Pierluigi Paganini
December 31, 2019
Special Olympics of New York, a nonprofit organization focused on competitive athletes with intellectual disabilities was hacked. Special Olympics New York provides inclusive opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities to compete in Olympic-style, coached sports. Unfortunately, the nonprofit organization was hacked during the Christmas holiday and the attackers later used its email server to launch […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 30, 2019
Microsoft sued Thallium North Korea-linked APT for hacking into its customers’ accounts and networks via spear-phishing attacks. Microsoft sued a North Korea-linked cyber espionage group tracked as Thallium for hacking into its customers’ accounts and networks via spear-phishing attacks. The hackers target Microsoft users impersonating the company, according to a lawsuit unsealed Dec. 27 in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 29, 2019
New trojan called âLampionâ has spread using template emails from the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax during the last days of 2019. Last days of 2019 were the perfect time to spread phishing campaigns using email templates based on the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax. SI-LAB noted that Portuguese users were targeted with malscam messages […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 28, 2019
In September Zynga, the American social game developer running social video game services suffered a data breach that 173 Million accounts. Zynga Inc is an American social game developer running social video game services founded in April 2007, it primarily focuses on mobile and social networking platforms. Among the online games developed by the company, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 27, 2019
NVIDIA released a security update for the Windows NVIDIA GeForce Experience app that addresses CVE-2019-5702 high severity flaw. NVIDIA addresses a high severity vulnerability (CVE-2019-5702) in Windows NVIDIA GeForce Experience (GFE) app that could be exploited by local attackers to trigger a denial of service (DoS) condition or escalate privileges on systems running the vulnerable […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 27, 2019
Authorities in Thailand are investigating a cyber attack that resulted in the broadcast of surveillance video from inside a prison in the country’s south. Local media reported that hackers broke into the surveillance system at Lang Suan prison in the southern province of Chumphon, the video was broadcast live on YouTube for several hours. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 26, 2019
Google addressed a new set of vulnerabilities, dubbed Magellan 2.0, that could be exploited for remote code execution inside the Chrome browser. Google has fixed five SQLite vulnerabilities, dubbed Magellan 2.0, that could be exploited by an attacker to remotely execute malicious code inside the Chrome browser. The vulnerabilities were discovered by researchers from the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 25, 2019
A new Mozi P2P botnet is actively targeting Netgear, D-Link, and Huawei routers by probing for weak Telnet passwords to compromise them. Security experts from 360 Netlab spotted a new Mozi P2P botnet that is actively targeting Netgear, D-Link, and Huawei routers by probing for weak Telnet passwords to compromise them. According to the researchers, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 25, 2019
A new cyber attack hit the radio network Entercom, this is the second time the company has suffered a similar security incident in a few months. A cyber attack hit the radio network Entercom, the incident has impacted the back-office functions and in some cases, the stations were apparently forced to run recorded programs. Entercom […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 24, 2019
The FBI has issued a warning to the private industry of cyber attacks involving the LockerGoga and MegaCortex Ransomware. The FBI is warning the private industry of cyber attacks involving the LockerGoga and MegaCortex Ransomware. “In an FBI Flash Alert marked as TLP:Amber and seen by BleepingComputer, the FBI is warning the private industry regarding […]
