Pierluigi Paganini
August 23, 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. Ritz hotel diners were victims of a sophisticated scam Sodinokibi ransomware gang stole 1TB of data from Brown-Forman Texas man sentenced to 57 months for the hacking of a major […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 23, 2020
Adobe has released an open-source tool, dubbed Stringlifier, that allows users to identify randomly generated strings in any plain text, it can be used to sanitize logs. Adobe has released an open-source tool, dubbed Stringlifier, which was designed to identify randomly generated strings in any plain text. The Stringlifier tool was written in Python and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 22, 2020
The ATM manufacturer giants, Diebold Nixdorf and NCR, have released software updates to fix a flaw that could have been exploited for ‘deposit forgery’ attacks The ATM manufacturers Diebold Nixdorf and NCR have addressed a bug that could have been exploited for ‘deposit forgery’ attacks The flaws that could have allowed crooks to modify the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 22, 2020
Hackers are attempting to exploit multiple vulnerabilities in the Discount Rules for WooCommerce WordPress plugin, which has 30,000+ installations. Researchers from security firm WebArx reported that Hackers are actively attempting to exploit numerous flaws in the Discount Rules for WooCommerce WordPress plugin. The list of vulnerabilities includes SQL injection, authorization flaws, and unauthenticated stored cross-site scripting (XSS) security vulnerabilities. Discount […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 22, 2020
Freepik, one of the most popular online graphic resources sites online has disclosed a security breach that impacted 8.3 Million users. Freepik, the popular website that provides high-quality free photos and design graphics, has disclosed a major security breach that impacted 8.3 Million users. Freepik says that hackers were able to steal emails and password hashes for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 22, 2020
The FBI and CISA issued a joint alert to warn teleworkers of an ongoing vishing campaign targeting entities from multiple US sectors. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a joint security advisory to warn teleworkers of an ongoing vishing campaign targeting organizations from multiple US industry industries. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 21, 2020
Experts at threat intelligence firm Cyble came across a post published by Maze ransomware operators claiming to have breached the steel sheet giant Hoa Sen Group. During the ordinary monitoring of Deepweb and Darkweb, researchers at Cyble came across the leak disclosure post published by the Maze ransomware operators that claim the hack of the Hoa Sen […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 21, 2020
Mozilla has expanded its bug bounty program including rewards for bypass methods for the exploit mitigations and security features in Firefox. Mozilla announced this week that it has expanded its bug bounty program with a new category that focuses on bypass methods for the exploit mitigations, security features, and defense-in-depth measures implemented in the Firefox […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 21, 2020
The University of Utah admitted to have paid a $457,059 ransom in order to avoid having ransomware operators leak student information online. The University of Utah admitted having paid a $457,059 ransom after the ransomware attack that took place on July 19, 2020, that infected systems on the network of the university’s College of Social […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 21, 2020
Microsoft released an Out-of-Band security update to address privilege escalation flaws in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 systems. Microsoft released this week an out-of-band security update for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 systems that address two privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Windows Remote Access. Both vulnerabilities were addressed by Microsoft in August, […]
