Pierluigi Paganini
November 09, 2018
VMware released security patches for a critical virtual machine (VM) escape vulnerability that was recently discovered at a Chinese hacking contest. VMware has released security patches for a critical virtual machine (VM) escape vulnerability (CVE-2018-6981 and CVE-2018-6982) that was recently discovered by the researcher Zhangyanyu at the Chinese GeekPwn2018 hacking contest. The cause for the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 09, 2018
Snowden warns of abuse of surveillance software that also had a role in the murder of the Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The popular US whistleblower Edward Snowden has reported the abuse of surveillance made by many governments, he blamed the Israeli company NSO Group for developing and selling surveillance software to Saudi Arabia. Speaking […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 09, 2018
Guy Fawkes Day, November 5th 2018 – LulzSec Italy announced credit a string of hacks and leaks targeting numerous systems and websites across Italy. In celebration of Guy Fawkes Day, November 5th 2018, LulzSec Italy announced credit for a massive string of hacks and leaks targeting numerous systems and websites across Italy. Included in the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 08, 2018
Security researchers revealed in a recent paper that over the past years, China Telecom used BGP hijacking to misdirect Internet traffic through China. Security researchers Chris C. Demchak and Yuval Shavitt revealed in a recent paper that over the past years, China Telecom has been misdirecting Internet traffic through China. China Telecom was a brand of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 08, 2018
The U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) CNMF is sharing malware samples with the cybersecurity industry via VirusTotal intelligence service. The U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) is providing unclassified malware samples to VirusTotal intelligence service with the intent of sharing them with cybersecurity industry. The USCYBERCOM’s Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) is going to share the unclassified malware samples on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 08, 2018
Security expert discovered a stored XSS flaw in the Evernote app for Windows that could be exploited to steal files and execute arbitrary commands. A security expert that goes online with the moniker @sebao has discovered a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Evernote application for Windows that could be exploited by an attacker to steal files and execute […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 07, 2018
The United States Air Force announced earlier this week that it has launched the third bug bounty program called Hack the Air Force 3.0. The United States Air Force launched earlier this week its third bug bounty program, called Hack the Air Force 3.0, in collaboration with HackerOne. “Thank you for your interest in participating in HackerOne’s U.S. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 07, 2018
A critical Remote Code Execution vulnerability affects eCommerce website running on WordPress and using the WooCommerce plugin. A critical vulnerability affects eCommerce website running on WordPress and using the WooCommerce plugin. WooCommerce is one of the major eCommerce plugins for WordPress that allows operators to easily build e-stores based on the popular CMS, it accounts for more than 4 million installations with 35% […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 07, 2018
Security expert disclosed the details of a zero-day flaw affecting Oracle’s VirtualBox virtualization software without waiting for a patch from Oracle The security expert Sergey Zelenyuk has disclosed the details of a zero-day vulnerability affecting Oracle’s VirtualBox virtualization software that could be exploited by an attacker to make a guest-to-host escape. Zelenyuk publicly disclosed the vulnerability […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 07, 2018
HSBC Bank USA notified customers of a data breach that has happened between Oct 4 and Oct 14, unknown attackers were able to access their online accounts. HSBC Bank USA notified customers of a data breach that has happened between October 4 and October 14, unknown attackers were able to access online accounts of the financial institution. Exposed info […]
