Pierluigi Paganini
February 15, 2019
Symantec discovered eight potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) into the Microsoft Store that were dropping cryptojacking Coinhive miners. Security experts at Symantec have discovered eight potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) into the Microsoft Store that were dropping cryptojacking Coinhive miners. The removed apps are Fast-search Lite, Battery Optimizer (Tutorials), VPN Browsers+, Downloader for YouTube Videos, Clean Master+ […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 15, 2019
The week closes with the news of another embarrassing data breach, the Coffee Meets Bagel confirmed a hack on Valentine’s Day. The dating app Coffee Meets Bagel confirmed that hackers breached its systems on Valentine’s Day and may have obtained access to users’ account data. The company notified the incident to account holders, the intrusion […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 14, 2019
Bank of Valletta, the largest bank of Malta was hit by a cyber attack, attackers attempted to steal 13 million euros ($14.7 million). Bank of Valletta the largest bank in Malta that accounts for almost half of banking transactions in the country, had to shut down its operations on Wednesday after hackers attempted to withdraw 13 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 14, 2019
Experts at ACROS Securityâs 0patch released an unofficial patch for a recently disclosed remote code execution vulnerability in the Apache OpenOffice suite. ACROS Securityâs 0patch released an unofficial patch for a path traversal flaw recently disclosed in the Apache OpenOffice suite. The security researcher Alex InfĂŒhr discovered a severe remote code execution vulnerability in LibreOffice […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 13, 2019
Expert discovered a privilege escalation vulnerability in default installations of Ubuntu Linux that resides in the snapd API. Security researcher Chris Moberly discovered a vulnerability in the REST API for Canonical’s snapd daemon that could allow attackers to gain root access on Linux machines. Canonical, the makers of Ubuntu Linux, promotes their âSnapâ packages to roll all […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 13, 2019
Researchers devised a new technique to hide malware in the security Intel SGX enclaves, making it impossible to detect by several security technologies. Security researchers devised a new technique to hide malware in the security Intel SGX enclaves. Intel Software Guard eXtensions (SGX) is a technology for application developers that allows protecting select code and data […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 13, 2019
In the last few days I have done some analysis on malicious documents, especially PDF. Then I thought, “Why not turn a PDF analysis into an article?” Let’s go to our case study: I received a scan request for a PDF file that was reported to support an antivirus vendor, and it replied that the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 13, 2019
A destructive cyberattack hit the email provider VFEmail, a hacker wiped its servers in the United States, including the backup systems. An unknown attacker has launched a destructive cyber attack against the email provider VFEmail, he erased information on its server including backups, 18 years’ worth of customer emails were lost. âWe have suffered catastrophic […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 13, 2019
Microsoft released Patch Tuesday updates for February 2019 that address 77 flaws, including an Internet Explorer issue that has been exploited in attacks. Microsoft released Patch Tuesday updates for February 2019 that address 77 flaws, 20 critical vulnerabilities, 54 important and 3 moderate in severity. One of the issue fixed by the tech giant is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 12, 2019
Cybaze-Yoroi ZLAB revealed interesting a hidden connection between the AZORult toolkit and specific Gootkit payload. Introduction In the last days, a huge attack campaign hit several organizations across the Italian cyberspace, as stated on bulletin N020219 the attack waves tried to impersonate legit communication from a known Express Courier. However, a deeper analysis by Cybaze-Yoroi ZLAB revealed interesting hidden aspects, […]
