Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini August 23, 2023
TP-Link Tapo L530E smart bulb flaws allow hackers to steal user passwords

Four vulnerabilities in the TP-Link Tapo L530E smart bulb and impacting the mobile app used to control them expose users to hack. Researchers from the University of Catania (Italy) and the University of London (UK) have discovered four vulnerabilities impacting the TP-Link Tapo L530E smart bulb and the mobile app TP-Link’s Tapo app, which could […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2023
A cyber attack hit the Australian software provider Energy One

The Australian software provider Energy One announced it was hit by a cyberattack last week that affected certain corporate systems in Australia and the UK. The Australian software provider Energy One announced that a cyberattack hit certain corporate systems in Australia and the UK last week. Energy One is a global supplier of software products […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 22, 2023
Ivanti fixed a new critical Sentry API authentication bypass flaw

Ivanti warned customers of a new critical Sentry API authentication bypass vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-38035. The software company Ivanti released urgent security patches to address a critical-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-38035 (CVSS score 9.8), in the Ivanti Sentry (formerly MobileIron Sentry) product. The vulnerability could be exploited to access sensitive API data and configurations, run […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2023
BlackCat ransomware group claims the hack of Seiko network

The BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware group claims to have hacked the Japanese maker of watches Seiko and added the company to its data leak site. On August 10, 2023, the Japanese maker of watches Seiko disclosed a data breach following a cyber attack. “Seiko Group Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “the Company” or “we”) has confirmed that […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2023
Spoofing an Apple device and tricking users into sharing sensitive data

White hat hackers at the recent hacking conference Def Con demonstrated how to spoof an Apple device and trick users into sharing their sensitive data. At the recent Def Con hacking conference, white hat hackers demonstrated how to spoof an Apple device and trick users into sharing their sensitive data. As reported by Techcrunch, attendees […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2023
N. Korean Kimsuky APT targets S. Korea-US military exercises

North Korea-linked APT Kimsuky launched a spear-phishing campaign targeting US contractors working at the war simulation centre. North Korea-linked APT group Kimsuky carried out a spear-phishing campaign against US contractors involved in a joint U.S.-South Korea military exercise. The news was reported by the South Korean police on Sunday, the law enforcement also added that […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2023
WinRAR flaw enables remote code execution of arbitrary code

A flaw impacting the file archiver utility for Windows WinRAR can allow the execution of commands on a computer by opening an archive. WinRAR is a popular file compression and archival utility for Windows operating systems. The utility is affected by a now-fixed high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-40477 (CVSS score 7.8), that can allow remote […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2023
#OpFukushima: Anonymous group protests against the plan to dump Fukushima RADIOACTIVE wastewater into Pacific

#OpFukushima: The famous collective Anonymous has launched cyberattacks against Japan nuclear websites over Fukushima water plan. The hacker collective Anonymous has launched cyberattacks against nuclear power-linked groups in Japan as part of an operation called #OpFukushima. The campaign was launched to protest against the Government’s plan to release the treated radioactive water from the Fukushima […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2023
Bronze Starlight targets the Southeast Asian gambling sector

Experts warn of an ongoing campaign attributed to China-linked Bronze Starlight that is targeting the Southeast Asian gambling sector. SentinelOne observed China-linked APT group Bronze Starlight (aka APT10, Emperor Dragonfly or Storm-0401) targeting the gambling sector within Southeast Asia. The malware and infrastructure employed in the campaign are linked to the ones observed in Operation ChattyGoblin attributed by the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2023
APT29 is targeting Ministries of Foreign Affairs of NATO-aligned countries

Russia-linked APT29 used the Zulip Chat App in attacks aimed at ministries of foreign affairs of NATO-aligned countries EclecticIQ researchers uncovered an ongoing spear-phishing campaign conducted by Russia-linked threat actors targeting Ministries of Foreign Affairs of NATO-aligned countries. The experts detected two PDF files masqueraded as coming from the German embassy and that contained two […]