Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini June 11, 2018
InvisiMole Spyware is a powerful malware that went undetected for at least five years

Malware researchers from ESET have spotted a new sophisticated piece of spyware, tracked as InvisiMole, used in targeted attacks in Russia and Ukraine in the last five years. Experts still haven’t attributed the malware to any threat actor, InvisiMole could be a nation-state malware developed for cyber espionage purpose or the result of a development […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2018
Cisco removed hardcoded credentials in WAAS software. Undocumented accounts are a frequent issue

Cisco has removed hardcoded credentials that were in Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS), which is a software designed to optimize WAN traffic management. The hardcoded credentials (CVE-2018-0329) resides in the read-only SNMP community string in the configuration file of the SNMP daemon, they could be exploited by attackers to read any data that is accessible via […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 08, 2018
Cisco patches a critical vulnerability in Prime Collaboration Provisioning solution

Cisco fixed several flaws in the Prime Collaboration Provisioning product that allows customers to manage their communications services. Cisco released security patches to address severe vulnerabilities in Prime Collaboration Provisioning (PCP) solution, one of the issues was rated as critical. The vulnerabilities have been found by Cisco during internal security testing and there is no […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 08, 2018
DMOSK Malware Targeting Italian Companies

The security expert and malware researcher Marco Ramilli published a detailed analysis on a new strain of malware dubbed DMOSK that targets Italian firms, Today I’d like to share another interesting analysis made by my colleagues and I. It would be a nice and interesting analysis since it targeted many Italian and European companies. Fortunately, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 08, 2018
Multiple models of IP-based cameras from Chinese firm Foscam could be easily hacked. Update the firmware now!

A security vulnerability was discovered in webcams, IP surveillance cameras and also baby monitors manufactured by the Chinese firm Foscam. The Chinese firm Foscam has released firmware updates to address three vulnerabilities in multiple models of IP-based cameras that could be exploited to take control of vulnerable cameras exposed online. The following flaws were reported by the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 07, 2018
Russia-linked Sofacy APT group adopts new tactics and tools in last campaign

Sofacy APT group (APT28, Pawn Storm, Fancy Bear, Sednit, Tsar Team, and Strontium) continues to operate and thanks to rapid and continuously changes of tactics the hackers are able to remain under the radar. According to experts from Palo Alto Networks, the hackers also used new tools in recent attacks, recently the APT group has shifted focus in their interest, from NATO member […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 07, 2018
Adobe fixed the CVE-2018-5002 Flash Zero-Day exploited in targeted attacks in the Middle East

Adobe has recently fixed several vulnerabilities, including the CVE-2018-5002 Flash Zero-Day exploited in targeted attacks in the Middle East Adobe has released security updates for Flash Player that address four vulnerabilities, including a critical issue (CVE-2018-5002) that has been exploited in targeted attacks mainly aimed at entities in the Middle East. The CVE-2018-5002 vulnerability, reported by researchers at […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 07, 2018
VPNFilter malware now targets new devices, even behind a firewall

The VPNFilter botnet now targeting new devices from other vendors, including ASUS, D-Link, Huawei, Ubiquiti, UPVEL, and ZTE. The VPNFilter botnet is worse than initially thought, according to a new report published by Cisco Talos Intelligence group, the malicious code is now targeting ASUS, D-Link, Huawei, Ubiquiti, UPVEL, and ZTE “First, we have determined that additional devices are […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2018
Are Wi-Fi hotspots in World Cup Russia host cities secure?

Experts at Kaspersky Lab have evaluated the security of 32,000 public Wi-Fi hotspots in the 11 Russian cities hosting the World Cup. The upcoming soccer World Cup represents a privileged target for crooks, hackers, and nation-state actors. It is essential for organizations to take care of any aspect related to the event to protect participants, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2018
It’s not a joke, Owari botnet operators used root as username and password to access a C&C

Security expert Ankit Anubhav discovered a Command and Control server for the Owari botnet protected with weak credentials. An IoT botnet has been commandeered by white hats after its controllers used a weak username and password combination for its command-and-control server. Security expert Ankit Anubhav from Newsky Security discovered an IoT botnet that was controlled by […]