Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2019
CVE-2019-2234 flaws in Android Camera Apps exposed millions of users surveillance

Experts found multiple flaws (CVE-2019-2234) in the Android camera apps provided by Google and Samsung that could allow attackers to spy on users. Cybersecurity experts from Checkmarx discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the Android camera apps provided by Google and Samsung could have been exploited by hackers to spy on hundreds of millions of users. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2019
Alleged Magecart hackers planted a software skimmer into Macy’s Website

Macy’s has started notifying some of its customers that crooks used a software skimmer to steal their personal and financial information. Macy’s has started notifying some of its customers that discovered a software skimmer on its website used by crooks to steal their personal and financial information. The malicious software was discovered on October 15, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2019
Adobe announces end of support for Acrobat 2015 and Adobe Reader 2015

Adobe announces the end of support for Acrobat 2015 and Reader 2015 It’s official, Adobe announces the end of support for Adobe Acrobat and Reader 2015. It’s official, Adobe announces the end of support for Adobe Acrobat and Reader 2015, the company will no longer receive any security updates after the deadline. Adobe plans to […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2019
Ransomware infected systems at state government of Louisiana

Another ransomware attack made the headlines, the victim is the state government of Louisiana, numerous services have been impacted. The state government of Louisiana was hit by a ransomware attack that affected multiple state services including the Office of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Health, and the Department of Transportion and Development. The incident forced […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2019
Tianfu Cup 2019 – 11 teams earned a total of 545,000 for their Zero-Day Exploits

The Tianfu Cup 2019 International Cyber ​​Security Competition is ended and white hat hackers have earned $545,000 for working zero-day exploits. During Day 1 of the Tianfu Cup 2019 contest 13 hacking attempts out of a total of 32 were successful, 13 attempts failed and in 12 cases the researchers abandoned the attempts. Now that the competition […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2019
Google addressed an XSS flaw in Gmail

Google addressed an XSS vulnerability in Gmail, the IT staff at Google defined the vulnerability as “awesome.” MichaƂ Bentkowski, Chief Security Researcher from security frim Securitum, found an XSS vulnerability in Gmail and responsibly disclosed it this week after Google has addressed it.  The flaw, described by Google IT staff as an awesome XSS issue, resides […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2019
Experts report a rampant growth in the number of malicious, lookalike domains

Cyber security firm Venafi announced it has uncovered lookalike domains with valid TLS certificates that appear to target major retailers. Venafi, Inc. is a private cybersecurity company that develops software to secure and protect cryptographic keys and digital certificates. Ahead of the holiday shopping season, security experts from Venafi conducted a study of typosquatted domains […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2019
Crooks use carding bots to check stolen card data ahead of the holiday season

With the advent of this year’s holiday shopping season are cybercriminals are using carding bots to test stolen payment card data before using them. Cybercriminals need to test the validity of the stolen card data before carrying out fraudulent transactions or selling them during the holiday shopping season. Cybercriminals are automating this process using carding […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 240

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Bad News: AI and 5G Are Expected to Worsen Cybersecurity Risks Boardriders and its subsidiarities QuikSilver and Billabong infected with ransomware Major ASP.NET hosting provider SmarterASP hit by ransomware attack Apple Mail stores parts of encrypted emails in […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2019
Tianfu Cup 2019 Day 1 – Chinese experts hacked Chrome, Edge, Safari, Office365

The Tianfu Cup 2019 International Cyber ​​Security Competition has started, in two days white hat hackers will attempt to exploit flaws in major software. The Tianfu Cup 2019 International Cyber ​​Security Competition has started, white hat hackers will attempt to devise working zero-day exploits for popular software. Each working exploit receives a cash prize and […]