Pierluigi Paganini
March 16, 2018
News of the day is that the Mossack Fonseca law firm would shut down operations due to the reputational damage caused by the Panama Papers security breach. The Panama Papers is a huge trove of strictly confidential documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca that was leaked online on April 3, 2016. The Panama Leaks were acquired […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 16, 2018
Security experts at ERPScan explained that chaining 2 flaws recently patched it is possible to hack SAP CRM systems and access sensitive data. Security experts at ERPScan discovered that chaining the exploits for two security vulnerabilities in SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java patched last month, an attacker can hack customer relationship management (CRM) systems. CRMs are […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 15, 2018
RottenSys – A Chinese crime ring is building a huge botnet that is already composed of nearly 5 million Android device. Researchers at Check Point discovered attackers infecting the device with a strain of malware dubbed RottenSys that aggressively display ads on victims’ devices. “The Check Point Mobile Security Team has discovered a new widespread malware family […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 15, 2018
The website VPNMentor discovered that IP leak issues in three major VPN vendors, only Hotspot Shield VPN promptly fixed it. The website VPNMentor decided to hire a group of hackers to test popular virtual private networks (VPN) for vulnerabilities that can pose risk for the users. The results of the tests revealed that the solutions evaluated by the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 15, 2018
Qrypter RAT hits 243 organizations worldwide in February 2018, its popularity in the cybercrime ecosystem continues to increase. A new strain of remote access Trojan dubbed Qrypter RAT (aka Qarallax, Quaverse, QRAT, and Qontroller) hit hundreds of organizations worldwide. The malware was spotted by security firm Forcepoint, it has been around for a couple of years, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 15, 2018
Researchers presented findings on a new strain of point-of-sale malware, dubbed PinkKite, that was spotted by security experts at Kroll Cyber Security. A new strain of point-of-sale malware, dubbed PinkKite, was spotted by security experts at Kroll Cyber Security. PinkKite was first discovered in 2017 while the experts were instigating into a large POS malware campaign. PinkKite […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2018
Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for March 2018 – Microsoft released security updates for 75 security flaws, 14 of them listed as Critical and 61 are rated Important in severity. Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for March 2018 address 75 vulnerabilities, all the critical flaws fixed this month affect the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers. Most of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2018
The OceanLotus APT group, also known as APT32 and APT-C-00, has been using a new backdoor in recently observed attacks. The OceanLotus Group has been active since at least 2013, according to the experts it is a state-sponsored hacking group linked to Vietnam, most of them in Vietnam, the Philippines, Laos, and Cambodia. The hackers targeting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2018
Security researchers at Israel-based CTS-Labs have discovered 13 critical vulnerabilities and exploitable backdoors in various AMD chips. The flaws could be potentially exploited to steal sensitive data, install malicious code on AMD-based systems, and gain full access to the compromised systems. The flaws expose servers, workstations, and laptops running vulnerable AMD Ryzen, Ryzen Pro, Ryzen Mobile or […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 13, 2018
Security experts at firm Preempt Security discovered a critical vulnerability in Credential Security Support Provider protocol (CredSSP) that affects all versions of Windows to date. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2018-0886, could be used by a remote attacker to exploit RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) and Windows Remote Management (WinRM) to steal data and run malicious code. The vulnerability is […]
