Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini May 17, 2021
Expert released PoC exploit code for Windows CVE-2021-31166 bug

A security researcher has published a working proof-of-concept exploit code for a wormable Windows IIS server vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-31166. Microsoft Patch Tuesday for May 2021 security updates addressed 55 vulnerabilities in Microsoft including a critical HTTP Protocol Stack Remote Code Execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-31166. The flaw could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker by […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2021
QNAP warns of eCh0raix ransomware and Roon Server zero-day attacks

QNAP warns of an actively exploited Roon Server zero-day flaw and eCh0raix ransomware attacks on its NAS devices. QNAP warns customers of threat actors that are targeting its Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices with eCh0raix ransomware attacks and exploiting a Roon Server zero-day vulnerability. The Taiwanese vendor was informed of ongoing eCh0raix ransomware attacks that […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 14, 2021
Magecart gang hides PHP-based web shells in favicons

Magecart cybercrime gang is using favicon to hide malicious PHP web shells used to maintain remote access to inject JavaScript skimmers into online stores. Magecart hackers are distributing malicious PHP web shells hidden in website favicon to inject JavaScript e-skimmers into online stores and steal payment information. Researchers from Malwarebytes observed threat actors, likely Magecart […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2021
FragAttacks vulnerabilities expose all WiFi devices to hack

Security researcher discovered a series of flaws, collectively tracked as FragAttacks, that impact the WiFi devices sold for the past 24 years. Belgian security researcher Mathy Vanhoef disclosed the details of a multiple vulnerabilities, tracked as FragAttacks, that affect WiFi devices exposed them to remote attacks. Some the flaws discovered by the experts date back as […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2021
Maybe don’t call Saul? Over 30,000 VoIP devices identifiable worldwide, some with suspected vulnerabilities

Thousands of public-facing devices can be accessed anywhere in the world, from the US to Russia, from London to Johannesburg. Our research shows that large and small manufacturers are identifiable, with Aastra-Mitel topping the list. As with many inventions of the 20th century, the internet has drastically changed using the phone. Once a vital necessity […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 11, 2021
Researcher hacked Apple AirTag two weeks after its launch

Apple AirTag has been launched less than two weeks ago, but a security researcher already claims to have hacked them.  The Apple AirTag has been available for just a couple of weeks and hacking community is already working on it to demonstrate that how to compromise it. “The German security researcher Stack Smashing tweeted today (via The 8-bit) that […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2021
SQL injection issue in Anti-Spam WordPress Plugin exposes User Data

‘Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk’ anti-spam WordPress plugin could expose user sensitive data to an unauthenticated attacker. A Time-Based Blind SQL Injection in ‘Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk’ WordPress plugin, tracked as CVE-2021-24295, could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to access user data. The flaw could be exploited by an attack to […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2021
TsuNAME flaw exposes DNS servers to DDoS attacks

A flaw in some DNS resolvers, tracked as TsuNAME, can allow attackers to launch DDoS attacks against authoritative DNS servers. Researchers at SIDN Labs (the R&D team of the registry for .nl domains), InternetNZ (the registry for .nz domains), and the Information Science Institute at the University of Southern California has discovered a vulnerability, named […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2021
A cyberattack shutdown US Colonial Pipeline

A cyberattack forced the shutdown of one of the largest pipelines in the United States, the Colonial Pipeline facility in Pelham, Alabama. The Colonial Pipeline facility in Pelham, Alabama was hit by a cybersecurity attack, its operators were forced to shut down its systems. The pipeline allows carrying 2.5 million barrels of refined gasoline and […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2021
[Full-Disclosure] HideezKey 2 FAIL: How a good idea turns into a SPF (Security Product Failure)

HideezKey- This is a deep-dive into a nice concept for a security token & password manager that turned into a horrible product due to lack of proper R&D and Threat Modeling. Prologue: After my first success in bypassing APPROTECT readout protection of the NRF52-based Slok smartlock with #PocketGlitcher (i.e. video below), I started looking around […]