Pierluigi Paganini
September 11, 2020
Experts reported threat actors are increasingly targeting a recently addressed vulnerability in the WordPress plugin File Manager. Researchers from WordPress security company Defiant observed a surge in the number of attacks targeting a recently addressed vulnerability in the WordPress plugin File Manager. In early September, experts reported that hackers were actively exploiting a critical remote […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 11, 2020
The Iranian government denies Microsoft’s allegations related to the alleged attacks against individuals involved in the upcoming 2020 US presidential election. Microsoft announced to have detected a new wave of attacks carried out by Chinese, Iranian, and Russian state-sponsored hackers against the US election. Threat actors had tried to compromise email accounts belonging to people […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 11, 2020
Boffins devised a new timing attack, dubbed Raccoon that could be exploited by threat actors to decrypt TLS-protected communications. Security researchers from universities in Germany and Israel have disclosed the details of a new timing attack, dubbed Raccoon, that could allow malicious actors to decrypt TLS-protected communications. The timing vulnerability resides in the Transport Layer […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 11, 2020
Microsoft reveals that state-sponsored hackers had tried to breach email accounts belonging to people involved in the US election. Microsoft announced to have detected a new wave of attacks carried out by Chinese, Iranian, and Russian state-sponsored hackers against the US election. Threat actors had tried to compromise email accounts belonging to people associated with […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 10, 2020
Palo Alto Networks addressed critical and high-severity denial-of-service (DoS) and arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities in its PAN-OS firewall software. Palo Alto Networks has released security updates to patch critical and high-severity denial-of-service (DoS) and arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities in its PAN-OS firewall software. The most severe flaw is a buffer overflow issue can be exploited […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 10, 2020
Equinix, one of the world’s largest providers of colocation data centers and Internet connection announced it was hit by Netwalker Ransomware. Equinix, one of the leaders in the global colocation data center market share, with 205 data centers in 25 countries on five continents, was hit by Netwalker ransomware operators. The popular cybercrime gang is demanding a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 10, 2020
ESET researchers discovered a new piece of malware dubbed CDRThief targets a specific Voice over IP system to steal call data records (CDR). Security experts from ESET discovered a new piece of malware, tracked as CDRThief, that targets the Linux VoIP platform, Linknat VOS2009/3000 softswitches, to steal call data records (CDR) from telephone exchange equipment. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 10, 2020
Bluetooth 4.0 through 5.0 versions are affected by the vulnerability dubbed BLURtooth which allows hackers to defeat Bluetooth encryption. A vulnerability dubbed BLURtooth affects certain implementations of Bluetooth 4.0 through 5.0 affects âdual-modeâ Bluetooth devices, like modern smartphones. The vulnerability could be exploited by attackers to overwrite or lower the strength of the pairing key, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 10, 2020
Slovak cryptocurrency exchange ETERBASE disclosed a security breach, hackers stole cryptocurrency funds worth $5.4 million. Slovak cryptocurrency exchange ETERBASE disclosed a security breach, the hackers stole Bitcoin, Ether, ALGO, Ripple, Tezos, and TRON assets worth $5.4 million. The company disclosed the hack on Thursday, threat actors have stolen various cryptocurrencies from its hot wallets, it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 09, 2020
K-Electric, the electricity provider for the city of Karachi, Pakistan, was hit by a Netwalker ransomware attack that blocked billing and online services. K-Electric, the electricity provider for Karachi (Pakistan) is another victim of the Netwalker ransomware gang, the infection disrupted billing and online services. K-Electric (KE) (formerly known as Karachi Electric Supply Company / […]
