Pierluigi Paganini
September 13, 2017
This month, Adobe has patched only two vulnerabilities in Flash Player, both are critical issues that could be exploited for remote code execution. The vulnerabilities are tracked as CVE-2017-11281 and CVE-2017-11282, they were discovered by Mateusz Jurczyk and Natalie Silvanovich of Google Project Zero. Both vulnerabilities are caused by memory corruption issues and affect the Flash Player […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 12, 2017
Billions of mobile, desktop and IoT devices that use Bluetooth may be exposed to a new stealthy remote attack dubbed BlueBorne attack. Billions of mobile, desktop and IoT devices that use Bluetooth may be exposed to a new remote attack, even without any user interaction and pairing. The unique condition for BlueBorne attacks is that targeted devices […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 12, 2017
Brute Force Attack Report – This article is going to cover an attack we have had on a new network from the second it was connected to the internet. Instantly we were collecting data showing the determination of people trying to gain ârootâ access to our Server. Our data shows us that on the 21/August/2017 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 12, 2017
MongoDB company implements new data security features in response to the recent wave of ransom attacks that hit installations worldwide. You have to admit that the bad actors are very good at leveraging a vulnerability into a lucrative opportunity. The latest example comes from MongoDB,  a popular, open source database commonly deployed for big data applications on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 12, 2017
The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has issued a âŹ1.2 Million fine against Facebook for violating data protection regulations. Other privacy problems for the tech giant Facebook, the company has been fined for a series of privacy violations in Spain. The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has issued a âŹ1.2 Million fine against Facebook for violating data protection regulations. According […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 11, 2017
The security researcher Pierre Kim has discovered ten critical zero-day vulnerabilities in D-Link DIR 850L routers and invites users to stop using them. The security researcher Pierre Kim has discovered ten critical zero-day vulnerabilities in routers from networking equipment manufacturer D-Link that open owners to cyber attacks. The flawed devices are the D-Link DIR 850L wireless AC1200 dual-band […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 11, 2017
Media and experts speculate Equifax Hack was the result of the exploitation of the recently discovered critical vulnerability CVE-2017-9805 in Apache Struts. Last week Equifax reported a huge data breach, hackers accessed its systems between mid-May and late July. The incident affected roughly 143 million U.S. consumers and some customers in the U.K. and Canada. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 11, 2017
The US-CERT is warning of hackers can remotely access Smiths Medical Syringe Infusion Pumps to control them and kill patients. IoT devices continue to enlarge our surface of attack, and in some cases, their lack of security can put our lives in danger. Let’s thinks for example of medical devices that could be hacked by attackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 11, 2017
Google just fixed a high-severity Android vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-0752, that ties with the Toast Overlay attacks. Security researchers with Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, warned of a high-severity Android vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-0752, that ties with the âtoast attackâ overlay vulnerability. The experts reported that it is possible to abuse Androidâs toast notification, a feature […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 10, 2017
Crooks are abusing Facebook CDN servers to deliver malware and evading detection exploiting the trust in the CDN network of the social networking giant. Crooks are abusing Facebook CDN (Content Delivery Network)Â servers to store malware and to deliver it evading detection exploiting the trust in the CDN network of the social network giant. Researchers from […]
