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Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2019
At least 23 Texas local governments targeted by coordinated ransomware attacks

At least 23 local governments were impacted by a wave of ransomware attacks that according to the experts are the result of a coordinated effort. Texas is the victim of an ongoing wave of ransomware attacks that are targeting local governments. At least 23 local government organizations were impacted by the ransomware attacks, the Department […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 227

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Once again thank you! 10-year-old vulnerability in Avaya VoIP Phones […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2019
Bluetana App allows detecting Bluetooth card skimmers in just 3 seconds

Bluetana App allows detecting Bluetooth card skimmers installed at the gas pumps to steal customers’ credit and debit card information in just 3 seconds on average. Bluetooth card skimmers continue to be one of the favorite tools in the arsenal of crooks that attempt to steal credit and debit card information. In recent years, law […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2019
Intel addresses High-Severity flaws in NUC Firmware and other tools

Intel released security updates to address high-severity vulnerabilities in NUC firmware, the Processor Identification Utility, and the Computing Improvement Program. Intel Patch Tuesday for August 2019 addressed high-severity vulnerabilities in NUC firmware, Processor Identification Utility, and Computing Improvement Program. One of the flaws addressed by Intel, tracked as CVE-2019-11140, is an insufficient session validation vulnerability that […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2019
Capital One hacker suspected to have breached other 30 companies

Federal prosecutors revealed that Paige Thompson, who was arrested after the Capital One data breach, may have hacked more than 30 other organizations. In July, Capital One, one of the largest U.S. –card issuer and financial corporation suffered a data breach that exposed personal information from 106 million Capital One credit applications. A hacker that goes […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2019
New DanaBot banking Trojan campaign targets Germany

The DanaBot banking Trojan continues to evolve and spread across the continents, now moving from Australia to European countries.  DanaBot is a multi-stage modular banking Trojan written in Delphi that first appeared on the threat landscape in 2018. The malware implements a modular structure that allows operators to add new functionalities by adding new plug-ins. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2019
Trend Micro addressed two DLL Hijacking flaws in Trend Micro Password Manager

Trend Micro addressed 2 DLL hijacking flaws in Trend Micro Password Manager that could allow malicious actors to escalate privileges and much more. Security expert Peleg Hadar from SafeBreach discovered a DLL hijacking vulnerability in the Trend Micro Password Manager that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the most privileged […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2019
Expert shows how to bypass a fix for a recently discovered Steam flaw

A security researcher demonstrated how to bypass a fix released by Valve for a recently discovered Steam vulnerability re-enabling the attack. A few days ago, the security experts Matt Nelson and Vasily Kravets separately disclosed a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Stream client for Windows that can be exploited by an attacker with limited permissions to run code administrative […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2019
USBSamurai — A Remotely Controlled Malicious USB HID Injecting Cable for less than 10$

USBSamurai — A Remotely Controlled Malicious USB HID Injecting Cable for less than 10$. than 10$. The Video is self-explanatory. (Wanna know how to make it? Read the article below.)  All started with this Tweet last April, when I wanted a damn cheap USB implant capable of injecting keystrokes. It had to be: Remotely Controllable […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2019
700,000 records belonging to Choice Hotels customer leaked online. Crooks demanded ransom

Security experts have discovered that hackers have stolen 700,000 records from Choice Hotels franchise and are demanding payment for their return.  Experts at Comparitech with the help of the popular researcher Bob Diachenko discovered an unsecured database containing 700,000 records from the hotel franchise Chain Hotel. The experts discovered the unsecured MongoDB archive containing 5.6 million records […]