Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2020
Coronavirus-themed attacks March 29 – April 04, 2020

In this post, I decided to share the details of the Coronavirus-themed attacks launched from March 29 to April 04, 2020. Threat actors exploit the interest in the COVID19 outbreak while infections increase worldwide, experts are observing new campaigns on a daily bases. Below a list of attacks detected this week. March 30, 2020 – […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2020
Security Affairs newsletter Round 258

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Coronavirus-themed attacks March 22 – March 28, 2020 FIN7 hackers target enterprises with weaponized USB drives via USPS Source code of Dharma ransomware now surfacing on public hacking forums Crooks leverage Zooms popularity in Coronavirus outbreak to serve […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2020
New Coronavirus-themed campaign spread Lokibot worldwide

Researchers spotted a new Coronavirus-themed attack, the messages pretend to be sent from the World Health Organization to deliver Lokibot infostealer. Security experts at FortiGuard Labs discovered a new Coronavirus-themed campaign using alleged messages from the World Health Organization (WHO) to deliver the LokiBot trojan. The campaign was uncovered on March 27 when the researchers […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2020
Microsoft’s case study: Emotet took down an entire network in just 8 days

Microsoft declared that an Emotet attack took down an organization’s network by overheating all the computers and bringing its Internet access down. Microsoft shared details of the Emotet attack suffered by an organization named Fabrikam in the Microsoft’s Detection and Response Team (DART) Case Report 002, where Fabrikam is a fake name the IT giant […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2020
Hacking iPhone or MacBook devices by tricking into visiting a site

Bad news for Apple iPhone or MacBook users, attackers could hack their device’s camera by tricking them into visiting a website. The ethical hacker Ryan Pickren demonstrated that it is possible to hack Apple iPhone or MacBook users by simply tricking them into visiting a website with the Safari browser. Pickren reported seven vulnerabilities to Apple […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2020
Magecart group 7 use new e-skimmer to steal payment data

RiskIQ researchers spotted a new ongoing Magecart campaign that already compromised at least 19 different e-commerce websites. Researchers from security firm RiskIQ have uncovered a new ongoing Magecart campaign that already compromised at least 19 different e-commerce websites to steal customers’ payment card data. The experts discovered a new software skimmer, dubbed “MakeFrame,” that injects […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2020
100,000 WordPress sites using the Contact Form 7 Datepicker plugin are exposed to hack

An authenticated stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability could allow attackers to create rogue admins on WordPress sites using Contact Form 7 Datepicker plugin. Administrators of WordPress sites using the Contact Form 7 Datepicker plugin are recommended to remove or deactivate it to prevent attackers from exploiting a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability to create rogue […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2020
Hackers exploited IE and Firefox flaws in attacks on entities in China, Japan

An APT group is exploiting the flaws patched earlier this year in Firefox and Internet Explorer in attacks aimed at China and Japan. An APT group is exploiting two vulnerabilities patched earlier this year in Firefox and Internet Explorer in attacks aimed at China and Japan. The first issue, tracked as CVE-2019-17026, affects the Firefox […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2020
Zoom client for Windows could allow hackers to steal users’Windows password

The popular Zoom app is under scrutiny, experts have discovered a vulnerability that could be exploited to steal users’ Windows passwords. Experts warn of a ‘UNC path injection’ flaw that could be exploited by remote attackers to steal login credentials from Windows systems. Security experts and privacy advocates believe that the Zoom is an efficient […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2020
Experts published PoC exploits for CVE-2020-0796 privilege escalation flaw on Windows

Researchers published proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for the CVE-2020-0796 Windows flaw, tracked as SMBGhost, that can be exploited for local privilege escalation. Researchers Daniel GarcĂ­a GutiĂ©rrez (@danigargu) and Manuel Blanco ParajĂłn (@dialluvioso_) have published proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for the CVE-2020-0796 Windows vulnerability, tracked as SMBGhost, that can be exploited by attackers for local privilege escalation. Cybersecurity firms Kryptos […]