Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2019
Google expert disclosed details of an unpatched flaw in SymCrypt library

Tavis Ormandy, a white hat hacker Google Project Zero announced to have found a zero-day flaw in the SymCrypt cryptographic library of Microsoft’s operating system. The recently released Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for June 2019 failed to address a flaw in SymCrypt, a core cryptographic function library currently used by Windows. The flaw could be […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2019
Radiohead releases a trove of stolen music in response to the hack

The English rock Radiohead released 18-hour trove of private recordings from their 1997 album “OK Computer” in response to the recent hack. The alternative rock band Radiohead released an 18-hour trove of private recordings from their 1997 album “OK Computer” after being hacked by crooks that demanded a ransom of $150,000 for the music. Radiohead uploaded 1.8-gigabyte […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2019
RAMBleed, a new Side-Channel Attack that allows stealing sensitive data

Security researchers disclosed the details of RAMBleed, a new type of side-channel attack on DRAM that can allow stealing sensitive data from a memory. A team of academics from several universities has disclosed the details a new type of side-channel attack on dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), dubbed RAMBleed. The RAMBleed issue, tracked as CVE-2019-0174, could […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2019
Vulnerability in WordPress Live Chat Plugin allows to steal and hijack sessions

Security researchers at Alert Logic have discovered a vulnerability in the WordPress Live Chat plugin that could be exploited to steal and hijack sessions. Experts at Alert Logic have discovered a vulnerability in the popular WordPress Live Chat plugin that could be exploited by an unauthorized remote attacker to steal chat logs or manipulate chat sessions. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2019
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirms hack of a subcontractor

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) revealed that photos of travelers and license plates collected at a single U.S. border point have been stolen by hackers. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) revealed that photos of travelers and license plates collected at a single U.S. border point have been stolen as a result of a cyber attack. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2019
MuddyWater APT group updated its multi-stage PowerShell backdoor Powerstats

The MuddyWater cyber espionage group has used an updated multi-stage PowerShell backdoor in recent cyber attacks. Security experts at Trend Micro report that the MuddyWater APT group (aka SeedWorm and TEMP.Zagros), has used an updated multi-stage PowerShell backdoor in recent cyber espionage campaigns. The first MuddyWater campaign was observed in late 2017 when targeted entities in the Middle East. The experts called […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2019
CVE-2019-2725 Oracle WebLogic flaw exploited in cryptojacking campaign

The CVE-2019-2725 vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic recently, addressed by the company, is being exploited in cryptojacking attacks, Trend Micro reports. Experts at Trend Micro reported that the recently patched CVE-2019-2725 vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic is being exploited in cryptojacking attacks. The flaw is a deserialization remote command execution zero-day vulnerability that affects the Oracle WebLogic wls9_async and wls–wsat components. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2019
CVE-2019-12735 – opening a specially crafted file in Vim or Neovim Editor could compromise your Linux system

Bad news for Linux users, a flaw tracked as CVE-2019-12735 allows to hack their systems by tricking them into opening a specially crafted file in Vim or Neovim Editor. Security expert Armin Razmjou has recently found a high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2019-12735) in Vim and Neovim command-line text editing applications. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-12735, is classified as an arbitrary OS command […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2019
Retro video game website Emuparadise suffered a data breach

Retro video game website Emuparadise revealed to have suffered a data breach that exposed 1.1 Million accounts back in April 2018. Emuparadise is a website that offers tons of roms, isos and retro video games, users can download and play them with an emulator or play them with the web browser. The security breach occurred in […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2019
Microsoft warns of spam campaign exploiting CVE-2017-11882 flaw

Microsoft is warning of an active spam campaign targeting European languages that leverages an exploit to infect simply by opening the attachment. Microsoft issued a warning on Friday about an ongoing spam campaign that is targeting European users. Spam messages are carrying weaponized RTF documents that could infect users with malware without any user interaction, […]