Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2020
Smartwatch and wearable device maker Garmin announced that its computer networks were coming back after the ransomware attack that took place last week. Last week, on July 23, smartwatch and wearable device maker Garmin had to shut down some of its connected services and call centers following a ransomware attack. A few days after the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2020
The authors of the Android Cerberus banking trojan are auctioning the project for a price starting at $50,000, with $100K the deal could be immediately closed. The authors of the notorious Cerberus Android banking trojan are auctioning their project for a price starting at $50,000, but buyers could close the deal for $100,000. The overall […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2020
The FBI issued an alert last week warning about the discovery of new network protocols that have been exploited to launch large-scale DDoS attacks. The Federal Bureau of Investigation sent an alert last week warning about large-scale distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that abused new network protocols. “Cyber actors’ abuse of built-in network protocols […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2020
NSA is warning of cyber attacks launched by foreign threat actors against organizations in the critical infrastructure sector across the U.S. The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert warning of cyber attacks targeting critical infrastructure across the U.S. “Over recent months, cyber-actors have demonstrated their […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2020
Boffins from the Ruhr University Bochum (Germany) have disclosed a series of new attack methods, dubbed Shadow attacks, against signed PDF files. Security researchers from the Ruhr University Bochum (Germany) have devised a series of new attack techniques, dubbed Shadow attacks, against signed PDF files. In February 2019, the same team of experts found several […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 26, 2020
Digital banking app Dave.com discloses a security breach after the known threat actor ShinyHunters leaked 7 million user records on a crime forum. The popular digital banking app Dave.com discloses a security breach after the known threat actor ShinyHunters leaked 7,516,625 user records on a crime forum. According to ZDNet, the security breach originated on the network […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 25, 2020
D-Link disclosed five severe vulnerabilities affecting some router models which can be exploited by attackers to compromise a network. D-Link has disclosed five severe vulnerabilities affecting some router models, the flaw could allow a severe network compromise. Unfortunately, some of the impacted models have reached their End-of-Support (“EOS”)/ End-of-Life (“EOL”) date, which means they wouldn’t receive security updates to fix the issues. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 25, 2020
A sort of vigilante is attempting to disrupt the operations of the Emotet botnet by hacking the supply chain of the malware. Someone is attempting to sabotage the operations of the Emotet botnet by replacing the Emotet payloads with animated GIFs, in this way the victims will not be infected with the bot. The mysterious activity […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 24, 2020
Cisco fixed CVE-2020-3452 high-severity path traversal flaw in its firewalls that can be exploited by remote attackers to obtain sensitive files from the targeted system. Cisco addressed a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in its firewalls, tracked as CVE-2020-3452, that can be exploited by remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive files from the targeted system. Cisco […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 24, 2020
ADIF, a Spanish state-owned railway infrastructure manager under the responsibility of the Ministry of Development, was hit by REVil ransomware operators. Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (ADIF), a Spanish state-owned railway infrastructure manager was hit by REVil ransomware operators. ADIF (Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias) is charged with the management of most of Spain’s railway infrastructure, that is the track, signaling and stations. It was formed in 2005 […]
