Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2020
Cisco discloses technical details for Firefox code execution flaw

Cisco Talos experts released technical details on a recently addressed vulnerability in Firefox that could be exploited for code execution. Security experts from Cisco Talos have released technical details on a recently addressed vulnerability in Firefox, tracked as CVE-2020-12405, that could be exploited by attackers for remote code execution. The issue is a use-after-free in SharedWorkerService […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2020
SMBleed could allow a remote attacker to leak kernel memory

Microsoft addressed a Server Message Block (SMB) protocol issue, named SMBleed, that could allow an attacker to leak kernel memory remotely, without authentication. Recently released Microsoft June 2020 Patch Tuesday updates also address a vulnerability in the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol dubbed SMBleed (CVE-2020-1206) that could allow an attacker to leak kernel memory remotely, without […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2020
A high-severity flaw affects VMware Workstation, Fusion and vSphere products.

VMware has addressed a high-severity information disclosure vulnerability affecting its Workstation, Fusion and vSphere virtualization products. VMware has addressed a high-severity information disclosure vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-3960, that affects its Workstation, Fusion and vSphere virtualization products. The CVE-2020-3960 flaw was discovered by Cfir Cohen, a researcher from Google’s cloud security team. ESXi, Workstation and Fusion […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2020
Nintendo admitted that hackers have breached 300,000 accounts

Japanese gaming giant Nintendo has confirmed that hackers have breached 300,000 accounts since early April, financial data were not exposed. The Japanese video game giant Nintendo has admitted that threat actors have breached 300,000 accounts since early April. The hackers have gained access to personal information, including birthday and email address, but financial data were […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2020
Japanese car-maker giant Honda hit by a ransomware attack

Japanese carmaker Honda announced it has been hit by a cyberattack that disrupted its business in several countries. The Japanese carmaker Honda announced that threat actors have compromised the Honda network disrupting its business in several countries. Source informed about the security incident believe Honda’s systems have been infected with SNAKE Ransomware. BleepingComputer reported that […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2020
Hackers target German Task Force for COVID-19 PPE procurement

Hackers are targeting executives of a German multinational corporation involved in the government supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) against COVID-19. Hackers are targeting executives of a German multinational corporation involved in the government supply of personal protective equipment (PPE). Threat actors are targeting executives of a German multinational corporation part of a government-private sector task force that […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2020
Data of Indian defence contractor Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) available online

A threat actor is offering for sale in a darkweb black-market internal documents of the Indian defence contractor Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML). Researchers from cyber threat intelligence firm Cyble reported that a threat actor is offering in a darkweb black-market documents of the Indian defence contractor Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML). The company manufactures a variety […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2020
The CallStranger UPnP vulnerability affects billions of devices

Security experts discovered a new UPnP vulnerability, dubbed Call Stranger, that affects billions of devices and could be exploited for various malicious activities. Security experts disclosed a new UPnP vulnerability, named Call Stranger, that affects billions of devices and could be exploited for various malicious activities. that affects billions of devices, it could be exploited […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 08, 2020
Higaisa threat actors targets organizations using Zeplin platform

A Korean threat actor, tracked as Higaisa, has been using malicious LNK files in recent attacks aimed at organizations that use the Zeplin collaboration platform. The Korean threat actor Higaisa, has been using malicious LNK files in recent attacks aimed at organizations that use the Zeplin collaboration platform. The group is believed to be a […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 08, 2020
A flaw in India Digilocker could’ve been exploited to bypass authentication

Any Indian DigiLocker Account Could’ve Been Accessed Without Password The Indian Government fixed a flaw in the secure document wallet service Digilocker that could have potentially allowed anyone’s access without password. The Indian Government announced to have fixed a critical vulnerability in its secure document wallet service Digilocker that could have potentially allowed a remote attacker […]