Hacking

Pierluigi Paganini July 03, 2019
US Cyber Command warns of Iran-linked hackers exploiting CVE-2017-11774 Outlook flaw

US Cyber Command posted on Twitter an alert about cyber attacks exploiting the CVE-2017-11774 vulnerability in Outlook. Yesterday I was using Twitter when I noticed the following alert issued by the account managed by the US Cyber Command: The alert refers to an ongoing activity aimed at infecting government networks by exploiting the CVE-2017-11774 Outlook […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 02, 2019
Cyber Defense Magazine – July 2019 has arrived. Enjoy it!

Cyber Defense Magazine July 2019 Edition has arrived. We hope you enjoy this month’s edition…packed with over 168 pages of excellent content. Cyber Defense Magazine July 2019 Edition has arrived. Tips, tricks, ideas, secrets and insider information on the best practices in cybersecurity.  Please read it and share it with your friends.  With much appreciation […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 01, 2019
New variant of Dridex banking Trojan implements polymorphism

Security researchers at eSentire tracked a new campaign spreading a variant of the Dridex banking Trojan that shows polymorphism. Security experts at eSentire observed a new campaign spreading a variant of the Dridex banking Trojan that implements polymorphism. The Dridex banking Trojan that has been around since 2014, it was involved in numerous campaigns against financial institutions over the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 01, 2019
Singapore Government will run its third bug bounty program

Singapore has announced the third bug bounty program aimed at assessing the security of government systems exposed online. The government of Singapore has announced its third bug bounty program aimed at assessing the level of security implemented for government systems exposed online. The bug bounty program sees the involvement of the Cyber Security Agency of […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 01, 2019
ViceLeaker Android spyware targets users in the Middle East

Experts at Kaspersky have uncovered a spyware campaign dubbed ViceLeaker that spreads in the Middle East to spy on Android users.  Kaspersky spotted a spyware campaign, tracked as ViceLeaker, that spreads in the Middle East to steal device and communications data from Android users.  The ViceLeaker campaign has been active at least since May 2018 […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 01, 2019
Iran-linked APT33 updates infrastructure following its public disclosure

The Iran-linked cyberespionage group APT33 has updated its infrastructure after the publication of a report detailing its activities. In March, Symantec published a report detailing the activities of Iran-linked cyberespionage group APT33 that was targeting organizations in Saudi Arabia and the United States. The APT33 group has been around since at least 2013, since mid-2016, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2019
Bulgarian IT expert arrested after disclosing a flaw in kindergarten software

Bulgarian police arrested the IT expert Petko Petrov after he publicly demonstrated a security vulnerability in the kindergarten software used by local kindergartens. The IT expert Petko Petrov was arrested by the Bulgarian police because he publicly demonstrated the exploitation of a vulnerability in the software used by local kindergartens. Petrov exploited the flaw to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2019
Is Your Browser Secure? Here’s How to Secure Your Web Browser Against Attacks!

Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Opera, no matter which web browser you use, here’s what you need to know to protect them against attacks. There are a number of web browsers available for surfing sites and accessing the content. The most popular and widely used are Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Opera. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 220 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Expert released PoC for Outlook for Android flaw addressed by Microsoft Hundreds of million computers potentially exposed to hack due to a flaw in PC-Doctor component NASA hacked! An […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2019
Vulnerability in Medtronic insulin pumps allow hacking devices

Medtronic and the US government have warned that some Medtronic MiniMed insulin pumps are vulnerable to cyber attacks. Medtronic and the United States government have warned of a security vulnerability affecting some Medtronic MiniMed insulin pumps that could be exploited by hackers. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Medtronic, and the Food and Drug […]