Pierluigi Paganini
November 06, 2019
Google experts found a flaw, tracked as CVE-2019-18408, in the compression library libarchive could lead to arbitrary code execution. Google experts found a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-18408, in the compression library libarchive could be exploited to execute arbitrary code. The libarchive library is a multi-format archive and compression library that implements a single interface for reading/writing various compression formats. Several […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 06, 2019
Hackers compromised a network of ‘camgirl’ sites and exposed data belonging to millions of users and sex workers. Hackers compromised several ‘camgirl‘ sites and have exposed millions of sex workers and users. All the sites were run by the Spanish company VTS Media that left the back-end database unprotected online. The unprotected database was discovered […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 06, 2019
Facebook disclosed a new security incident, the social network giant admitted that app developers may have accessed its group users’ data. Facebook disclosed another security incident, the company revealed that roughly 100 app developers may have improperly accessed users’ data in certain Facebook groups. Let’s understand how it is possible. The company explained that before […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 06, 2019
Another organization in the healthcare industry was a victim of a Ransomware attack, this time the victim is Brooklyn Hospital. A ransomware attack has infected several computer systems at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York, the organization permanently lost patient data. The patient records encrypted in the attack include names and certain dental or […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 05, 2019
The #FifthOfNovember has arrived, the Italian branch of Anonymous and LulzSecITA hacked websites of professional orders, prefecture of Naples, and also the telephone operator Lyca Mobile. The Million Mask March, also known as “Operation Vendetta” is a worldwide, annual protest associated with the hacktivist group Anonymous occurring annually on Guy Fawkes Day, the 5th of November. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 05, 2019
Kaspersky discovered a previously unknown APT group, tracked as DarkUniverse, by analyzing Shadow Brokers’ “Lost in Translation” data dump. In 2017, a hacker group known as the Shadow Brokers stolen malware and hacking tools from the arsenal of the NSA-Linked Equation Group, then it published online the data dump called “Lost in Translation.” The dump […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 05, 2019
A ransomware attack disrupted IT operations in the territory of Nunavut (Canada), all government services requiring access to electronic data were impacted. A ransomware attack disrupted IT operations in the remote Canadian territory of Nunavut, all government services requiring access to electronic information were impacted. The territory is extended over more than 1.9 million square […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 05, 2019
Experts demonstrated that is possible to hack smart voice assistants like Siri and Alexa using a lasers beam to send them inaudible commands. Researchers with the University of Michigan and the University of Electro-Communications (Tokyo) have devised a new technique, dubbed “light commands,” to remotely hack Alexa and Siri smart speakers using a laser light […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 05, 2019
Researchers found serious flaws in Investintech’s Able2Extract Professional tool that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code using specially crafted image files. The Able2Extract Professional has over 250,000 licensed users across 135 countries, it allows them to view, convert and edit PDF files. Cisco Talos experts discovered two high-severity memory corruption vulnerabilities that can be […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2019
NTT DATA-owned firm Everis is one of Spain’s largest managed service providers (MSP), it has suffered a ransomware attack, and it was not the only case. Systems at Spain’s largest managed service providers (MSP) Everis have been infected by a ransomware, and it was not alone because the also Spain’s largest radio station Cadena SER […]
