Pierluigi Paganini
September 08, 2019
Toyota Boshoku Corporation announced that one of its European subsidiaries lost more than $37 million due to a business email compromise (BEC) attack. Toyota Boshoku Corporation is a Japanese automotive component manufacturer, it is a member of the Toyota Group of companies. Toyota Boshoku Corporation has announced that one of its European subsidiaries lost more than $37 million following a business […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 08, 2019
Security experts at Google have removed from Google Play 24 apps because they were infected with a new spyware tracked as “the Joker.” Google has removed from Google Play 24 apps because they were infected with a new spyware tracked as “the Joker.” The spyware is able to steal SMS messages, contact lists and device […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 07, 2019
Apple replied to Google about the recent report suggesting iPhones may have been hacked as part of a long-running hacking campaign. Apple criticized the report recently published by Google that claims that iPhones may have been hacked by threat actors as part of a long-running hacking campaign. Apple defines the report as inaccurate and misleading. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 07, 2019
Maintainers of the open-source Metasploit penetration testing framework have added a public exploit module for the BlueKeep Windows flaw. There is a surprise for Metasploit users, maintainers of the open-source penetration testing framework have added a public exploit module for the BlueKeep Windows flaw. The BlueKeep vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-0708, impacts the Windows Remote Desktop Services (RDS) and was addressed by Microsoft […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 06, 2019
A security flaw in Exim mail servers could be exploited by local or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. The Exim development team has addressed a vulnerability in Exim mail server, tracked as CVE-2019-15846, that could be exploited by local and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. The vulnerability […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 06, 2019
Maintainers at the PHP programming language have released new versions that address multiple flaws, including some code execution issues. The development team behind the PHP programming language recently released new versions of PHP to address multiple high-severity vulnerabilities in its core and bundled libraries. The most severe flaw could be exploited by a remote attacker […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 06, 2019
600,000 GPS trackers left exposed online with a default password of ‘123456’ Avast researchers found at least 600,000 GPS trackers manufactured by a Chinese vendor that were exposed online with a default password of “123456.” Researchers from Avast discovered at least 600,000 GPS trackers that were exposed online with a default password of “123456.” The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 05, 2019
Maintainers of the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) failed to address a privilege escalation bug in the Android mobile OS that was reported six months ago. Experts disclosed details of a zero-day vulnerability that affects the Android mobile operating system. The high-severity zero-day issue resides in the driver for the Video For Linux 2 (V4L2) […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 05, 2019
Experts discovered a year-old flaw in Samba software that could be exploited to bypass file-sharing permissions and access forbidden root shares paths. Security researchers discovered a year-old vulnerability in Samba software that could be exploited, under certain conditions, to bypass file-sharing permissions and access forbidden root shares paths. “On a Samba SMB server for all […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 05, 2019
Twitter opted to temporarily disable the feature that allows users to post tweets via SMS, in response to the hack of the CEO’s account. Twitter announced to temporarily disable the feature that allows users to post tweets via SMS, in response to the hack of the CEO’s account. âWeâre taking this step because of vulnerabilities […]
