Pierluigi Paganini
April 15, 2021
Over $760 million worth of Bitcoin that were stolen from cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016 were moved to new accounts. More than $760 million worth of Bitcoin, stolen from Asian cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016, were moved on Wednesday to new accounts. On August 2016, the Asian Bitfinex suffered a security breach that resulted in the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 15, 2021
For the second time in a week, a Chromium zero-day remote code execution exploit code has been released on Twitter, multiple browsers impacted. A new Chromium zero-day remote code execution exploit has been released on Twitter this week, like the previous one that affects current versions of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and likely other Chromium-based browsers. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 14, 2021
WhatsApp addressed two security vulnerabilities in its app for Android that could have been exploited to remotely hack the victim’s device. WhatsApp recently addressed two security vulnerabilities in its app for Android that could have been exploited by remote attackers to execute malicious code on a target device and potentially eavesdrop on communications. The vulnerabilities […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 13, 2021
The exploit code for a remote code execution vulnerability affecting QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices that run the Surveillance Station video management system is available online. An exploit for a remote code execution vulnerability affecting QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices was publicly released. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-2501, is a stack-based buffer overflow issue that affects […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 13, 2021
Security experts disclosed nine flaws, collectively tracked as NAME:WRECK, affecting implementations of the DNS protocol in popular TCP/IP network communication stacks. Security researchers disclosed nine vulnerabilities, collectively tracked as NAME:WRECK, that affect implementations of the Domain Name System protocol in popular TCP/IP network communication stacks running on at least 100 million devices. The flaws were […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 13, 2021
An Indian security researcher has published a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for a vulnerability impacting Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers. The Indian security researcher Rajvardhan Agarwal has publicly released a proof-of-concept exploit code for a recently discovered vulnerability that affects Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and other Chromium-based browsers (i.e. Opera, Brave). The researchers uploaded the PoC […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 09, 2021
Zero-day broker Zerodium announced that will triples payouts for remote code execution exploits for the popular WordPress content management system. Zero-day broker Zerodium has tripled the payouts for exploits for the WordPress content management system that could be used to achieve remote code execution. Zerodium announced via Twitter that is temporarily offering a $300,000 payout […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 09, 2021
The Pwn2Own 2021 hacking competition was concluded, participants earned more than $1.2 million, the greatest total payout ever. The Pwn2Own 2021 hacking competition reached the end, participants earned more than $1.2 million which is more than ever paid out at this contest. White hat hackers demonstrated exploits for Safari, Chrome, Edge, Windows 10, Ubuntu, Microsoft […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 08, 2021
Wizcase experts discovered a security flaw in the open-source learning platform Moodle that could allow accounts takeover. At the beginning of October 2020, the Wizcase cyber research team, led by Ata Hakcil, discovered a security vulnerability in the open-source learning platform Moodle. Anyone who had an account on a given school’s Moodle (with TeX filter enabled) could […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 08, 2021
Pwn2Own 2021 – Day 2: a security duo earned $200,000 for a zero-interaction Zoom exploit allowing remote code execution. One of the most interesting working exploits of the second day of the Pwn2Own 2021 was demonstrated by security researchers Daan Keuper and Thijs Alkemade from Computest. The duo successfully targeted Zoom Messenger in the Enterprise […]
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