Pierluigi Paganini
January 15, 2019
A security expert discovered a zero-day flaw in the processing of VCard files that could be exploited by a remote attacker to compromise a Windows PC The security expert John Page (@hyp3rlinx), discovered a zero-day vulnerability in the processing of VCard files that could be exploited by a remote attacker, under certain conditions, to hack Windows […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 15, 2019
A new security assessment conducted by the Defense Department Inspector General revealed that the Pentagon is still exposed to many cyber risks, The report published by the Defense Department Inspector General on January 9, shows a worrisome situation, there are 266 issue, some of them are ten-years-old cybersecurity‑related recommendations still unresolved in the Pentagon infrastructure. This means that […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 15, 2019
Starting from Firefox 69, Mozilla will disable Adobe Flash by default, a process that aims to completely remove the support for the popular plugin. Mozilla announced that the Firefox 69 will no longer support Adobe Flash due to a large number of serious flaws exploited by hackers in attacks across the years. The decision was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 14, 2019
The City Hall of Del Rio, a city in and the county seat of Val Verde County, Texas, was hit by a ransomware attack, operations were suspended. Last week, the City Hall of Del Rio, a city in and the county seat of Val Verde County, Texas, was hit by a ransomware attack. On Thursday, tens of computers at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 13, 2019
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Blur data leak potentially exposed data of 2.4 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 12, 2019
The American hacktivist Martin Gottesfeld (34) has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for carrying out DDoS attacks against two healthcare organizations in the US in 2014. The alleged Anonymous member, Martin Gottesfeld, was accused of launching DDoS attacks against the two US healthcare organizations in 2014, the Boston Children’s Hospital and the Wayside […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 12, 2019
Rapid7 announced the release of Metasploit 5.0, the latest version of the popular penetration testing framework that promises to be very easy to use. Rapid7 announced the release of Metasploit 5.0, the new version includes several new important features and, the company believes it will easier to use and more powerful. Most important changes introduced […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 12, 2019
Z-WASP attack: Phishers are using a recently fixed flaw in Office 365 that allows them to bypass protections using zero-width spaces and deliver malicious messages to recipients. Microsoft recently fixed a vulnerability in Office 365 that was exploited by attackers to bypass existing phishing protections and deliver malicious messages to victims’ inboxes. The vulnerability ties with the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 11, 2019
The British hacker Daniel Kaye has been sentenced to 32 months in prison for the cyberattack on Liberian telecom firms. The British hacker Daniel Kaye (29) has been sentenced to 32 months in prison for the 2016 attack that took down telecommunications services in Liberia. Kaye pleaded guilty in December to two charges under the Computer Misuse […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 11, 2019
Victims of the PyLocky Ransomware can use a tool released by security researcher Mike Bautista at Cisco Talos group to decrypt their files for free. I have good and bad news for the victims of the PyLocky Ransomware. The good news is that security researcher Mike Bautista at Cisco Talos group released a decryption tool […]
