Pierluigi Paganini
March 22, 2019
Russian APT groups are targeting European governments for cyber-espionage purposes ahead of the upcoming European elections. According to experts from FireEye, Russia-linked APT28 (aka Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm, Sofacy Group, Sednit, and STRONTIUM) and Sandworm Team (also TeleBots) cyberespionage groups are targeting European governments for cyber-espionage purposes ahead of the upcoming European elections. The activity of the Russia-linked groups is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 22, 2019
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Thursday issued a security advisory for multiple vulnerabilities affecting over a dozen heart defibrillators. Multiple vulnerabilities in the heart defibrillators could be exploited by attackers to remotely control the devices, potentially putting the lives of patients at risk. An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is a device implantable inside the human […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 22, 2019
Cisco released security updates to address vulnerabilities in its IP Phone 7800 and 8800 series that could be exploited by remote, unauthenticated attackers. Cisco released security patches to address vulnerabilities in its IP Phone 7800 and 8800 series that could be exploited by remote, unauthenticated attackers. Cisco IP Phone 8800 series are business desk phones […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 22, 2019
On the second day of the Pwn2Own 2019 hacking competition, white hat hackers earned a total of $270,000 for exploits against the Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge web browsers. Day 2 at Pwn2Own 2019 hacking competition – White hat hackers earned $270,000 for exploits against the Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge browsers. The security duo […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 21, 2019
Pwn2Own 2019 hacking competition is started and participants hacked Apple Safari browser, Oracle VirtualBox and VMware Workstation on the first day. As you know I always cover results obtained by white hat hackers at hacking competitions, for this reason, today I’ll share with you the results of the first day of the Pwn2Own 2019. Pwn2Own […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 21, 2019
A security expert has discovered a vulnerability in the NSA Ghidra platform that could be exploited to execute code remotely. A security expert who goes online with the handle of sghctoma has discovered a vulnerability in Ghidra platform recently released by the US NSA, the issue could be exploited to execute code remotely. GHIDRA is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 20, 2019
Security experts at riskIQ revealed today that another two organizations were victims of Magecart crime gang, the bedding retailers MyPillow and Amerisleep. Security experts at RiskIQ announced that the two bedding retailers MyPillow and Amerisleep were victims of the Magecart cybercrime gang. The Magecart umbrella includes at least 11 different hacking crews that has been active at least since […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 20, 2019
PuTTY Releases Important Software Update to Patch 8 High-Severity Flaws The popular SSH client program PuTTY has released an important software update to address eight high-severity security vulnerabilities. PuTTY is one of the most popular open-source software that allows users to access computers over SSH, Telnet, and Rlogin network protocols. The popular SSH client program […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 20, 2019
Security experts at Check Point uncovered a sophisticated malware campaign spreading the SimBad malicious code through the official Google Play Store. Researchers at Check Point have uncovered a sophisticated malware campaign spreading the SimBad agent through the official Google Play Store. According to experts, more than 150 million users were already impacted. SimBad disguises itself […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 20, 2019
James Forshaw, a white hat hacker at Google Project Zero, has discovered a new class of bugs that affect Windows and some of its drivers. Google Project Zero hacker James Forshaw discovered a new class of flaws that reside in some of the kernel mode drivers in Windows that could allow attackers to escalate privileges. […]
