Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini February 01, 2021
Operation NightScout: supply chain attack on NoxPlayer Android emulator

Experts uncovered a new supply chain attack leveraging the update process of NoxPlayer, a free Android emulator for PCs and Macs. UPDATE (February 3rd, 2021): Following the publication of our research, BigNox have contacted us to say that their initial denial of the compromise was a misunderstanding on their part and that they have since […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 01, 2021
Experts warn of active exploitation of SonicWall zero-day in the wild

Researchers from the security firm NCC Group warn of the exploitation in the wild of a SonicWall zero-day vulnerability. Security experts from the firm NCC Group have detected “indiscriminate” exploitation of a SonicWall zero-day in attacks in the wild, ZDNet reported. NCC Group first disclosed the attacks on SonicWall devices on Sunday but did not […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 01, 2021
Google discloses a severe flaw in widely used Libgcrypt encryption library

Google discovered a flaw in GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG)’s Libgcrypt encryption library that could be exploited to get remote code execution. The popular white hat hacker Tavis Ormandy of Google Project Zero discovered a severe heap buffer overflow flaw in GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG)’s Libgcrypt encryption software could have allowed a remote attacker to write […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 01, 2021
Exploiting a bug in Azure Functions to escape Docker

Expert disclosed an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Functions that could be exploited to escape the Docker container hosting them. Cybersecurity researcher Paul Litvak from Intezer Lab disclosed an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Functions that could be exploited by an attacker to escalate privileges and escape the Docker container that hosts them. The experts […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2021
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) discloses ransomware attack

A ransomware infected the systems at the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), at leat two services were impacted. The UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) discloses a ransomware incident that impacted a number of UKRI-related web assets. Two services were impacted, a portal for our UK Research Office (UKRO) based in Brussels and an extranet used […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2021
Domain for programming website Perl.com hijacked

Threat actors took over the domain name perl.com and pointed it to an IP address associated with malware campaigns. Attackers have taken over the official domain name of The Perl Foundation perl.com and pointed it to an IP address associated with malware campaigns. Users are recommended to avoid visiting the domain. The domain Perl.com was […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2021
Experts addressed flaws in Popup Builder WordPress plugin

Multiple issues in WordPress ‘Popup Builder’ Plugin could be exploited by hackers to perform various malicious actions on affected websites. Developers behind the “Popup Builder – Responsive WordPress Pop up – Subscription & Newsletter” WordPress plugin have recently addressed multiple vulnerabilities that can be exploited to perform various malicious actions on affected websites. The plugin […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2021
Microsoft: North Korea-linked Zinc APT targets security experts

Microsoft, like Google TAG, observed a cyber espionage campaign aimed at vulnerability researchers that attributed to North Korea-linked Zinc APT group. Researchers from Microsoft monitored a cyber espionage campaign aimed at vulnerability researchers and attributed the attacks to North Korea-linked Zinc APT group. “In recent months, Microsoft has detected cyberattacks targeting security researchers by an […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2021
Lebanese Cedar APT group broke into telco and ISPs worldwide

Clearsky researchers linked the Lebanese Cedar APT group to a cyber espionage campaign that targeted companies around the world. Clearsky researchers linked the Lebanese Cedar group (aka Volatile Cedar) to a cyber espionage campaign that targeted companies around the world. The APT group has been active since 2012, experts linked the group to the Hezbollah […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 28, 2021
TeamTNT group adds new detection evasion tool to its Linux miner

The TeamTNT cybercrime group has improved its Linux cryptocurrency miner by implementing open-source detection evasion capabilities. The TeamTNT cybercrime group has upgraded their Linux cryptocurrency miner by adding open-source detection evasion capabilities, AT&T Alien Labs researchers warn. Early this year, researchers from Trend Micro discovered that the TeamTNT botnet was improved with the ability to steal Docker […]