Pierluigi Paganini
March 22, 2019
Russian APT groups are targeting European governments for cyber-espionage purposes ahead of the upcoming European elections. According to experts from FireEye, Russia-linked APT28 (aka Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm, Sofacy Group, Sednit, and STRONTIUM) and Sandworm Team (also TeleBots) cyberespionage groups are targeting European governments for cyber-espionage purposes ahead of the upcoming European elections. The activity of the Russia-linked groups is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 22, 2019
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Thursday issued a security advisory for multiple vulnerabilities affecting over a dozen heart defibrillators. Multiple vulnerabilities in the heart defibrillators could be exploited by attackers to remotely control the devices, potentially putting the lives of patients at risk. An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is a device implantable inside the human […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 22, 2019
Cisco released security updates to address vulnerabilities in its IP Phone 7800 and 8800 series that could be exploited by remote, unauthenticated attackers. Cisco released security patches to address vulnerabilities in its IP Phone 7800 and 8800 series that could be exploited by remote, unauthenticated attackers. Cisco IP Phone 8800 series are business desk phones […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 22, 2019
On the second day of the Pwn2Own 2019 hacking competition, white hat hackers earned a total of $270,000 for exploits against the Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge web browsers. Day 2 at Pwn2Own 2019 hacking competition – White hat hackers earned $270,000 for exploits against the Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge browsers. The security duo […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 22, 2019
The financially-motivated hacking group FIN7 is back and used a new piece of malware in a recent hacking campaign. Security experts at Flashpoint revealed that the financially-motivated cybercrime group FIN7 (aka Anunak and Carbanak) used new malware in a recent hacking campaign. The group that has been active since late 2015 targeted businesses worldwide to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 21, 2019
News problems for Facebook that admitted to have stored the passwords of hundreds of millions of users in plain text. Facebook revealed to have stored the passwords of hundreds of millions of users in plain text, including passwords of Facebook Lite, Facebook, and Instagram users. “As part of a routine security review in January, we […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 21, 2019
Four people from South Korea are accused of secretly live streaming, and selling videos made with spy-cam installed in 42 motel rooms at 30 motels in 10 cities in South Korea. According to the media, 1600 motel guests between November 24 and March 2 were spied by the indicted individuals that now face up to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 21, 2019
Pwn2Own 2019 hacking competition is started and participants hacked Apple Safari browser, Oracle VirtualBox and VMware Workstation on the first day. As you know I always cover results obtained by white hat hackers at hacking competitions, for this reason, today I’ll share with you the results of the first day of the Pwn2Own 2019. Pwn2Own […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 21, 2019
A security expert has discovered a vulnerability in the NSA Ghidra platform that could be exploited to execute code remotely. A security expert who goes online with the handle of sghctoma has discovered a vulnerability in Ghidra platform recently released by the US NSA, the issue could be exploited to execute code remotely. GHIDRA is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 21, 2019
LockerGoga is the most active ransomware, experts warns it focuses on targeting companies and bypass AV signature-based detection. LockerGoga ransomware is a crypto-malware that loads the malicious file on the system from an infected email attachment. This threat is very critical these days, and it is the most active ransomware that focuses on targeting companies. Altran and Norsk Hydro are two companies severely […]
