Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2019
Security researchers at Emsisoft have released a new decryptor tool that allows the victims of the JSWorm 4.0 ransomware to decrypt their files for free. Thanks to the experts at Emsisoft the victims of the JSWorm 4.0 ransomware can decrypt their files for free. Like previous versions of the malware, the JSWorm 4.0 ransomware is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2019
The 3Fun dating mobile app for “curious couples & singles” exposed the location of its members and their personal details. What do you think about the privacy of dating apps? Well, users of 3Fun, a mobile app for arranging threesomes had an ugly surprise, their data were leaked online. 3Fun claims to have over 1.5 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2019
At the Blackhat cybersecurity conference, Apple has announced a few major changes to its bug bounty program that will be open to any researcher. The most striking change is related to the payout for the rewards, themaximum reward passed from $200,000 to $1 million. This is the biggest payout for a bug bounty program operated […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2019
Two researchers publicly disclosed a zero-day vulnerability that affects the popular Steam game client for Windows, 0ver 100 million users at risk. Two security experts disclosed a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Stream client for Windows that can be exploited by an attacker with limited permissions to run code administrative privileges. The issue could be exploited […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2019
Security experts at CheckPoint discovered a series of vulnerabilities in WhatsApp that could be exploited by attackers to tamper with conversations. A team of Check Point security researchers composed of Dikla Barda, Roman Zaikin, and Oded Vanunu devised three attacks that leverage the vulnerabilities in WhatsApp to tamper with conversations. The flaws could allow attackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2019
Avast spotted a new strain of Clipsa malware that is used to mine and steal cryptocurrencies along with carrying out brute-force attacks on WordPress sites. Clipsa is a malware that is well known to cyber security community is able to steal cryptocurrency via clipoard hijacking and mine cryptocurrency after installing a miner. Avast recently discovered […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2019
The American group of insurance and financial services companies State Farm disclosed a credential stuffing attack it has suffered in July. The American group of insurance and financial services companies State Farm revealed that it was the victim of a credential stuffing attack it has suffered in July. The insurance firm is notifying the impacted […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2019
Cisco has released security updates to address several vulnerabilities in Cisco Small Business 220 Series Smart Switches. Cisco released security updates to address several vulnerabilities in Cisco Small Business 220 Series Smart Switches, including two critical issues. The most important flaw, tracked as CVE-2019-1913, could be exploited by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 07, 2019
Security researcher Marco Ramilli presents a comparative analysis of attacks techniques adopted by the Iran-Linked OilRig APT group. Today I’d like to share a comparative analysis of OilRig techniques mutation over time. In particular I will refer to great analyses made by Paloalto UNIT 42 plus my own ones (HERE, HERE, HERE, etc..) and more personal thoughts. I would define this group […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 07, 2019
The operators behind the recently discovered Echobot botnet added tens of new exploits to infect a broad range of systems worldwide. In June, experts at PaloAlto Networks uncovered a new botnet, dubbed Echobot that is based on the dreaded Mirai botnet. At the time of its discovery, operators added 8 new exploits, but a few weeks later the […]
