Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2019
The Australian Parliament was hacked earlier this year

The computer network of Australian Parliament was hacked earlier this year, and hackers exfiltrated data from the computers of several elected officials. According to the Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC), earlier this year hackers penetrated the computer network of Australian Parliament and stole data from the computers of several elected officials. The attack took place on […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2019
Experts found privilege escalation issue in Symantec Endpoint Protection

Symantec addressed a local privilege escalation flaw that affects all Symantec Endpoint Protection client versions prior to 14.2 RU2. Symantec addressed a local privilege escalation flaw, tracked as CVE-2019-12758, that affects all Symantec Endpoint Protection client versions prior to 14.2 RU2. The vulnerability could be exploited by attackers to escalate privileges on target devices and carry out malicious actions, including the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2019
Flaws in Qualcomm chips allows stealing private from devices

Security vulnerabilities in Qualcomm allow attackers to steal private data from hundreds of million millions of devices, especially Android smartphones. Security experts from Check Point have discovered security flaws in Qualcomm that could be exploited attackers to steal private data from the so-called TrustZone. The TrustZone is a security extension integrated by ARM into the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2019
Tracking Iran-linked APT33 group via its own VPN networks

APT33, the Iran-linked APT group, has been using multiple layers of obfuscation to run a dozen live C2 servers for extremely targeted attacks. APT33, the Iran-linked APT group, has been using multiple layers of obfuscation to run a dozen live C2 servers involved in extremely targeted malware attacks. The targeted malware campaigns aimed at organizations […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2019
CVE-2019-3648 flaw in all McAfee AV allows DLL Hijacking

McAfee a vulnerability in its antivirus software that could allow an attacker to escalate privileges and execute code with SYSTEM privileges. Security experts at SafeBreach have discovered a vulnerability in McAfee antivirus software tracked as CVE-2019-3648 that could allow an attacker with Administrator privileges to escalate privileges and execute code with SYSTEM privileges. The flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2019
A flaw in PMx Driver can give hackers full access to a device

Eclypsium experts found a vulnerability affecting the popular PMx Driver Intel driver that can give malicious actors deep access to a device. In August, Eclypsium researchers found multiple serious vulnerabilities in more than 40 device drivers from tens of vendors, including AMI, ASRock, ASUS, ATI, Biostar, EVGA, Getac, Gigabyte, Huawei, Insyde, Intel, MSI, NVIDIA, Phoenix Technologies, Realtek, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2019
New TSX Speculative Attack allows stealing sensitive data from latest Intel CPUs

ZombieLoad 2, aka TSX Asynchronous Abort, is a new flaw that affects the latest Intel CPUs that could be exploited to launch TSX Speculative attack. ZombieLoad 2, aka TSX Asynchronous Abort, is a new vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-11135 that affects the latest Intel CPUs that could be exploited to launch TSX Speculative attack. The flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2019
Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates fix CVE-2019-1429 flaw exploited in the wild

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for November 2019 address over 70 flaws, including an Internet Explorer issue (CVE-2019-1429) that has been exploited in attacks in the wild. Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for November 2019 address 74 flaws, including an Internet Explorer vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-1429, that has been exploited in the wild. Microsoft doesn’t provide any […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2019
Mexican state-owned oil company Pemex hit by ransomware

On Sunday, the Mexican state-owned oil company PetrĂłleos Mexicanos (Pemex) was infected with the DoppelPaymer ransomware. On Sunday, a piece of the DoppelPaymer ransomware infected systems of the Mexican state-owned oil company PetrĂłleos Mexicanos (Pemex) taking down part of its network. According to the company, less than 5% of the computers in its network were […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2019
TA505 Cybercrime targets system integrator companies

The analysis of a malicious email revealed a possible raising interest of the TA505 cybercrime gang in system integrator companies. Introduction During a normal monitoring activity, one of the detection tools hits a suspicious email coming from the validtree.com domain. The domain was protected by a Panama company to hide its real registrant and this […]