Pierluigi Paganini
August 17, 2022
Google addressed a dozen vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser, including the fifth Chrome zero-day flaw exploited this year. Google this week released security updates to address a dozen vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser for desktops including an actively exploited high-severity zero-day flaw in the wild. The actively exploited flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-2856, is an Insufficient validation […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 17, 2022
Researchers uncovered a new flaw, dubbed ÆPIC, in Intel CPUs that enables attackers to obtain encryption keys and other secret information from the processors. The ÆPIC Leak (CVE-2022-21233) is the first architecturally CPU bug that could lead to the disclosure of sensitive data and impacts most 10th, 11th and 12th generation Intel CPUs. ÆPIC Leak works on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 16, 2022
For about 1,900 users, Twilio hackers could have attempted to re-register their number to another device or learned that their number was registered to Signal. Communication company Twilio provides Signal with phone number verification services, and recent security breach it has suffered had also impacted some users of the popular instant-messaging app. Twilio hackers could […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 15, 2022
Microsoft disrupted a hacking operation linked conducted by Russia-linked APT SEABORGIUM aimed at NATO countries. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has disrupted activity by SEABORGIUM (aka ColdRiver, TA446), a Russia-linked threat actor that is behind a persistent hacking campaign targeting people and organizations in NATO countries. SEABORGIUM has been active since at least 2017, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 15, 2022
Researchers from threat intelligence firm Cyble reported a surge in attacks targeting virtual network computing (VNC). Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a graphical desktop-sharing system that leverages the Remote Frame Buffer (RFB) protocol to control another machine remotely. It transmits the keyboard and mouse input from one computer to another, relaying the graphical-screen updates, over a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 15, 2022
China-linked threat actors Iron Tiger backdoored a version of the cross-platform messaging app MiMi to infect systems. Trend Micro researchers uncovered a new campaign conducted by a China-linked threat actor Iron Tiger that employed a backdoored version of the cross-platform messaging app MiMi Chat App to infect Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. The Iron Tiger APT (aka Panda Emissary, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 14, 2022
Flaws in Xiaomi Redmi Note 9T and Redmi Note 11 models could be exploited to disable the mobile payment mechanism and even forge transactions. Check Point researchers discovered the flaws while analyzing the payment system built into Xiaomi smartphones powered by MediaTek chips. Trusted execution environment (TEE) is an important component of mobile devices designed to process […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 13, 2022
Russian hacker group Killnet claims to have launched a DDoS attack on the aerospace and defense giant Lockheed Martin. The Moscow Times first reported that the Pro-Russia hacker group Killnet is claiming responsibility for a recent DDoS attack that hit the aerospace and defense giant Lockheed Martin. The Killnet group also claims to have stolen […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 13, 2022
Researchers discovered a flaw in three signed third-party UEFI boot loaders that allow bypass of the UEFI Secure Boot feature. Researchers from hardware security firm Eclypsium have discovered a vulnerability in three signed third-party Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot loaders that can be exploited to bypass the UEFI Secure Boot feature. Secure Boot is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 12, 2022
Threat actors are exploiting an authentication bypass Zimbra flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-27925, to hack Zimbra Collaboration Suite email servers worldwide. An authentication bypass affecting Zimbra Collaboration Suite, tracked as CVE-2022-27925, is actively exploited to hack ZCS email servers worldwide. Zimbra is an email and collaboration platform used by more than 200,000 businesses from over 140 countries. Yesterday, August 11, CISA has […]
