Pierluigi Paganini
October 05, 2020
Security researchers provided technical details about an IoT botnet dubbed Ttint that has been exploiting two zero-days in Tenda routers Security researchers at Netlab, the network security division Qihoo 360, have published a report that details an IoT botnet dubbed Ttint. The experts are monitoring the Mirai-based botnet since November 2019 and observed it exploiting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 04, 2020
Visa revealed that two unnamed North American hospitality merchants have been infected with some strains of point-of-sale (POS) malware. US payments processor Visa revealed that two North American hospitality merchants have been hacked, threat actors infected the systems of the two unnamed organizations with some strains of point-of-sale (POS) malware. According to a security alert […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 04, 2020
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Apple addresses four vulnerabilities in macOS Google removes 17 Joker -infected apps from the Play Store Microsoft took down 18 Azure AD apps used by Chinese Gadolinium APT Mount Locker […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 04, 2020
HP published details of three vulnerabilities in the HP Device Manager that could be exploited by attackers to take over Windows systems. HP released a security advisory that includes details for three critical and high severity vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2020-6925, CVE-2020-6926, and CVE-2020-6927, that impact the HP Device Manager. The IT giant revealed that an attacker could […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 03, 2020
University Hospital New Jersey paid a $670,000 ransom this month to prevent the leak of 240 GB of stolen data, including patient information. The University Hospital New Jersey (UHNJ) in Newark (New Jersey) has finally paid a $670,000 ransom to prevent the publishing of 240 GB of stolen data, including patient info. In September, systems […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 03, 2020
Facebook shared details about a long-running ad-fraud campaign that’s been ongoing since 2016 targeting Facebook users with SilentFade malware. Facebook detailed an ad-fraud cyberattack that’s been ongoing since 2016, crooks are using a malware tracked as SilentFade (short for “Silently running Facebook Ads with Exploits”) to steal Facebook credentials and browser cookies. The social network […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 03, 2020
HP is inviting several white hat hackers to find vulnerabilities in its office-class ink and toner cartridges as part of its bug bounty program, HP has expanded the line of products that are covered by this bug bounty program, on Thursday the IT giant invited several white hat hackers to find and report vulnerabilities in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 02, 2020
Researchers from Intezer reported that the IPStorm botnet has evolved to infect other operating systems, including Android, Linux, and Mac devices. The IPStorm botnet was first uncovered in May 2019 while targeting Windows systems, not experts from Intezer reported that the bot evolved to infect other platforms, including Android, Linux, and Mac devices. IPStorm botnet […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 02, 2020
Researchers from ESET uncovered the activity of a new APT group, tracked as XDSpy, that has been active since at least 2011. XDSpy is the name used by ESET researchers to track a nation-state actor that has been active since at least 2011. The APT group, recently discovered by ESET, targeted government and private companies […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 01, 2020
Cyber security firm launches a new service that allows users to check if an email domain or address was part of an Emotet spam campaign. Experts worldwide warn about a surge in the Emotet activity, recently Microsoft along Italy and the Netherlands CERT/CSIRT agencies reported a significant increase of Emotet attacks targeting the private sector and public […]
