Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2019
Malware researchers from Trend Micro have spotted a new piece of malware dubbed SLUB that leverages GitHub and Slack for C&C communications. Malware researchers at Trend Micro have spotted a new backdoor dubbed SLUB that abuse GitHub and Slack for command and control (C&C) communications. According to the experts, the SLUB backdoor (Backdoor.Win32.SLUB.A) was only […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 08, 2019
The American multinational software company Citrix disclosed a security breach, according to the firm an international cyber criminals gang gained access to its internal network. The American multinational software company Citrix is the last victim of a security breach, according to the company an international cyber criminal gang gained access to its internal network, Hackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 08, 2019
A few days ago, Cybaze-Yoroi ZLAB researchers spotted a suspicious JavaScript file that implemented several techniques to evade detection of all AV solutions. Introduction A few days ago, Cybaze-Yoroi ZLAB researchers spotted a suspicious JavaScript file needing further attention: it leveraged several techniques in order to evade all AV detection and no one of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 08, 2019
Google this week revealed a Windows zero-day that is being actively exploited in targeted attacks alongside a recently fixed Chrome flaw. Google this week disclosed a Windows zero-day vulnerability that is being actively exploited in targeted attacks alongside a recently addressed flaw in Chrome flaw (CVE-2019-5786). The Windows zero-day vulnerability is a local privilege escalation […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 08, 2019
Zero-day broker firm Zerodium is offering up to $500,000 for VMware ESXi (vSphere) and Microsoft Hyper-V vulnerabilities. Exploit acquisition firm Zerodium is offering up to $500,000 for VMware ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V vulnerabilities. The company is looking for exploits that allow guest-to-host escapes in default configurations to gain full access to the host. The overall […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 08, 2019
A study conducted by academics discovered that SSL and TLS certificates and associated services can be easily acquired from dark web marketplaces. A study sponsored by Venafi and conducted by researchers from Georgia State University in the U.S. and the University of Surrey in the U.K. discovered that SSL and TLS certificates and associated services […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 07, 2019
Cisco released security updates to address over two dozen serious vulnerabilities affecting the Cisco Nexus switches. Cisco released security updates to address over two dozen serious vulnerabilities affecting the Cisco Nexus switches, including denial-of-service (DoS) issues, arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation flaws. Cisco published security advisories for most of the vulnerabilities, many of them impact the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 07, 2019
Security experts at FortiGuard uncovered a new malware campaign aimed at delivering the StealthWorker brute-force malware. The malicious code targets both Windows and Linux systems, compromised systems are used to carry out brute force attacks along with other infected systems. The malicious code was first discovered by Malwarebytes at the end of February and tracked […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 07, 2019
Researchers at Microsoft warn of damages caused by cyber operations conducted by Iran-linked cyberespionage groups. Security experts at Microsoft are warning of economic damages caused by the activity of Iran-linked hacking groups that are working to penetrate systems, businesses, and governments worldwide. According to Microsoft, the attackers already caused hundreds of millions of dollars in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 07, 2019
UPnP-enabled devices running outdated software are exposed to a wide range of attacks exploiting known flaws in UPnP libraries. A broad range of UPnP-enabled devices running outdated software are exposed to attacks exploiting known flaws in UPnP libraries, Tony Yang, Home Network Researcher, has found 1,648,769 devices using the Shodan search engine, 35% were using […]
