Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2022
Threat actors leverage Microsoft Teams to spread malware

Attackers compromise Microsoft Teams accounts to attach malicious executables to chat and spread them to participants in the conversation. While the popularity of Microsoft Teams continues to grow, with roughly 270 million monthly active users, threat actors started using it as an attack vector. Starting in January 2022, security researchers from Avanan observed attackers compromising […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2022
Specially crafted emails could crash Cisco ESA devices

Cisco warns of a DoS issue affecting its Email Security Appliance (ESA) product that could be exploited using specially crafted emails. Cisco ESA products are affected by a DoS vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-20653, that resides in the DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE) email verification component of Cisco AsyncOS Software for ESA. A remote, unauthenticated attacker […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2022
European Data Protection Supervisor call for bans on surveillance spyware like Pegasus

The European Data Protection Supervisor authority called for a ban on the development and the use of Pegasus-like commercial spyware. The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) authority this week called for a ban on the development and the use of surveillance software like the Pegasus spyware in the EU. Pegasus is a surveillance malware developed by […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2022
Nation-state actors hacked Red Cross exploiting a Zoho bug

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said attackers that breached its network last month exploited a Zoho bug. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) revealed that the attack that breached its network in January was conducted by a nation-state actor that exploited a Zoho vulnerability. In January, a cyberattack on a […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2022
Russia-linked threat actors breached US cleared defense contractors (CDCs)

Russia-linked threat actors have breached the network of U.S. cleared defense contractors (CDCs) since at least January 2020. According to a joint alert published by the FBI, NSA, and CISA, Russia-linked threat actors conducted a cyber espionage campaign aimed at US cleared defense contractors to steal sensitive info related to intelligence programs and capabilities. CDCs […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2022
Experts disclose details of Apache Cassandra DB RCE

Researchers disclose a now-patched remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Apache Cassandra database software. JFrog researchers publicly disclosed details of a now-patched high-severity security vulnerability (CVE-2021-44521) in Apache Cassandra database software that could be exploited by remote attackers to achieve code execution on affected installations. Apache Cassandra is an open-source NoSQL distributed database used […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2022
CISA added 9 new flaws to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, including Magento e Chrome bugs

The U.S. CISA added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog another 9 security flaws actively exploited in the wild. US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added nine new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, including two recently patched zero-day issues affecting Adobe Commerce/Magento Open Source and Google Chrome. CISA orders all Federal Civilian Executive […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2022
VMware fixes flaws demonstrated at Chinese Tianfu Cup hacking contest

VMware addressed several high-severity flaws that were disclosed during China’s Tianfu Cup hacking contest. VMware addressed several high-severity vulnerabilities that were demonstrated by Kunlun Lab team during China’s Tianfu Cup 2021 hacking contest. The vulnerabilities impact VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. Below is the list published by the virtualization giant: CVE-2021-22040 – VMware ESXi, Workstation, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 15, 2022
Ukraine: Military defense agencies and banks hit by cyberattacks

Ukraine ‘s defense agencies and two state-owned banks were hit by Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. The Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of Ukraine and state-owned banks, Privatbank (Ukraine’s largest bank) and Oschadbank were hit by Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. The website of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has been taken down by the wave of […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 15, 2022
QNAP extends security Updates for some EOL devices

Taiwanese vendor QNAP extended the security update window for some devices that have reached end-of-life (EOL). Taiwanese vendor QNAP extended the security update for some devices that have reached end-of-life (EOL) years ago. The company decided to extend until October this year the security updates for some models that have reached EOL, the decision aims […]