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Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2019
Experts found critical RCE in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect Product

Security experts have discovered a critical remote code execution flaw in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect product, the flaw was quickly addressed. Last week, researchers Orange Tsai and Meh Chang published technical details of a critical remote code execution vulnerability that affects Palo Alto Networks’s GlobalProtect. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-1579, affects the GlobalProtect portal and […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2019
WSJ says Equifax to Pay $700 million settlement for 2017 breach

The Wall Street Journal revealed that Equifax will pay around $700 million to settle with the Federal Trade Commission over the 2017 data breach. According to The Wall Street Journal, Equifax will pay around $700 million to settle with the Federal Trade Commission over the 2017 data breach. The security breach suffered by Equifax in 2017 exposed […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2019
BlackBerry Cylance addresses AI-based antivirus engine bypass

BlackBerry Cylance has addressed a bypass vulnerability recently discovered in its AI-based antivirus engine CylancePROTECT product. Experts at cybersecurity firm Skylight announced last week that they have devised a method to bypass BlackBerry Cylance’s AI-based antivirus engine, now the company addressed the issue with an update and attempted to downplay the impact of the issue. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2019
New APT34 campaign uses LinkedIn to deliver fresh malware

The APT24 group continues its cyber espionage activity, its members were posing as a researcher from Cambridge to infect victims with three new malware. Experts at FireEye have uncovered a new espionage campaign carried out by APT34 APT group (OilRig, and HelixKitten.  Greenbug) through LinkedIn. Members of the cyberespionage group were posing as a researcher from Cambridge […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2019
Kazakhstan wants to intercept all HTTPS Internet traffic of its citizens

Bad news for citizens of Kazakhstan, the government is beginning to intercept all the encrypted traffic, and to do it, it is forcing them to install a certificate. The Kazakhstan government is beginning to intercept all the encrypted traffic and to do it is forcing users in the country to install a certificate. The Kazakhstan […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2019
Emsisoft releases a second decryptor in a few days, this time for ZeroFucks ransomware

Security experts at Emsisoft released a second decryptor in a few days, this time announced a free decryptor for the ZeroFucks ransomware. A few days ago, the experts at Emsisoft released a free decryptor for the Ims00rry ransomware, now the malware team announced the released of a decryptor for the ZeroFucks ransomware. Victims of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 223 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! For nearly a year, Brazilian users have been targeted with router attacks NCSC report warns of DNS Hijacking Attacks SAP Patch Day – July 2019 addresses a critical flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2019
Hackers breach 62 US colleges by allegedly exploiting Ellucian Banner Web flaw

Hackers breached at least 62 college and university networks exploiting a flaw in Ellucian Banner Web Tailor, a module of the Ellucian Banner ERP. US Department of Education warned that hackers have breached at least 62 college and university networks by exploiting a vulnerability in the Ellucian Banner Web Tailor module of the Ellucian Banner ERP. The module is […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2019
WizzAir informed customers it forced a password reset on their accounts

The airline company WizzAir informed its customers that it had reset the account passwords due to a technical issue in the system. The airline company WizzAir had reset the account passwords of its users due to a technical issue in its system. In an email message sent to the customers, the company explained that it […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 21, 2019
Twitter account of Scotland Yard hacked and posted bizarre messages

The principal Twitter account of Scotland Yard, which has more than 1.2 million followers, was hacked and tweeted a series of bizarre messages on Friday night. Hackers took over the Scotland Yard’s principal Twitter account and tweeted a dozen bizarre messages on Friday night, some of the tweets referred to the British rapper Digga D. Digga D, real name […]