Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2019
Gulf countries came under hackers’ spotlight in 2018, with more than 130 000 payment cards compromised

Bahrain, 08.04.2019 â€“ Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, and NGN International, a global system integrator, analyzed cybersecurity landscape in Gulf countries in 2018. Group-IB Threat Intelligence team identified compromised credentials of 7 306 users from the Gulf countries in 2018 and detected the total of 138 978 compromised cards issued by the Gulf countries’ banks. Number […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2019
AeroGrow suffered a payment card data breach

The developer, marketer, direct-seller, and wholesaler of indoor garden systems, AeroGrow International, suffered a payment card data breach. AeroGrow International, a developer, marketer, direct-seller, and wholesaler of indoor garden systems, recently notified customers of a payment card data breach. The incident impacted the company website. “On March 4, 2019, AeroGrow learned that an unauthorized person […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2019
Victims of Planetary Ransomware can decrypt their files for free

Researchers at Emsisoft developed a decryptor for the Planetary Ransomware family that could allow victims to decrypt their files for free. Good news for the victims of the Planetary Ransomware, security firm Emsisoft has released a decryptor that allows victims to decrypt their files for free. The name Planetary ransomware comes from the use of […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2019
Recent Roaming Mantis campaign hit hundreds of users worldwide

Kaspersky Lab reported that hundreds of users have been targeted with malware over the past month as part of a recent Roaming Mantis campaign. Security experts at Kaspersky Lab reported that hundreds of users have been targeted with malware over the past month as part of a new campaign associated with Roaming Mantis gang. Roaming […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 07, 2019
Rockwell Automation fixes multiple DoS flaws in Stratix Switch introduced by Cisco Software

Rockwell Automation released updates for Allen-Bradley Stratix industrial switches that address several DoS flaws introduced by Cisco software. Rockwell Automation released security updates that address several DoS vulnerabilities in its Allen-Bradley Stratix industrial switches introduced by Cisco software. ICS-CERT and Rockwell Automation published three separate advisories to warn of the effects of the vulnerabilities introduced […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 07, 2019
DNS hijacking campaigns target Gmail, Netflix, and PayPal users

Security experts at Bad Packets uncovered a DNS hijacking campaign that is targeting the users of popular online services, including Gmail, Netflix, and PayPal. Experts at Bad Packets uncovered a DNS hijacking campaign that has been ongoing for the past three months, attackers are targeting the users of popular online services, including Gmail, Netflix, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2019
DoS flaw in several MikroTik Routers exploited in attacks

A vulnerability could be exploited by attackers to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition on devices running RouterOS. MikroTik routers made the headlines again, the company disclosed this week technical details about a year-old vulnerability that exposes the device to remote attacks. Attackers could exploit the vulnerability to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition on devices running […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2019
Magento Attacked Through Card Skimming Exploit

Currently of 300,000+ Magento stores, the vast majority of the installs is still running vulnerable versions of the popular content management system. The problem with patches is that sometimes they fix something and sometimes they break something. Sounds strange, right? Well, let us explain ourselves. See, PRODSECBUG-2198 is a security patch for Magento that fixes […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2019
Hackers can add, remove cancer and other illnesses from Computer Tomography scans

Researchers demonstrated that hackers can modify 3D Computer Tomography scans to add or remove evidence of a serious illness, including cancers. A group of researchers from the Ben-Gurion University and the Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, in Israel, have demonstrated that hackers can modify 3D medical scans to the result of a clinical examination. Attackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2019
Flaws in Pre-Installed security App on Xiaomi Phones open to hack them

If you use a Xiaomi smartphone you should be aware that a pre-installed security software could be abused for malicious activities. Bad news for the owners of Xiaomi smartphones, a pre-installed security application could be used as a backdoor by hackers. Security experts at CheckPoint have discovered that a security app, called Guard Provider, that […]