Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2018
Experts warn threat actors are scanning the web for Drupal installs vulnerable to Drupalgeddon2

After the publication of a working Proof-Of-Concept for Drupalgeddon2 on GitHub for “educational or information purposes,” experts started observing bad actors attempting to exploit the flaw. At the end of March, the Drupal Security Team confirmed that a “highly critical” vulnerability (dubbed Drupalgeddon2), tracked as CVE-2018-7600, was affecting Drupal 7 and 8 core and announced the availability of security updates on […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2018
Experts uncovered a proxy botnet composed of over 65,000 routers exposed via UPnP protocol

Security researchers at Akamai have discovered a proxy botnet composed of more than 65,000 routers exposed to the Internet via the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol. Crooks have compromised the devices of this multi-purpose proxy botnet to conduct a wide range of malicious activities, including spamming and phishing, click fraud, account takeover and credit card […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2018
$3.3 Million stolen from main Coinsecure Bitcoin wallet

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinsecure, India’s second exchange, announced that it has suffered a severe issue, 438 bitcoin, $3,3 million worth of bitcoin Cryptocurrency exchange Coinsecure, India’s second exchange, announced that it has suffered a severe issue, 438 bitcoin, $3,3 million worth of bitcoin, have been transferred from the main wallet to an account that is not under their control. CEO […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 12, 2018
APT33 devised a code injection technique dubbed Early Bird to evade detection by anti-malware tools

The Iran-linked APT33 group continues to be very active, security researchers at Cyberbit have discovered an Early Bird code injection technique used by the group. The Early Bird method was used to inject the TurnedUp malware into the infected systems evading security solutions. The technique allows injecting a malicious code into a legitimate process, it allows execution […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 12, 2018
CVE-2018-0950 flaw in Microsoft Outlook could be exploited to steal Windows Passwords

An 18-month-old CVE-2018-0950 vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook could be exploited by hackers to steal the Windows Password. Almost 18 months ago, the security researcher Will Dormann of the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) has found a severe vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook (CVE-2018-0950), time is passed but Microsoft partially addressed it with the last Patch Tuesday updates. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 12, 2018
Researchers discovered several flaws that expose electrical substations to hack

The ICS-CERT and Siemens published are warning organizations of security flaws in Siemens devices (SIPROTEC 4, SIPROTEC Compact, and Reyrolle devices) that could be exploited by hackers to target electrical substations. “Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to upload a modified device configuration that could overwrite access authorization passwords, or allow an […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 11, 2018
Microsoft April Patch Tuesday – Update your system now to avoid being hacked by visiting a site

  Microsoft has released April Patch Tuesday security updates that address 66 vulnerabilities, five of them could be exploited by an attacker to compromise a PC by just tricking the victims into visiting a website or opening a specifically crafted file. Hackers can compromise your computer just visiting a malicious website or clicking a malicious link. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2018
Top VEVO Music videos Including ‘Despacito’ defaced by hackers

Some of the most popular music VEVO videos on YouTube, including the world’s most popular video ‘Despacito’ has been hacked by a duo calling themselves Prosox and Kuroi’SH. Some of the most popular music videos on YouTube, including the world’s most popular YouTube video ‘Despacito’ has been hacked. Popular videos of  pop stars like Shakira, Drake, Selena Gomez, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2018
SirenJack flaw in Emergency Alert Systems could be exploited to trigger false alarms

“SirenJack is a vulnerability found in ATI Systems’ emergency alert systems that can be exploited via radio frequencies (RF) to activate sirens and trigger false alarms.” Security experts at Bastille have devised a new technique, dubbed SirenJack to remotely hack emergency warning systems. Emergency warning systems are used worldwide to alert the public of emergency situations […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2018
Public services at the Caribbean island Sint Maarten shut down by a cyber attack

A cyber attack shut down the entire government infrastructure of the Caribbean island Sint Maarten. public services were interrupted. A massive cyber attack took offline the entire government infrastructure of the Caribbean island Sint Maarten. it is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Government building remained closed after the attack. “The Ministry of General Affairs hereby informs […]