Pierluigi Paganini
June 14, 2019
Good news for the victims of the pyLocky Ransomware versions 1 and 2, French authorities have released the pyLocky decryptor to decrypt the files for free. French authorities have released a decryptor for pyLocky Ransomware versions 1 and 2. The decryptor allows victims to decrypt their files for free. It was developed in collaboration between […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 14, 2019
The Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab analyzed a new sample of Nanocore Remote Administrator Tools (RAT) using a Delphi wrapper to protect its code. Introduction Historically, cyber-criminals adopted one or more layers of encryption and obfuscation to lower their footprint and avoid detection. The usage of cryptors and packers has become a commodity in the contemporary malware landscape, providing the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 14, 2019
Yubico is replacing YubiKey FIPS security keys due to a serious flaw that makes cryptographic operations easier to crack under specific conditions. Yubico is replacing YubiKey FIPS security keys due to a serious issue that flaw that makes it easier to crack RSA keys and ECDSA signatures generated on these devices. The security advisory published […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 14, 2019
Hackers are targeting millions of mail servers running vulnerable Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) versions, threat actors leverage the CVE-2019-10149 flaw. Millions of mail servers running vulnerable Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) versions are under attack, threat actors are exploiting the CVE-2019-10149 flaw to take over them. A critical vulnerability affects versions 4.87 to 4.91 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 13, 2019
A security expert at SEC Consult discovered that some WAGO industrial managed switches are affected by several serious vulnerabilities. A security researcher at consulting company SEC Consult discovered several vulnerabilities in some models of WAGO industrial switches. The vulnerabilities affect WAGO industrial switches 852-303, 852-1305 and 852-1505 models. The company has already fixed the issues with […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 13, 2019
Malware infections could be devastating for production environments, a ransomware infection halts production operations for days at airplane parts manufacturer ASCO. ASCO, is of the world’s largest manufacturers of aerospace components The company has offices and production plants in Belgium, Canada, Germany the US, Brasil, and France. ASCO provides components to Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier Aerospace, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 13, 2019
Encrypted messaging service Telegram was hit by a major DDoS attack apparently originated from China, likely linked to the ongoing political unrest in Hong Kong. Telegram was used by protesters in Hong Kong to evade surveillance and coordinate their demonstrations against China that would allow extraditions from the country to the mainland. The country is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 13, 2019
Security experts discovered a vulnerability in the popular Evernote Web Clipper for Chrome can be exploited to steal sensitive data from sites visited by users. Security experts at browser security firm Guardio discovered a critical universal cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Evernote Web Clipper for Chrome. “In May 2019 Guardio’s research team has discovered […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 12, 2019
Tavis Ormandy, a white hat hacker Google Project Zero announced to have found a zero-day flaw in the SymCrypt cryptographic library of Microsoft’s operating system. The recently released Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for June 2019 failed to address a flaw in SymCrypt, a core cryptographic function library currently used by Windows. The flaw could be […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 12, 2019
After two years of silence, FIN8 group is back and carried out a new campaign against the hotel-entertainment industry employing the ShellTea/PunchBuggy backdoor. Two years later after the last report, FIN8 group is back and carried out a new campaign against the hotel-entertainment industry using an improved version of the ShellTea/PunchBuggy backdoor. The last time […]
