Pierluigi Paganini
February 07, 2020
Iran-linked APT group Charming Kitten has been targeting journalists, political and human rights activists in a new campaign. Researchers from Certfa Lab reports have spotted a new cyber espionage campaign carried out by Iran-linked APT group Charming Kitten that has been targeting journalists, political and human rights activists. Iran-linked Charming Kitten group, (aka APT35, Phosphorus, Newscaster, and Ajax Security Team) made the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 06, 2020
A set of vulnerabilities in the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) exposes tens of millions of devices to the risk of cyber attacks. Researchers at IoT security firm Armis discovered a set of five serious vulnerabilities in the implementation of the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) protocol. The experts tracked the set as CDPwn and warned that the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 06, 2020
Check Point experts discovered a high-severity flaw in Philips Hue Smart Light Bulbs that can be exploited to gain entry into a targeted WiFi network. Security experts from Check Point discovered a high-severity flaw (CVE-2020-6007) in Philips Hue Smart Light Bulbs that can be exploited by hackers to gain entry into a targeted WiFi network. Lightbulbs could be remotely […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 05, 2020
Microsoft published an interesting report that investigates web shell attacks, the IT giant says it detects 77,000 active web shells daily. According to a report published by Microsoft, the company detects an average of 77,000 active web shells, spreading across 46,000 infected servers, on a daily base. A web shell is a code, often written […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 05, 2020
Researcher published details about a backdoor mechanism he found in HiSilicon chips, but he did not report it to the vendor due to the lack of trust in it. The Russian security expert Vladislav Yarmak has published technical details about a backdoor mechanism he discovered in HiSilicon chips. The backdoor mechanism could allow attackers to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 05, 2020
File hosting service company Dropbox paid out $1 million for vulnerabilities reported by researchers through its bug bounty program. Since the launch of its bug bounty program in 2014, the file-hosting company Dropbox has paid out $1 million to date for vulnerabilities reported by researchers. “Our bug bounty program recently passed a significant milestone. Since […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2020
Facebook addressed a critical issue in WhatsApp that would have allowed attackers to read files from a user’s local file system, on macOS and Windows. Facebook has addressed a critical vulnerability in WhatsApp, tracked as CVE-2019-18426, that would have allowed hackers to read files from a user’s local file system, on macOS and Windows systems. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2020
A German artist demonstrated how using a simple trick it is possible to deceive Google Maps and create a virtual traffic jam. The German artist Simon Weckert conducted a simple experiment to demonstrate how to deceive Google Maps and create a virtual traffic jam. The man put 99 cell mobile phones using Google Maps in a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2020
The Australian transportation and logistics giant Toll Group has suffered a ransomware attack that forced it to shut down part of its services. The Australian transportation and logistics giant Toll Group was victim of a ransomware attack, in response to the incident the company has shut down some of its online services. The Toll Group is an […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2020
Twitter discloses a security incident involving third-parties that exploited its official API to match phone numbers with Twitter usernames. On December 24, 2019 the company discovered that its API were exploited by a large network of fake accounts to match Twitter usernames to phone numbers. The company immediately suspended the involved accounts. “On December 24, 2019 we […]
