Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2019
Payment solutions giant Edenred announces malware infection

The Payment solutions giant Edenred disclosed a malware incident that affected some of its computing systems, it immediately started an investigation. The Payment solutions giant Edenred announced that some of its computing systems have been infected with malware, the company is currently investigating the incident. Edenred is a French company specialized in prepaid corporate services. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2019
Google will pay up to $1.5m for full chain RCE for Android on Titan M chips

Google announced that it will increase bug bounty rewards for Android, it will pay up to $1.5 million for bugs that allow to hack new Titan M security chip. At the end of 2018, Google announced its Titan M dedicated security chip that is currently installed on Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 4 devices. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2019
DePriMon downloader uses a never seen installation technique

ESET researchers discovered a new downloader, dubbed DePriMon, that used new “Port Monitor” methods in attacks in the wild.  The new DePriMon downloader was used by the Lambert APT group, aka Longhorn, to deploy malware. According to a report published by Symantec in 2017, Longhorn is a North American hacking group that has been active since […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2019
A critical flaw in Jetpack exposes millions of WordPress sites

A critical flaw in the Jetpack WordPress Plugin could be exploited by threat actors to hack WordPress websites running flawed versions of the plugin. A critical vulnerability affects the Jetpack WordPress Plugin version Jetpack 5.1. and later, admins and owners of WordPress websites are urged to update their installs to Jetpack version 7.9.1. Jetpack is a […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2019
Monero Project website has been compromised to deliver a coin stealer

The official website of the Monero Project has been compromised to deliver a coin stealer. The official website of the Monero Project has been compromised to deliver a cryptocurrency stealer on November 18. The hack was discovered after a user downloaded a Linux 64-bit command line (CLI) Monero binary that was containing a coin stealer. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2019
Hackers leak 2TB of Data From Cayman National Bank stolen by Phineas Fisher

New data leak threatens the world of finance after the Panama Papers, hackers published 2TB of the Cayman National bank’s confidential data. The Cayman Islands are a fiscal paradise that attracts money of questionable origin from all over the world, for this reason, the content of a new data leak is scaring the global finance. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2019
CVE-2019-2234 flaws in Android Camera Apps exposed millions of users surveillance

Experts found multiple flaws (CVE-2019-2234) in the Android camera apps provided by Google and Samsung that could allow attackers to spy on users. Cybersecurity experts from Checkmarx discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the Android camera apps provided by Google and Samsung could have been exploited by hackers to spy on hundreds of millions of users. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2019
Alleged Magecart hackers planted a software skimmer into Macy’s Website

Macy’s has started notifying some of its customers that crooks used a software skimmer to steal their personal and financial information. Macy’s has started notifying some of its customers that discovered a software skimmer on its website used by crooks to steal their personal and financial information. The malicious software was discovered on October 15, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2019
Adobe announces end of support for Acrobat 2015 and Adobe Reader 2015

Adobe announces the end of support for Acrobat 2015 and Reader 2015 It’s official, Adobe announces the end of support for Adobe Acrobat and Reader 2015. It’s official, Adobe announces the end of support for Adobe Acrobat and Reader 2015, the company will no longer receive any security updates after the deadline. Adobe plans to […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2019
Ransomware infected systems at state government of Louisiana

Another ransomware attack made the headlines, the victim is the state government of Louisiana, numerous services have been impacted. The state government of Louisiana was hit by a ransomware attack that affected multiple state services including the Office of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Health, and the Department of Transportion and Development. The incident forced […]