Pierluigi Paganini
November 10, 2019
Ransomware attacks made the lines again, victims are the leading action sports company Boardriders and its subsidiaries including QuikSilver and Billabong. Systems at the action sports company Boardriders was hit by a ransomware attack, the incident also impacted some of its subsidiaries, including QuikSilver and Billabong. In response to the infection, the company shut down its […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 09, 2019
Kaspersky researchers have found a new advanced backdoor used by the Platinum advanced persistent threat (APT) group in attacks in the wild. Security experts at Kaspersky Lab have spotted a new backdoor, tracked as Titanium, that was used by the Platinum APT group in attacks in the wild, the malicious code implements sophisticated evasion techniques. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 09, 2019
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warns of critical flaws impacting Medtronic Valleylab products that could allow hackers to overwrite files and achieve remote code execution. The US DHS Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a security advisory to warn of three recently patched flaws in Medtronic Valleylab products that could be exploited to install […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 09, 2019
Cisco Talos security researchers discovered multiple flaws in the LEADTOOLS imaging toolkits that could lead to code execution on the target system. LEAD addressed them this week. Security experts at Cisco Talos discovered four High severity vulnerabilities in the LEADTOOLS imaging toolkits that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code on the target system. LEADTOOLS […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 08, 2019
Italian law enforcement shut down the ‘Berlusconi market’ black market and arrested three suspected of being its administrators. Italian financial police “Guardia di Finanza” shut down the ‘Berlusconi market’ black market hosted on the Tor network and arrested three administrators. The site was managed by two individuals that go online with nicknames of “VladimirPutin” with […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 08, 2019
Microsoft is warning once again of more BlueKeep attacks that could deliver disruptive payloads and urges organizations to patch their systems. Recently, researchers warned of the first mass-hacking campaign exploiting the BlueKeep exploit, the attack aimed at installing a cryptocurrency miner on the infected systems. The popular expert Kevin Beaumont observed some of its EternalPot RDP honeypots crashing after being […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 08, 2019
A recently discovered exploit kit dubbed Capesand is being involved in live attacks despite the fact that itâs still under development. In October 2019, researchers at TrendMicro discovered a new exploit kit dubbed Capesand that is being involved in live attacks. The tool was discovered while analyzing a malvertising campaign employing the RIG EK to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 08, 2019
Pwn2Own Tokyo 2019 -Day2: Experts earned a total of $120,000 for finding exploits against Samsung Galaxy S10 and Xiaomi Mi9 phones and TP-Link AC1750 routers. On the second day of the Pwn2Own Tokyo 2019 hacking contest, white hat hackers received a total of $120,000 for finding exploits against Samsung Galaxy S10 and Xiaomi Mi9 phones […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 08, 2019
DNA-testing startup Veritas Genetics disclosed a security breach that exposed customer information, but genetic information, health records are not affected. Veritas Genetics is a whole genome sequencing company that provides actionable insights for a healthier life and family, it offers whole-genome sequencing for $599. The company announced that it recently discovered authorized access to its customer-facing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 07, 2019
Bitdefender discovered a high-severity security flaw in Amazon’s Ring Video Doorbell Pro devices that could allow nearby attackers to steal WiFi password. Amazon’s Ring Video Doorbell is a smart wireless home security doorbell camera that allows users to use to remotely control their doorbell. Amazon’s Ring Video Doorbell allows users to interact with anyone on their […]
