Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2019
Zerodium $500,000 for VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V Exploits

Zero-day broker firm Zerodium is offering up to $500,000 for VMware ESXi (vSphere) and Microsoft Hyper-V vulnerabilities. Exploit acquisition firm Zerodium is offering up to $500,000 for VMware ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V vulnerabilities. The company is looking for exploits that allow guest-to-host escapes in default configurations to gain full access to the host. The overall […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2019
Microsoft warns of economic damages caused by Iran-linked hackers

Researchers at Microsoft warn of damages caused by cyber operations conducted by Iran-linked cyberespionage groups. Security experts at Microsoft are warning of economic damages caused by the activity of Iran-linked hacking groups that are working to penetrate systems, businesses, and governments worldwide. According to Microsoft, the attackers already caused hundreds of millions of dollars in […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2019
Too much UPnP-enabled connected devices still vulnerable to cyber attacks

UPnP-enabled devices running outdated software are exposed to a wide range of attacks exploiting known flaws in UPnP libraries. A broad range of UPnP-enabled devices running outdated software are exposed to attacks exploiting known flaws in UPnP libraries, Tony Yang, Home Network Researcher, has found 1,648,769 devices using the Shodan search engine, 35% were using […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 07, 2019
Whitefly espionage group was linked to SingHealth Singapore Healthcare Breach

Security experts at Symantec linked the massive Singapore Healthcare breach suffered by SingHealth to the ‘Whitefly’ cyberespionage group. In 2018, the largest healthcare group in Singapore, SingHealth, has suffered a massive data breach that exposed personal information of 1.5 million patients who visited the clinics of the company between May 2015 and July 2018. Stolen […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2019
Google Chrome Zero-Day Vulnerability CVE-2019-5786 actively exploited in the wild

A new zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome, tracked as CVE-2019-5786, is actively exploited in attacks in the wild. A new zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome is actively exploited in attacks in the wild. The vulnerability was discovered late February by Clement Lecigne, a security researcher at the Google Threat Analysis Group. The high severity zero-day […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2019
NSA released Ghidra, its multi-platform reverse engineering framework

The NSA released the Ghidra, a multi-platform reverse engineering framework that could be used to find vulnerabilities and security holes in applications. In January 2019, the National Security Agency (NSA) announced the release at the RSA Conference of the free reverse engineering framework GHIDRA. GHIDRA is a multi-platform reverse engineering framework that runs on major […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 06, 2019
[SI-LAB] #OpJerusalem 2019 – JCry ransomware is now infecting Windows users

Over the last few days, a new ransomware campaign infected several users around the world as part of the #OpJerusalem campaign. SI-LAB analyzed this malware and noticed that it does not use sophisticated techniques. Criminals used UPX packer to protect malware code written in Go and a RSA public certificate is hardcoded inside malware to […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2019
Iran-Linked Chafer APT recently used python-based backdoor

The Iran-linked Chafer APT group used a new Python-based backdoor in recent attacks aimed at a Turkish government entity. The Iran-linked Chafer APT group used a new Python-based backdoor in attacks carried out in November 2018 that targeted a Turkish government entity. The Chafer APT group has distributed data stealer malware since at least mid-2014, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2019
Hundreds of Docker Hosts compromised in cryptojacking campaigns

Poorly protected Docker hosts exposed online continue to be a privileged target of crooks that abuse their computational resources in cryptojacking campaigns. Security experts have recently discovered hundreds of exposed Docker hosts that have been compromised by hackers exploiting the CVE-2019-5736 runc vulnerability in February. The flaw was discovered by the security researchers Adam Iwaniuk […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2019
Annual RSA Conference Exclusive 2019 Edition of Cyber Defense Magazine is arrived

We’re honored to bring you our 7th Annual edition of Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), exclusively in print at the RSA Conference (RSAC) 2019. Cyber Defense eMagazine – Annual RSA Conference 2019 Edition. Sponsored by: Regent University’s Institute for Cybersecurity Setting the Standard in Cyber Training & Education and by the RSA Conference 2019 Team! RSA […]