Pierluigi Paganini
August 27, 2020
New Zealand’s stock exchange (NZX) confirmed it was hit by a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack from abroad that knocked it offline two days. New Zealand’s stock exchange (NZX) has been hit by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that took it offline for two days, trading activity was interrupted until the connectivity was restored. According […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 27, 2020
Microsoft addressed vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure Sphere that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code or to the elevation of privileges. Microsoft has recently addressed some vulnerabilities impacting Microsoft Azure Sphere that could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code or to elevate privileges. Azure Sphere OS adds layers of protection and ongoing security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 26, 2020
Experts discovered a new hacker hacker-for-hire group that is targeting organizations worldwide with malware hidden inside malicious 3Ds Max plugins. Security researchers from Bitdefender discovered a new hacker group that is currently targeting companies across the world with malware hidden inside malicious 3Ds Max plugins. Autodesk 3ds Max, formerly 3D Studio and 3D Studio Max, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 26, 2020
A hack-for-hire group, tracked as DeathStalker, has been targeting organizations in the financial sector since 2012 Kaspersky researchers say. DeathStalker is a hack-for-hire group discovered by Kaspersky, it has been targeting organizations worldwide, mainly law firms and financial entities, since 2012. Victim organizations are small and medium-sized businesses located in Argentina, China, Cyprus, India, Israel, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 26, 2020
North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group targets cryptocurrency organizations with fake job offers in an ongoing spear-phishing campaign. North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group (aka HIDDEN COBRA) has been observed while using LinkedIn lures in a spear-phishing campaign targeting the cryptocurrency organizations worldwide, including in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Singapore, the Netherlands, Japan. The activity of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 25, 2020
A researcher disclosed technical details of an unpatched vulnerability in Apple’s Safari web browser that can be exploited to steal files from the targeted system. An expert disclosed the details of an unpatched vulnerability in Apple’s Safari web browser that can be exploited by attackers to steal files from a targeted system. The vulnerability was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 24, 2020
The dark web marketplace Empire Market has been down for at least 3 days, two of the possible reasons, an exit scam or a prolonged DDoS attack. The popular dark web site Empire Market has been down for at least 60 hours, it hasn’t been down for so long since 2019. The cause is still […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 23, 2020
A bug in Google Drive could be exploited by threat actors to distribute malicious files disguised as legitimate documents or images. An unpatched weakness in Google Drive could be exploited by threat actors to distribute weaponized files disguised as legitimate documents or images. enabling bad actors to perform spear-phishing attacks comparatively with a high success […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 22, 2020
The ATM manufacturer giants, Diebold Nixdorf and NCR, have released software updates to fix a flaw that could have been exploited for ‘deposit forgery’ attacks The ATM manufacturers Diebold Nixdorf and NCR have addressed a bug that could have been exploited for ‘deposit forgery’ attacks The flaws that could have allowed crooks to modify the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 22, 2020
Hackers are attempting to exploit multiple vulnerabilities in the Discount Rules for WooCommerce WordPress plugin, which has 30,000+ installations. Researchers from security firm WebArx reported that Hackers are actively attempting to exploit numerous flaws in the Discount Rules for WooCommerce WordPress plugin. The list of vulnerabilities includes SQL injection, authorization flaws, and unauthenticated stored cross-site scripting (XSS) security vulnerabilities. Discount […]
