Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2019
GALLIUM Threat Group targets global telcos, Microsoft warns

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) warns of GALLIUM threat group targeting global telecommunication providers worldwide. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) warns of GALLIUM threat group targeting global telecommunication providers worldwide. Microsoft experts reported that the GALLIUM hacking group exploits unpatched vulnerabilities to compromise systems running /JBoss application servers. “Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) is raising […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2019
AirDoS attack could make iPhones, iPads unusable via AirDrop attack

This week, Apple addressed a flaw that can be exploited to trigger a DoS condition (AirDoS) iPhones and iPads by forcing them to continuously display a popup message. The denial-of-service (DoS) attack was discovered by The security researcher Kishan Bagaria devised a DoS attack dubbed the AirDoS that works against iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2019
Massive Magecart campaign targets sites offering counterfeit sneakers

Crooks are targeting these hundreds of sites offering counterfeit sneakers to install malicious Magecart scripts and steal payment credit card data. While sneakers are becoming even more popular, the number of sites offering counterfeit sneakers is rapidly increasing and crooks want to monetize this trend by compromising them. Researchers at Malwarebytes reported that hackers are […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2019
Trickbot gang and Lazarus APT, the hidden link behind an epochal phenomena

For the first time, experts shed the light on the link between the TrickBot gang and the North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus. Security experts Sentinelone have published a report that for the first time sheds the light on the link between the TrickBot crimeware and the North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus. For the first time, experts shed the light on the link between […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2019
PlunderVolt attack hijacks Intel SGX Enclaves by tweaking CPU Voltage

A team of researchers devised a new attack technique, dubbed PlunderVolt, to hijack Intel SGX enclave by tweaking CPU voltage. A group of security researchers (Kit Murdock, David Oswald, Flavio D Garcia (The University of Birmingham), Jo Van Bulck, Frank Piessens (imec-DistriNet, KU Leuven), Daniel Gruss (Graz University of Technology)) demonstrated a new attack technique, dubbed PlunderVolt, to […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2019
More than 460,000 payment card details offered for sale on a black market

More than 455,000 Turkish payment card details are available for sale on a popular forum Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, has detected a massive upload of debit and credit card records mostly related to the largest Turkish banks on one of the most popular underground cardshops. More than 460,000 records […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2019
Microsoft fixes CVE-2019-1458 Windows Zero-Day exploited in NK-Linked attacks

Microsoft’s December 2019 Patch Tuesday updates fix a total of 36 flaws, including CVE-2019-1458 Windows zero-day exploited in North Korea-linked attacks Microsoft’s December 2019 Patch Tuesday updates address a total of 36 flaws, including a Windows zero-day, tracked as CVE-2019-1458 exploited in attacks linked to North Korea. The vulnerability could be exploited to execute arbitrary […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2019
More than 44 million Microsoft user accounts are exposed to hack

Microsoft revealed that 44 million Microsoft Azure AD and Microsoft Services accounts were vulnerable to account hijacking. Microsoft discovered that 44 million Microsoft Azure AD and Microsoft Services accounts were vulnerable to account hijacking because of using of compromised passwords. Experts from the Microsoft threat research team analyzed a database containing 3 billion leaked credentials […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2019
Adobe Patch Tuesday addresses critical flaws in four products

Adobe released the Patch Tuesday security updates for December 2019 that address flaws in Acrobat and Reader, Photoshop CC, ColdFusion, and Brackets. Adobe Patch Tuesday security updates for December 2019 address a total of 25 flaws in Acrobat and Reader, Photoshop CC, ColdFusion, and Brackets. “Adobe has published security bulletins for Adobe Acrobat and Reader (APSB19-55), […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2019
NordVPN announced the launch of a bug bounty program

The popular virtual private network (VPN) service provider NordVPN announced the launch of a public bug bounty program. The virtual private network (VPN) service provider NordVPN announced the launch of a public bug bounty program. White hat hackers will receive payouts between $100 and $5,000 for each reported vulnerability. NordVPN will also pay much more […]