Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2021
Google addressed the eleventh Chrome zero-day flaw this year

Google released a Chrome emergency update for Windows, Mac, and Linux that addresses a high-severity zero-day flaw exploited in the wild. Google has released Chrome 94.0.4606.61 for Windows, Mac, and Linux that addresses a high-severity zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2021-37973) exploited in the wild. An attacker can exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code on systems running vulnerable Chrome versions. This vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2021
Researcher released PoC exploit code for 3 iOS zero-day issues

Researcher release PoC exploit code for three iOS zero-day flaws after Apple delayed addressing them and did not credit him. An unknown researcher publicly released on GitHub proof-of-concept exploit code for three iOS zero-day vulnerabilities and one flaw addressed by Apple in July. The experts discovered the four zero-day issues between March 10 and May […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2021
3.8 billion Clubhouse and Facebook user records allegedly scraped and merged, put for sale online

A user on a popular hacker forum is selling a database that purportedly contains 3.8 billion Clubhouse and Facebook user records. Original Post @CyberNews https://cybernews.com/security/3-8-billion-allegedly-scraped-and-merged-clubhouse-and-facebook-user-records-put-for-sale-online/ A user on a popular hacker forum is selling a database that purportedly contains 3.8 billion user records. The database was allegedly compiled by combining 3.8 billion phone numbers from […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2021
New FamousSparrow APT group used ProxyLogon exploits in its attacks

Researchers spotted a new cyberespionage group, dubbed FamousSparrow, that used ProxyLogon exploits to target hotels worldwide. Researchers from ESET discovered a new cyberespionage group, tracked as FamousSparrow, that has been targeting hotels worldwide around the world since at least 2019. The group also hit higher-profile targets such as law firms, governments, and private companies worldwide. According […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2021
A bug in Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover feature leaks +372K of domain credentials

A flaw in the Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover feature can be exploited to harvest Windows domain and app credentials. Security researchers from Guardicore discovered a flaw in the Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover feature that can be exploited to harvest Windows domain and app credentials from users worldwide. The Microsoft Autodiscover protocol feature of Exchange email servers provides an […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2021
CVE-2021-40847 flaw in Netgear SOHO routers could allow remote code execution

CVE-2021-40847 flaw in Netgear SOHO routers could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code as root. Security experts from consulting firm GRIMM have discovered a vulnerability in Small Offices/Home Offices (SOHO) Netgear routers that could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code as root The flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-40847, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2021
Hikvision cameras could be remotely hacked due to critical flaw

A critical issue, tracked as CVE-2021-36260, affects more than 70 Hikvision device models and can allow attackers to take over them. A critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-36260, affects more than 70 Hikvision camera and NVR models and can allow attackers to take over the devices. The vulnerability is an unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2021
Flaws in Nagios Network Management systems pose risk to companies

Researchers found multiple flaws in widely used network management products from Nagios that pose serious risk to organizations. Researchers from industrial cybersecurity firm Claroty have discovered eleven vulnerabilities in widely used network management products from Nagios. Nagios XI provides monitoring of all mission-critical infrastructure components including applications, services, operating systems, network protocols, systems metrics, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2021
A zero-day flaw allows to run arbitrary commands on macOS systems

Security researchers disclosed a new zero-day flaw in Apple’s macOS Finder that can allow attackers to run arbitrary commands on Macs. Independent security researcher Park Minchan disclosed a zero-day vulnerability in Apple’s macOS Finder that can be exploited by attackers to run arbitrary commands on Mac systems running any macOS version. The flaw is due […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2021
Apache OpenOffice is currently impacted by a remote code execution flaw

Apache OpenOffice (AOO) is currently impacted by a remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-33035, that has yet to be fixed in the official release. Security researcher Eugene Lim (@spaceraccoonsec) recently revealed technical details about a remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-33035, (CVE-2021-33035) that impacts OpenOffice (AOO). The experts disclosed the flaw at HackerOne’s […]