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Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2019
Canadian intelligence agencies CSE and CSIS are divided on Huawei 5G ban

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) are divided over the ban of Huawei 5G technology. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) agencies are divided over the ban of Huawei 5G technology. Canada, along with the US, the UK, New Zealand, and Australia formed […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2019
CVE-2019-3648 flaw in all McAfee AV allows DLL Hijacking

McAfee a vulnerability in its antivirus software that could allow an attacker to escalate privileges and execute code with SYSTEM privileges. Security experts at SafeBreach have discovered a vulnerability in McAfee antivirus software tracked as CVE-2019-3648 that could allow an attacker with Administrator privileges to escalate privileges and execute code with SYSTEM privileges. The flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2019
A flaw in PMx Driver can give hackers full access to a device

Eclypsium experts found a vulnerability affecting the popular PMx Driver Intel driver that can give malicious actors deep access to a device. In August, Eclypsium researchers found multiple serious vulnerabilities in more than 40 device drivers from tens of vendors, including AMI, ASRock, ASUS, ATI, Biostar, EVGA, Getac, Gigabyte, Huawei, Insyde, Intel, MSI, NVIDIA, Phoenix Technologies, Realtek, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2019
New TSX Speculative Attack allows stealing sensitive data from latest Intel CPUs

ZombieLoad 2, aka TSX Asynchronous Abort, is a new flaw that affects the latest Intel CPUs that could be exploited to launch TSX Speculative attack. ZombieLoad 2, aka TSX Asynchronous Abort, is a new vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-11135 that affects the latest Intel CPUs that could be exploited to launch TSX Speculative attack. The flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2019
Adobe patch Tuesday updates addressed critical flaws in Media Encoder and Illustrator products

Adobe patch Tuesday updates addressed a total of 11 vulnerabilities affecting its Animate, Illustrator, Media Encoder and Bridge products. Adobe patch Tuesday updates addressed a total of 11 flaws affecting its Animate, Illustrator, Media Encoder and Bridge products. “Adobe has published security bulletins for Adobe Animate CC (APSB19-34), Adobe Illustrator CC (APSB19-36), Adobe Media Encoder […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2019
Russian man Aleksei Burkov extradited for running online criminal marketplace

Aleksei Burkov is a Russian accused of being involved in more than $20 million in credit-card frauds, has been extradited to the US to face criminal charges. Aleksei Burkov (29) is a Russian man accused of running an online criminal marketplace, called Cardplanet, that helped crooks to organize more than $20 million in credit card […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2019
Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates fix CVE-2019-1429 flaw exploited in the wild

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for November 2019 address over 70 flaws, including an Internet Explorer issue (CVE-2019-1429) that has been exploited in attacks in the wild. Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for November 2019 address 74 flaws, including an Internet Explorer vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-1429, that has been exploited in the wild. Microsoft doesn’t provide any […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2019
Mexican state-owned oil company Pemex hit by ransomware

On Sunday, the Mexican state-owned oil company PetrĂłleos Mexicanos (Pemex) was infected with the DoppelPaymer ransomware. On Sunday, a piece of the DoppelPaymer ransomware infected systems of the Mexican state-owned oil company PetrĂłleos Mexicanos (Pemex) taking down part of its network. According to the company, less than 5% of the computers in its network were […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2019
Facebook is secretly using iPhone’s camera as users scroll their feed

New problems for Facebook, it seems that the social networking giant is secretly using the camera while iPhone users are scrolling their feed. Is this another privacy issue for Facebook? The iPhone users Joshua Maddux speculates that Facebook might be actively using your camera without your knowledge while you’re scrolling your feed. Maddux published footage […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2019
TA505 Cybercrime targets system integrator companies

The analysis of a malicious email revealed a possible raising interest of the TA505 cybercrime gang in system integrator companies. Introduction During a normal monitoring activity, one of the detection tools hits a suspicious email coming from the validtree.com domain. The domain was protected by a Panama company to hide its real registrant and this […]