discovered security flaws in Qualcomm that could be exploited attackers to steal private data from the so-called TrustZone. The TrustZone is a security extension integrated by ARM into the […]
