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Pierluigi Paganini December 27, 2018
Thousands of BevMo customers impacted in payment card breach

BevMo, the wine and liquor store, is warning customers of payment card breach and reported the incident to the authorities. The wine and liquor store BevMo suffered a payment card breach, a hacker stole credit card numbers and other information from more than 14,000 customers who purchased goods on the website. The company has notified […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 27, 2018
Android Pie introduces important security and privacy enhancements

The latest version of Google OS, Android Pie, implements significant enhancements for cybersecurity, including a stronger encryption and authentication. Google experts worked on OS hardening and the implementation of anti-exploitation mechanisms with a great attention to the user privacy. The tech giant updated the File-Based Encryption implementing the support for external storage media, it also […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 27, 2018
Hackers infect Linux servers with JungleSec Ransomware via IPMI Remote console

Since November, a new ransomware called JungleSec has been infecting servers through unsecured IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) cards. Security experts at BleepingComputer wrote about a new ransomware called JungleSec that is infecting victims through unsecured IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) cards. The ransomware was first observed early November. The IPMI is a set of computer interface […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 26, 2018
Experts discovered a critical bug in Schneider Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

A critical vulnerability affects Schneider Electric electric vehicle charging stations, the EVLink Parking systems. EVlink Parking charging solutions are usually in parking environments, including offices, hotels, supermarkets, fleets, and municipals. According to the company, the issue is tied to a hard-coded credential bug that could be exploited by attackers to gain access to the system. […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 26, 2018
Hackers target financial firms hosting malicious payloads on Google Cloud Storage

Researchers at Menlo Labs uncovered a malicious email campaign targeting employees of banks and financial services companies abusing Google Cloud Storage. The campaign targeted organizations in the US and the UK, the attackers have been abusing Google Cloud Storage to deliver payload. The spam campaign uses messages including links that point to archivefiles such as .zip or .gz. Attackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 25, 2018
Hackers launched phishing attacks aimed at bypassing Gmail, Yahoo 2FA at scale

Amnesty International warns of threat actors that are launching phishing attacks aimed at bypassing Gmail, Yahoo 2FA at scale Amnesty International published a report that details how threat actors are able to bypass 2FA authentication that leverages text message as a second factor. Attackers are using this tactic to break into Gmail and Yahoo accounts […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 25, 2018
Over 19,000 Orange Livebox ADSL modems leak WiFi credentials

Threat actors are attempting to exploit a flaw in Orange LiveBox ADSL modems to retrieve their SSID and WiFi password in plaintext. Threat actors in the wild are attempting to exploit a vulnerability in LiveBox ADSL modems from Orange, the issue could be triggered to retrieve their SSID and WiFi password in plaintext by simply […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 24, 2018
Experts disclosed an unpatched Kernel buffer overflow in Trusteer Rapport for MacOS

Researchers from Trustwave SpiderLabs discovered an unpatched kernel-level vulnerability in driver used by IBM Trusteer Rapport endpoint security tool. The issue affects endpoint security tool for MacOS, IBM released a patch but failed to address the vulnerability within the 120-day disclosure deadline. The IBM Trusteer Rapport endpoint security tool is a lightweight software component that […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 24, 2018
Hacking the Twinkly IoT Christmas lights

Security researchers discovered some flaws in the Twinkly IoT lights that could be exploited display custom lighting effects and to remotely turn off them. Security researchers from MWR InfoSecurity have discovered some flaws in the Twinkly IoT lights that could be exploited to display custom lighting effects and to remotely turn off their Christmas brilliance. […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 24, 2018
Information Disclosure flaw allows attackers to find Huawei routers with default credentials

Some models of Huawei routers are affected by a flaw that could be exploited by attackers to determine whether the devices have default credentials or not. Ankit Anubhav, a principal researcher at NewSky Security, discovered a vulnerability in some models of Huawei routers that could be exploited by attackers to determine whether the devices have […]