Security

Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2022
Chinese MirrorFace APT group targets Japanese political entities

A Chinese-speaking APT group, tracked as MirrorFace, is behind a spear-phishing campaign targeting Japanese political entities. ESET researchers recently discovered a spear-phishing campaign targeting Japanese political entities and attributed it to the Chinese-speaking APT group tracked as MirrorFace. The experts tracked the campaign as Operation LiberalFace, it aimed at Japanese political entities, especially the members of […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2022
FBI seized 48 domains linked to DDoS-for-Hire service platforms

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) seized forty-eight domains that offered DDoS-for-Hire Service Platforms to crooks. The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) this week announced the seizure of 48 domains associated with the DDoS-for-Hire Service platforms (aka Booter services) used by threat actors. Below is the list of domains seized by the FBI: The authorities […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2022
December 2022 Patch Tuesday fixed 2 zero-day flaws

Microsoft released December 2022 Patch Tuesday security updates that fix 52 vulnerabilities across its products. Microsoft December 2022 Patch Tuesday security updates addressed 52 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Windows Components; Azure; Office and Office Components; SysInternals; Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based); SharePoint Server; and the .NET framework. 12 of these vulnerabilities were submitted through the ZDI program. Six vulnerabilities […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2022
Apple fixed the tenth actively exploited zero-day this year

Apple rolled out security updates to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and Safari to fix a new actively exploited zero-day (CVE-2022-42856). Apple released security updates to address a new zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-42856, that is actively exploited in attacks against iPhones. The flaw is the tenth actively exploited zero-day vulnerability since the start of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2022
3.5m IP cameras exposed, with US in the lead

The number of internet-facing cameras in the world is growing exponentially. Some of the most popular brands don’t enforce a strong password policy, meaning anyone can peer into their owners’ lives. Original post at https://cybernews.com/security/millions-ip-cameras-exposed/ When you spy on your neighborhood or your cafe customers, do you wonder if someone is watching Big Brother – […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2022
VMware fixed critical VM Escape bug demonstrated at Geekpwn hacking contest

VMware fixed three flaws in multiple products, including a virtual machine escape issue exploited at the GeekPwn 2022 hacking competition. VMware addressed three vulnerabilities in multiple products, including a virtual machine escape flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-31705, that was exploited at the GeekPwn 2022 hacking competition. A working exploit for the CVE-2022-31705 vulnerability was demonstrated by […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2022
Fortinet urges customers to fix actively exploited FortiOS SSL-VPN bug

Fortinet fixed an actively exploited FortiOS SSL-VPN flaw that could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on devices. Fortinet urges customers to update their installs to address an actively exploited FortiOS SSL-VPN vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-42475, that could be exploited by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on devices. The CVE-2022-42475 flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2022
Evilnum group targets legal entities with a new Janicab variant

A hack-for-hire group dubbed Evilnum is targeting travel and financial entities with the new Janicab malware variant. Kaspersky researchers reported that a hack-for-hire group dubbed Evilnum is targeting travel and financial entities. The attacks are part of a campaign aimed at legal and financial investment institutions in the Middle East and Europe. The campaign took place in 2020 […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2022
At least 4,460 vulnerable Pulse Connect Secure hosts are exposed to the Internet

Censys researchers warn of more than 4,000 vulnerable Pulse Connect Secure hosts exposed to the Internet. Pulse Connect Secure is a widely-deployed SSL VPN solution for remote and mobile users, for this reason, it is a target of attacks by multiple threat actors. Over the years, researchers disclosed several severe vulnerabilities in the server software, in […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2022
Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 Day 3: Participants earned nearly $1 million

On the third day of the Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 hacking competition, participants earned more than $250,000. On the third day of the Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 hacking competition, participants earned more than $250,000 for demonstrating zero-day attacks against NAS devices, printers, smart speakers, routers, and smartphones. In the two days, participants earned […]