Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini December 06, 2021
Magnat malvertising campaigns spreads malicious Chrome extensions, backdoors and info stealers

Experts spotted a series of malvertising campaigns using fake installers of popular apps and games to deliver a backdoor and a malicious Chrome extension. Talos researchers spotted a series of malvertising campaigns using fake installers of popular apps and games as a lure to trick users into downloading a new backdoor and an undocumented malicious […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 05, 2021
Hundreds of vulnerabilities in common Wi-Fi routers affect millions of users

Researchers discovered a total of 226 potential security vulnerabilities in nine Wi-Fi popular routers from known manufacturers. Security researchers and editors with the German IT magazine CHIP have discovered 226 potential security defects in nine Wi-Fi routers from known manufacturers (Asus, AVM, D-Link, Netgear, Edimax, TP-Link, Synology, and Linksys). Millions of users are potentially impacted […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 05, 2021
German BSI agency warns of ransomware attacks over Christmas holidays

German BSI warns of ransomware attacks over the Christmas and end-of-year holidays, fearing Emotet return and attacks on Microsoft Exchange servers. The German cybersecurity authority BSI warns of ransomware attacks over the Christmas holidays, fearing the return of the Emotet botnet return. During this period offices are often closed and employees are at home, for […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 03, 2021
NSO Group spyware used to compromise iPhones of 9 US State Dept officials

Apple warns that the mobile devices of at least nine US Department of State employees were compromised with NSO Group ‘s Pegasus spyware. The iPhones of at least nine US state department officials were compromised with the NSO Group’s spyware Pegasus. The US officials targeted by the surveillance software were either based in Uganda or focused […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 03, 2021
KAX17 threat actor is attempting to deanonymize Tor users running thousands of rogue relays

Since 2017, an unknown threat actor has run thousands of malicious Tor relay servers in the attempt to unmask Tor users. A mysterious threat actor, tracked as KAX17, has run thousands of malicious Tor relay servers since 2017 in an attempt to deanonymize Tor users. KAX17 ran relay servers in various positions within the Tor […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 03, 2021
Threat actors stole $120 M in crypto from BadgerDAO DeFi platform

Threat actors stole $120 million in cryptocurrencies from multiple wallets connected to the decentralized finance platform BadgerDAO. Threat actors this week have hacked the decentralized finance platform BadgerDAO and have stolen $120.3 million in crypto funds, blockchain security firm PeckShield reported. Most of the stolen funds, over $117 million, were Bitcoin, while the rest of […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 02, 2021
CISA adds Zoho, Apache, Qualcomm, Mikrotik flaws to the list of actively exploited issues

U.S. CISA urges to address vulnerabilities Qualcomm, Mikrotik, Zoho and the Apache Software Foundation software. U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has updated its catalog of actively exploited vulnerabilities recommending federal agencies to address the flaws in Qualcomm, Mikrotik, Zoho and the Apache Software Foundation software within specific timeframes and deadlines. CISA also warns of […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 01, 2021
New RTF Template Inject technique used by APT groups in recent attacks

Nation-state actors from China, India, and Russia, were spotted using a novel RTF template injection technique in recent attacks. APT groups from China, India, and Russia have used a new RTF (rich text format) template injection technique in recent phishing attacks. The technique was first reported by the security firm Proofpoint spotted which observed phishing […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 30, 2021
Play the Opera Please – Opera patches a flaw in their turbo servers

Opera released a mini patch for a vulnerability in their turbo servers that dates back to 2018. Prior approval are taken from Opera security team before disclosing this issue! Before we get started there are few things which we need to understand such as, Value added service (VAS): Value added services (VAS) is a popular telecommunications […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 30, 2021
Critical Printing Shellz flaws impact 150 HP multifunction printer models

Researchers discovered a critical wormable buffer overflow vulnerability that affects 150 different HP multifunction printer models (MFPs). Cybersecurity researchers from F-Secure have discovered two critical vulnerabilities, collectively tracked as Printing Shellz, that impact approximately 150 multifunction printer models. The vulnerabilities can be exploited by attackers to take control of vulnerable devices and steal sensitive information, […]