Pierluigi Paganini
April 30, 2020
Security researchers from Check Point Research Team discovered critical vulnerabilities in three popular e-learning plugins for WordPress sites. Security researchers at Check Point Research Team are warning of recently discovered vulnerabilities in some popular online learning management system (LMS) WordPress plugins. The impact could be serious because these WordPress plugins are used for WordPress sites […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 30, 2020
The number of RDP brute-force attacks is skyrocketing in mid-March due to remote working imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab are observing a significant increase in the number of RDP brute-force attacks since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this month, researchers from Shodan reported a 41% increase in the number of RDP […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 29, 2020
Matthew Keys, a former Reuters journalist, who was sentenced to 2 years in prison for hacking attacks on California media is now charged with an attack on a magazine. Matthew Keys is a former Reuters journalist who was convicted in October 2015 of supporting the Anonymous collective and that was sentenced to 24 months in prison for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 29, 2020
State-sponsored hackers have compromised a small number of accounts of the Estonian email provider Mail.ee belonging to high-profile people. Alleged state-sponsored hackers have hijacked a small number of accounts at the Estonian email provider Mail.ee, they exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the attack. According to the end-of-year report published this month by Estonian Internal Security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 29, 2020
Google Project Zero white-hat hackers have disclosed zero-click vulnerabilities affecting multiple Apple operating systems. White-hat hackers at Google Project Zero team have discovered several zero-click vulnerabilities impacting multiple Apple’s multimedia processing components is several Apple operating systems. Multimedia processing components could be a privileges entry point for threat actos that attempt to hack into the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2020
Kaspersky Lab uncovered an ongoing cyberespionage campaign, dubbed PhantomLance, that employed malicious apps hosted on the official Google Play. Kaspersky has spotted an ongoing campaign, dubbed PhantomLance, that employed malicious spying apps hosted by Google Play. The campaign has been active for at least four, experts discovered “dozens” of malicious apps in Google Play, some of which […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2020
Timetv.live is the latest Azeri news site targeted by Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks launched by Sandman threat actor, the attack took place on March 21, 2020. Original Post by Qurium: *Qurium’s forensics report:* Sandman and Fineproxy behind the DDoSAttacks against TimeTV.Live https://www.qurium.org/alerts/azerbaijan/sandman-and-fineproxy-behind-the-ddos-attacks-against-timetv-live/ Timetv.live is the latest Azeri news site targeted by Denial of Service attacks. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2020
Kaspersky experts uncovered a new wave of phishing scams that use a COVID-19 theme and impersonate shipping carriers, including FedEx, UPS, and DHL. The COVID-19 outbreak is forcing people to work from home and make shopping online causing a consequent increase in the number of home deliveries. Crooks are attempting to exploit the crisis and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2020
The Outlaw Hacking Group is back, malware researchers from Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab have uncovered a new botnet that is targeting European organizations Introduction During our daily monitoring activities, we intercepted a singular Linux malware trying to penetrate the network of some of our customers. The Linux malware is the well-known âShellbotâ, it is a crimetool belonging […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2020
A bug in the Real-Time Find and Replace WordPress plugin could allow hackers to hackers to create rogue admin accounts on over 100,000 sites. A vulnerability in the Real-Time Find and Replace WordPress plugin could be exploited by attackers to create rogue admin accounts. The Real-Time Find and Replace WordPress plugin is currently installed on over 100,000 sites, it […]
