Pierluigi Paganini
March 17, 2018
At Pwn2Own 2018 the hackers received a total of $267,000, it was far less than in the past editions, but the quality of research was amazing. The popular hacking competition Pwn2Own is concluded, let’s see how much hackers earned and which applications they have successfully pwned. White hat hackers have earned a total of $267,000 at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 17, 2018
The popular Hacker Adrian Lamo died at 37 age, the coroner confirmed his death, but the circumstances of his passing are still unknown. The popular hacker Adrian Lamo has died at 37, he is known for hacking a number of companies, including The New York Times in 2002., and turning the whistleblower Chelsea Manning into the FBI. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 16, 2018
Following recent string of attacks that exploit flawed plugins, researchers at SafeBreach examined 6 popular extensible text editors for unix systems. Most of the modern text editors allow users to extend their functionalities by using third-party plugins, in this way they are enlarging their attack surface. Third-party plugins could be affected by vulnerabilities that could […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 16, 2018
News of the day is that the Mossack Fonseca law firm would shut down operations due to the reputational damage caused by the Panama Papers security breach. The Panama Papers is a huge trove of strictly confidential documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca that was leaked online on April 3, 2016. The Panama Leaks were acquired […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 16, 2018
Security experts at ERPScan explained that chaining 2 flaws recently patched it is possible to hack SAP CRM systems and access sensitive data. Security experts at ERPScan discovered that chaining the exploits for two security vulnerabilities in SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java patched last month, an attacker can hack customer relationship management (CRM) systems. CRMs are […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 15, 2018
Qrypter RAT hits 243 organizations worldwide in February 2018, its popularity in the cybercrime ecosystem continues to increase. A new strain of remote access Trojan dubbed Qrypter RAT (aka Qarallax, Quaverse, QRAT, and Qontroller) hit hundreds of organizations worldwide. The malware was spotted by security firm Forcepoint, it has been around for a couple of years, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2018
Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for March 2018 – Microsoft released security updates for 75 security flaws, 14 of them listed as Critical and 61 are rated Important in severity. Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for March 2018 address 75 vulnerabilities, all the critical flaws fixed this month affect the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers. Most of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2018
The OceanLotus APT group, also known as APT32 and APT-C-00, has been using a new backdoor in recently observed attacks. The OceanLotus Group has been active since at least 2013, according to the experts it is a state-sponsored hacking group linked to Vietnam, most of them in Vietnam, the Philippines, Laos, and Cambodia. The hackers targeting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2018
SAP released March 2018 SAP Security Patch Day that addresses High and Medium priority vulnerabilities in its products, including three decade-old issues in SAP Internet Graphics Server. March 2018 SAP Security Patch Day includes 10 Security Notes, three rated High priority and 7 rated as Medium priority. The company also released 17 Support Package Notes, 11 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 14, 2018
Security researchers at Israel-based CTS-Labs have discovered 13 critical vulnerabilities and exploitable backdoors in various AMD chips. The flaws could be potentially exploited to steal sensitive data, install malicious code on AMD-based systems, and gain full access to the compromised systems. The flaws expose servers, workstations, and laptops running vulnerable AMD Ryzen, Ryzen Pro, Ryzen Mobile or […]
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