Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2021
WiFiDemon – Recently discovered iPhone Wi-Fi bug could also allow RCE

A recently discovered iPhone Wi-Fi bug that could crash the WiFi connectivity could be exploited by attackers to achieve remote code execution. In June, the researcher Carl Schou discovered a new bug in iPhone that can permanently break users’ WiFi by disabling it, the issue could be triggered by simply connecting to a rogue hotspot.  Once an […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2021
US DoJ indicts four members of China-linked APT40 cyberespionage group

US DoJ indicted four members of the China-linked cyberespionage group known as APT40 for hacking various entities between 2011 and 2018. The U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) indicted four members of the China-linked cyber espionage group APT40 (aka TEMP.Periscope, TEMP.Jumper, and Leviathan) for hacking tens of government organizations, private businesses and universities around the world between 2011 and 2018. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2021
Threat actor claims to have stolen 1 TB of data belonging to Saudi Aramco

A hacker claims to have stolen 1 TB of sensitive data from the Saudi Arabian petroleum and natural gas giant, Saudi Aramco. Threat actors that goes online with the moniker ZeroX  claim to have stolen 1 TB of sensitive data from the Saudi Arabian petroleum and natural gas giant end it is offering for sale […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2021
Pegasus Project – how governments use Pegasus spyware against journalists

Pegasus Project investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware. Pegasus Project is the name of a large-scale investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets that revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware. Pegasus is a surveillance malware developed by […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2021
Experts show how to bypass Windows Hello feature to login on Windows 10 PCs

Security researchers demonstrated how to bypass the Windows Hello facial recognition that is used in Windows 10 as a login mechanism. Security researchers at CyberArk Labs discovered a security bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-34466, affecting the Windows Hello facial authentication process, An attacker could exploit the vulnerability to login systems running the Windows 10 OS. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2021
Chinese government issues new vulnerability disclosure regulations

Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued new vulnerability disclosure regulations that oblige experts to report zero-days to the government. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has issued a new exacerbated vulnerability disclosure regulation that requires white hat hackers uncovering critical zero-day flaws in computer systems to first report them to the government authorities within two […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2021
D-Link issues beta hotfix for multiple flaws in DIR-3040 routers

Network equipment vendor D-Link has released a firmware hotfix to fix multiple vulnerabilities in the DIR-3040 AC3000-based wireless internet router. Network equipment vendor D-Link has released a firmware hotfix to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting the DIR-3040 AC3000-based wireless internet router. An attacker could exploit the flaws to execute arbitrary code on unpatched routers, crash the devices, or gain access […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2021
Exploit broker Zerodium is looking for VMware vCenter Server exploits

Zero-day exploit broker Zerodium is looking for 0day exploits for the VMware vCenter Server Zero-day exploit broker Zerodium announced it is looking for zero-day exploits for VMware vCenter Server. vCenter Server is the centralized management utility for VMware, and is used to manage virtual machines, multiple ESXi hosts, and all dependent components from a single centralized location. The company will […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2021
Google: four zero-day flaws have been exploited in the wild

Google security experts revealed that Russia-linked APT group targeted LinkedIn users with Safari zero-day. Security researchers from Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Google Project Zero revealed that four zero-day vulnerabilities have been exploited in the wild earlier this year. The four security flaws were discovered earlier this year and affect Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and WebKit browser […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2021
China-linked LuminousMoth APT targets entities from Southeast Asia

LuminousMoth: Kaspersky uncovered an ongoing and large-scale APT campaign that targeted government entities in Southeast Asia, including Myanmar and the Philippines. Kaspersky experts uncovered an ongoing and large-scale cyber espionage campaign, tracked as LuminousMoth, aimed at government entities from Southeast Asia, including Myanmar and the Philippines government entities. The LuminousMoth campaign has been linked by […]