Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2019
Australia is confident that China was behind attack on parliament, political parties

Australia ‘s intelligence is sure that China is behind the cyberattacks that hit its parliament and political parties, but decided to not publicly accuse it. According to the Reuters agency, Australia’s intelligence has evidence that the attacks that hit its parliament and political parties were orchestrated by China. Anyway the Australian government decided to not […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2019
Experts found 125 new flaws in SOHO routers and NAS devices from multiple vendors

Researchers discovered many flaws in over a dozen small office/home office (SOHO) routers and network-attached storage (NAS) devices. Security experts have discovered multiple vulnerabilities in over a dozen small office/home office (SOHO) routers and network-attached storage (NAS) devices. The research is part of a project dubbed SOHOpelessly Broken 2.0 conducted Independent Security Evaluators (ISE). In […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2019
Fraudulent purchases of digitals certificates through executive impersonation

Experts at ReversingLabs spotted a threat actor buying digital certificates by impersonating legitimate entities and then selling them on the black market. Researchers at ReversingLabs have identified a new threat actor that is buying digital certificates by impersonating company executives, and then selling them on the black market. The experts discovered that digital certificates are then […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 16, 2019
A flaw in LastPass password manager leaks credentials from previous site

A flaw in LastPass password manager leaks credentials from previous site An expert discovered a flaw in the LastPass password manager that exposes login credentials entered on a site previously visited by a user. Tavis Ormandy, the popular white-hat hacker at Google Project Zero, has discovered a vulnerability in the LastPass password manager that exposes […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 16, 2019
Astaroth Trojan leverages Facebook and YouTube to avoid detection

Cofense experts uncovered a new variant of the Astaroth Trojan that uses Facebook and YouTube in the infection process. Researchers at Cofense have uncovered a phishing campaign targeting Brazilian citizens with the Astaroth Trojan that uses Facebook and YouTube in the infection process. The attach chain appears to be very complex and starts with phishing […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 231

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Once again thank you! Experts found Joker Spyware in 24 […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2019
A bug in Instagram exposed user accounts and phone numbers

Facebook addressed a vulnerability in Instagram that could have allowed attackers to access private user information. The security researcher @ZHacker13 discovered a flaw in Instagram that allowed an attacker to access account information, including user phone number and real name. ZHacker13 discovered the vulnerability in August and reported the issue to Facebook that asked for additional […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2019
Expert disclosed passcode bypass bug in iOS 13 a week before its release

A security researcher disclosed a passcode bypass just a week before Apple has planned to release the new iOS 13 operating system, on September 19. Apple users are thrilled for the release of the iOS 13 mobile operating system planned for September 19, but a security expert could mess up the party. The security researcher […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2019
Hackers stole payment data from Garmin South Africa shopping portal

Garmin, the multinational company focused on GPS technology for automotive, aviation, marine, outdoor, and sport activities is victim of a data breach. Garmin is the victim of a data breach, it is warning customers in South Africa that shopped on the shop.garmin.co.za portal that their personal info and payment data were exposed. The stolen data, included […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 13, 2019
The US Treasury placed sanctions on North Korea linked APT Groups

The US Treasury placed sanctions on three North Korea-linked hacking groups, the Lazarus Group, Bluenoroff, and Andarial. The US Treasury sanctions on three North Korea-linked hacking groups, the Lazarus Group, Bluenoroff, and Andarial. The groups are behind several hacking operations that resulted in the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions and cryptocurrency exchanges […]